Keto-adapted, what does it mean?

fat utilization in a keto-adapted athlete

New post by Jacob Wilson aka “The Muscle Prof”   Day Four of The Muscle Professor Academy touches on the topic of Keto-adaptation. Being Keto-adapted leads to different benefits for athletes What does it mean to be keto-adapted? Keto adaptation occurs when your body switches from carbohydrates to fat and ketones as its primary source …

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Is there a relationship between the ingestion of saturated fat and the increase of cardiovascular risk?

    Via our friend Ignacio Ramos Vilas (from the Spanish Ketogains mod team): “The relationship of cholesterol and cardiac disease is one of the biggest frauds in the history of medicine” Says George Mann, adjunct biochem professor from the Medicine Faculty at Vanderbilt University and participant from the famous Framinham study on Cardiovascular Pathology. As many …

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What Makes Muscles Grow?

Great little TED-ED video by Jeffrey Siegel that explains the basics for building muslce: Eating enough protein (protein is the building block of muscle tissue) – as per the FAQ, between 0.8 up 1.2g per lean pound (more is not necessarily better). Eating adequate calories – to build muscle, you need extra energy from enough calories -You can’t …

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The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Performance by Jeff S Volek and Stephen D. Phinney – a Summary

<a href="//The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Performance” target=”_blank”>The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Performance by  Doctors Jeff S. Volek and Stephen D. Phinney should be a must read for everyone interested in doing keto for athletic performance. So here it is, a summary with the finer points of the book. I encourage you …

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