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In yesterday’s post, I introduced you to a study which showed that plain ole’ vinegar is effective in suppressing body fat accumulation.
More specifically, the researchers found that laboratory mice fed a high-fat diet and given acetic acid developed significantly less body fat (up to 10 percent less) than other mice.
I was so excited by this low-tech, inexpensive weight loss trick that I contacted the author of the study.
And to my surprise, he emailed an even more recent study which looks at the fat-burning effects of vinegar on actual human beings….no more mice studies.
The Science
In this study, researchers investigated the effects of vinegar intake on the reduction of body-fat mass in obese Japanese students.
The 175 students were randomly assigned to three groups of similar body-weight, BMI and waist circumference.
During the 12 week study, the participants ingested 500ml daily of a beverage containing either 15 ml of apple vinegar (750 mg AcOH […]

Original post by DR

Star Trek and Passionate Posts Contest 2009
 
Passionate Posts Contest 2009 has ended! On the right of the home page, you will see a poll with a list of the articles that you can vote on. The article that receives the most votes will win $100 in cash!
Voting starts now and will continue until October 21st when the winner will be announced.
Make sure to read all the articles (on the left side under “article submissions”) before voting!
The contest has really been great in proving how great content submitted from the fitness community can be. We’re excited about seeing more and more articles being submitted from the community as everyone becomes more familiar and comfortable with the concept of submitting their own articles on the site.
We also realize that while many of you have a lot of knowledge in fitness (and others are learning fast), not everyone is a natural […]

Original post by rafael@thefitnessadviser.com (Rafi Bar-Lev)

Your Grandma was right.
It turns out that the acetic acid found in plain ole’ vinegar is effective in suppressing body fat accumulation.
The Science
Earlier this year, Japanese researchers found that laboratory mice fed a high-fat diet and given acetic acid developed significantly less body fat (up to 10 percent less) than other mice.
Based upon their findings, the scientists believe that acetic acid fights fat by turning on genes for fatty acid oxidation enzymes. The genes churn out proteins involved in breaking down fats, thus suppressing body fat accumulation in the body.
link to the study
Conclusion
Vinegar is cheap, harmless and versatile in the kitchen.
It may also help you metabolize sugars more efficiently, lower blood pressure and lose weight.
What do you have to lose?
Links to more vinegary/weight loss research

Journal of Agricultural Food & Chemistry –  A study showing the fat-burning benefits of vinegar
Agricultural and Biological Chemistry – Vinegar controls insulin response to […]

Original post by DR

I found this quote on the Post Secret Blog…
“I know it means I’m going to be alone forever, but I can’t stop eating.”

To me, this is a strong and rather shocking reminder of how messed up our relationships with food can become.
Many of us use food for much more than just fuel for our bodies.
We use food as something to stress and obsess ABOUT. We use it to define ourselves and our life choices.
We can also use our food to COPE with our life-stress and obsessions, as a defense mechanism and as a security blanket.
Either way, with the wrong relationships food alone can be a damaging obsession in our lives.
My advice? Avoid viewing food as a cure-all, and see it for what it is ==> A fuel for your body, and a reason to get together with other people.
Food is nourishment and food is celebration.
Eat less while enjoying the […]

Original post by Brad Pilon

Unless you live in a cave (not that I would frown upon that), you’re at least somewhat familiar with the phenomenon of Food Network and other offshoot culinary-focused programming. Since the advent of cable television every hobby, interest, niche and daily pastime has been assigned its own channel with round the clock exposition of every conceivable detail. Cooking has been no exception. In fact, the kitchen genre has caught on so much that it’s graduated to network day and evening as well. We’re apparently entranced by watching other people make food – and likely by the images of the food itself. (I’ve heard these shows referred to as “food porn” for their attractive but gratuitous displays.) I’m not much of a T.V. follower, but for years the craze has somewhat confounded me.

A few weeks ago Michael Pollan wrote a great and detailed piece about the evolution and popularity of these […]

Original post by Mark Sisson

I love this photo simply because for me it sums up the definition of success inhealth, sport and in life. This was taken late at night, in a parking garage, under anameless hotel in a European country that I?ve since forgotten. This is a bobsledathlete in the middle of a squat workout. I can remember how cold it was, each breathwas like smoke from a chimney. The kind where if you stand still, it feels like yourbones are starting to chill. It was below freezing as there were ice patches on theconcrete floor. The dull fluorescent lights made a humming sound that seemed to echoin the background.
We carry two portable squat stands, two barbells and about 300K in weightswhen we travel. Thats it. These guys must maintain their weight, their strength, theirspeed to be able to compete at the Olympic level with the aforementioned equipment.Parking structures and unheated garage facilities […]

Original post by trainoutpain@gmail.com (Jason Ross)

Continuing on from Part 3 of the Deadpool Mega Muscle Mass Workout…

Psoas
Hip Flexion
In most of my clients, I see the unfortunate combination of weak yet chronically tight psoas (hip flexors).
So, for this muscle group, I like to combine strength training with an aggressive flexibility routine.
So, if you are going to train your hip flexors with this program, you NEED to balance it with some flexibility work.

Heavy Partial: N/A
Isos: Flexing your hip, push your knee/thigh into an immovable object and hold for 2-5 seconds per rep for 3-8 reps. Options include the underside of a table with your upper-body weight pushing down on the tabletop, or leaning against a wall & driving your knee into a stability ball placed against the wall, or this supine method shown in the video

Plyos: N/A
Vibrations: High Knees –  3-8 reps per leg

Immediately after completing the wake up exercise, proceed to a set of heavy/explosive Hanging […]

Original post by DR

3 guys sign up for a research study on the muscle building effects of weight training.
None of them have ever lifted weights before, and all three are between the ages of 20 and 21.
At the start of the study they weighed between 130 and 143 pounds (light by North American Standards)
Guy A – 130 pounds
Guy B – 138 pounds
Guy C – 143 pounds
For their given age and weight, each guy has about normal to slightly below average levels of lean body mass (I’m assuming the guys were between 5′6″ and 5′8″).
Guy A – LBM = 121 pounds (about 10% BF)
Guy B – LBM = 118 pounds (about 10% BF)
Guy C – LBM = 132 pounds (about 7.5% BF)
These numbers also make each guy exceptionally lean.
For their given age and weight, each guy has lower than expected levels of skeletal muscle mass. (We would expect about 50% of LBM to be […]

Original post by Brad Pilon