3 Barriers That Stop You From Attaining the Dream Body You’ve Always Wanted
Your goal is to get in top shape. You are serious about your workouts. You eat clean, too. However, no matter what you do or try there are 10 or 20 pounds of fat that are just standing on the way between the body you have now and the body you’ve always wanted. In this […]
Insulin Resistance Caused By Sleep Restriction
New study done at the University of Chicago demonstrates interesting, but expected results: Sleep deprivation causes decreased insulin sensitivity with 30 percent in healthy young individuals. These results were seen only after 4 days of 4.5 hours of sleep! Insulin sensitivity is the opposite of insulin resistance. Insulin resistance means that on a whole-body level […]
Sleep Less, Keep More Fat, Lose More Muscle
I stumbled upon a study done in 2010 in the University of Chicago. 10 overweight individuals (7 men and 3 women) were fed a 10-percent below maintenance level calorie-restricted diet for 14 days. They slept either 5.5 hours or 8.5 hours on average. What happened was after these 14 days those who slept only 5.5 hours suffered a decrease […]
Fat Loss Supplements – Green Tea
The purpose of the article series “Fat Loss Supplement” is to find and investigate ways to increase fat loss naturally. In the first article of this series I touched on calcium as a fat loss supplement. Today you will read about the similar benefits of green tea. People from Asia and the Middle East have […]