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Post by erictalmant on Apr 2, 2009 7:23:45 GMT -5
Thanks for this great piece of info Eric. I have been wary about the quality of oil supplements ever since reading Udo Erasmus’s Fats that Heal, Fats that Kill, which exposed the extend of dangerous and damaging processing that occurs in these products. I can quite believe that there are some very unhealthy processing methods used in fish oil products to get unnaturally high levels of EPA and DHA, and I read on the Weston A Price Foundation website a while back about the problems with cod liver oil processing, but I’m not convinced that all krill oil has dangerous levels of arsenic. For example, the Neptune brand contains < 0.1 mg/kg inorganic arsenic, and < 10 mg/kg organic arsenic. I have read several scientifically supported arguments that ORGANIC arsenic has relatively low levels of toxicity at the levels found in kelp, seaweed, and seafood, inc. krill, and it is the INorganic form of arsenic that is the real danger. This review also suggests the errors in only looking at TOTAL arsenic levels in such foods, rather than organic vs inorganic www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2137100 . I would love to try the Pharmax or Seroyal fish oil products that David recommends, but their availability in the UK is scarce and expensive, and for the time being I will probably stick to the Neptune Krill Oil, which I am able to source at a reasonable price and freely in the UK. However, if the Pharmax or Seroyal fish oil products becoming more available in the UK I will definitely try them. As with anything, do your research and then make educated decisions. I am sure that not all krill oil has problems; but some of it does and I only want to make everyone aware of what is being talked about in the Metabolic Typing community currently.
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Post by erictalmant on Apr 2, 2009 7:21:23 GMT -5
Hi Eric, from your previous posts on EliteFTS, i get the idea that you are a row food enthusiast, inc. raw meat, fish, and poultry. I've recently been getting used to cooking most of my food (except grains and pulses) less and less, to the point where it is mostly just warmed-through. I want to move to the next stage and try raw meat, offal, and fish (i dont really eat poultry as it doesnt do much for me). Can you give any pointers on how to prepare animal products raw so they are safe to eat? As long as you buy your meat and fish from a trusted source, the preparation is minimal. For example, before I knew I was somewhat sensitive to beef I would buy it locally from a farmer I trusted. I would literally take it out of the packaging (thawed) and cut it up and season to taste with sea salt and pepper. That was pretty much it. I never found a trusted source for fish, but the same rules would apply. Keep in mind that this is a process and that you should certainly be cooking things from medium to medium-rare to rare to then perhaps raw. I would probably say that I am much more into raw produce than raw meats for most folks because of the digestive aspect. Raw is good; but just like anything else it is one piece in the puzzle. What specific questions or concerns did you have about preparation? You should make sure your hands are clean, your utensils (I used scissors) are clean, and most importantly that the meat or fish comes from a trusted source that has been fed its natural diet and not pumped full of antibiotics, hormones, etc.
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Post by erictalmant on Apr 2, 2009 7:16:19 GMT -5
OK, thans Eric. I used to use glutamine alot with good results post-workout, but i will also dabble with it pre-GPP and see what happens. Please report back with your results, Mark. As with anything, the more information we all have the better
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Post by erictalmant on Apr 2, 2009 7:15:40 GMT -5
I see that, looking at the list is like looking at a picture of modern life though! I have 36 blocking factors on my current list...will work at removing the easiest ones first then go from there. Thanks for your help. Sure thing, Mark. Remember...one thing at a time. Baby steps! If you can eliminate one thing per week that will, over time, make a huge difference!
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Post by erictalmant on Apr 2, 2009 7:14:26 GMT -5
Ultra Life is currently having an incredible INVENTORY REDUCTION SALE ! It’s a BUY 1, GET 2 FREE sale. Check it out here: www.healthexcel.com/advisors/UltraLifeInventoryReductionSale.pdf This is a great time to try out Cataplus, which is the anabolic supplement that I take both before and after training. The Multi Com's are also great substitutions for the Synergy Com's for those of us that have food sensitivities or allegies to yeast. Be well, Eric
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Post by erictalmant on Mar 31, 2009 14:29:50 GMT -5
Through March 31st, Signet will run their 150 item panel for $275.00 instead of the usual $375.00. That’s $100.00 off the regular price!
Don’t miss this great special. Take advantage of it for better health!
Just call Signet Labs at 1-888-669-5327 or 1-561-848-7111 and tell whomever answers that you want to purchase the MRT 150 for the $275.00 price.
Just tell them that Eric Talmant is your MT advisor and you will be good to go. If you have any questions please email me at etalmant@hotmail.com.
