Carbohydrates: What is the Difference
March 12, 2010 – 8:30 am | No Comment

All forms of carbohydrates are made with sugar molecules. Carbohydrates were once broken into categories according to the complexity of their molecules, or simple carbohydrates and complex carbohydrates, with the complex variety being much preferred for athletes and others on healthy diets. Now, however, it’s been widely acknowledged that the proper breakdown of carbohydrates doesn’t fall into two clean-cut categories.

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The Benefits of BioActive Proteins to Sports Athletes
November 27, 2009 – 10:05 am | One Comment
The Benefits of BioActive Proteins to Sports Athletes

It’s almost too good to be true – a product that helps build muscle, repair tissue at an accelerated pace, is eight times stronger than whey protein, and helps you recover faster from your workouts! All this plus helping athletes and bodybuilders give their immune systems the boost they need.

To summarize the benefits in bullet point form, the benefits of Protein Extreme Energy include:

* boosts and strengthens the immune system
* gets more amino acids into muscle cells throughout the body
* promotes muscle tissue growth, regeneration, and strengthening
* initiates the transport of nucleic acids into the cell nucleus, where the DNA resides
* provides the raw material needed to repair damage to the DNA and initiate cell division
* supports reduction of Pro-inflammatory cytokines
* helps in post-exercise recovery
* beneficial in repairing extreme muscle rips

How to Deal With Chronic Fatigue & Stress.
November 17, 2009 – 7:25 am | No Comment
How to Deal With Chronic Fatigue & Stress.

Nourishing the adrenals alone is not enough, however – stimulating the adrenals without opening the surrounding pathways of the nervous system (or, from the viewpoint of Chinese Medicine, the meridians) is like increasing the output of an electricity generator in a home with faulty wiring. Sooner or later, the whole thing will short circuit, and you may end up burning out your generator (adrenals). This is how an aggressive adrenal stimulant such as caffeine or sugar can eventually drain your entire system.