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Post by erictalmant on Mar 30, 2009 8:11:23 GMT -5
Hey guys. The following comes from David Vaughn, who is very well respected in the Metabolic Typing® community: Finding or producing pure krill oil is very difficult and so far I haven’t found any that is safe. Most of it is highly contaminated with arsenic and they don’t even have to tell you it contains it. Mercury is often assayed but arsenic is totally natural and is almost NEVER assayed. A very good friend of mine who produces high-end fish oil was just offered a tanker full of krill oil from the Antarctic at a great price. It was +7% arsenic in content. And this was no exception to normal krill oil it turns out. He refused the order after consulting with me, but someone else grabbed it up immediately. You will find it on the shelves in the next month or so. To make things worse, the process for purifying krill oil leaves part of it highly oxidized and dangerously contaminated with “natural” chemicals. So much so that I believe that almost all krill oil is very unhealthy. What is really scary is that this is the same problem for fish oil. In fact, there are only two “safe” fish oils that I know of: Pharmax and Seroyal. All other oil producers process their oils by distillation using alcohol and/or chemicals to improve levels of DHA and EPA. This process creates lots of ethyl esters which are either just left in the product or the oil is further processed to produce a reconstituted triglycerides. They can still claim to have very high levels of “pure DHA and EPA”. They just don’t mention the toxins not do they have to. Pharmax and Seroyal use natural lipases to refine the oil. This process does not leave behind the harmful chemicals and oxidized fraction. Ultra Life is aware of this newly exposed information and is responding to it quickly. As usually, Bill and Ultra Life are right on top of the latest advances and improvements (thanks guys). Cod liver oil has a serious problem too. So much so that even the worst con man in the industry (Mercola) is now recommending against it after peddling it like a fiend for years: articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/12/23/important-cod-liver-oil-update.aspx Funny how he changes his tune so often, huh? It appears to be solely based on what he is trying to see rather than the public’s health. So, do not believe anything you read. Ask questions and investigate. The world of so-called healthy, organic and natural food products is as corrupt as the pharmaceutical industry. There are crooks and liars everywhere and they do not care one little bit about the health and wellbeing of their customers. It is a Caveat Emptor world out there. Sorry for this sad, discouraging but factual news.
Only Pharmax and Seroyal are safe and pure. I am totally certain they use the correct processing (no chemicals or heat, only lipase) and assay every batch. Ultra Life either has or will quickly have the Pharmax oil on hand. If you (or anyone else) would like I can email you the description of the processing only they use.
They are also about to release a new cod liver oil using vacuum distillation which will be the best. Integrative Therapeutics is using the chemical extraction process on their fish oils. Only Pharmax and Seroyal use lipase as far as I know. Pharmax is right on the verge of having cod liver oil that is processed using the same method as their fish oil, which has no synthetics and is refined only by enzymes.
David VaughnWell, folks. I am switching my fish oil supplementation to Pharmax as of this morning. I put the Carlson's in the trash, called up Ultra Life, confirmed that they have the Pharmax (and they do at a very great price!) and placed my order. You probably won't hear this anywhere else for a few months.
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Post by erictalmant on Mar 29, 2009 8:01:57 GMT -5
Hi Eric, All makes sense now, guess I hadn't really grasped that my oxidizing system was regulating all the others. Will work on your suggestions and let you know. I think the removal of blocking factors is where I'm falling down. Thanks for your help. Mark Sure thing, Mark. Imagine if you will a 2X4 upon two saw horses and a pile of cinder blocks. As we place each block upon the board, it begins to sag. Eventually, one of the cinder blocks will break the board. Now, think of the board as your health and the cinder blocks as blocking factors. Individually, they do not do much damage. Collectively, they can cause degeneration and eventually death. That is why removing blocking factors is such a vital component of Metabolic Typing
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Post by erictalmant on Mar 27, 2009 16:45:15 GMT -5
Eric, how would you rate glutamine as a useful supplement for parasympathetic dominant athletes? I understand that there is a high rate of conversion to glutamic acid, which is a stimulant for the sympathetic ANS, so i'm guessing it would be something useful for such individuals. In my personal experience its also very effective for recovery, for both reducing DOMS, and keeping muscle glycogen stores adequate. Yes, you are correct in that glutamine is good for a parasympathetic dominant. If you can believe it, glutamine is actually much better suited (generally) for aerobic activities; so taking it before or after weight training is probably not going to make much difference (it will probably help on G.P.P. days, though). Just as with anything else, take this information and then observe and record for best individual results. Make sense?
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Post by erictalmant on Mar 26, 2009 16:40:06 GMT -5
This sounds really interesting. The intricacies of periodisation have always thrown me. Its a shame i've still got a number of weeks of the 13 week beginner program to do, otherwise i would definately be a 'guinea pig' for this. Yep, stay to your current plan for now. Everything we do is based upon you all's results and feedback. On paper, the latest cycles look really good and reflect the latest research. However, we never know how it will translate in the real world. We are really getting a handle on the best ways to program one's training for the yearly cycle and not so much piecemeal as we have been doing. The more continued input we receive, the better the research will be for all of us.
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Post by erictalmant on Mar 26, 2009 16:37:36 GMT -5
Dear all, have got a pretty knacked shoulder from to much benching and a poor technique. I am going to do my next 13 week cycle without any benching and sort my shoulder out. Dave or anyone else do you have any suggestions on how to work in some back / shoulder work into the current 13 week no equip cycle. any suggestions would be helpful i think i'll have the shoulder prob fixed soon as its getting better every day thanks in advance Can you bench with a palms facing grip, as in doing dumbbell presses?
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Post by erictalmant on Mar 26, 2009 16:36:46 GMT -5
on test day of the 13 week no equipment cycle do have to go through all the lifts or can you warm up your own way then co for your new max. There is a reason why we program the test or meet day the way that we do. It allows us to somewhat control variables and somewhat accurately predict the outcome. I would stick to the plan so that we can see a true realization of your results. Feel free to post your alternative of what you would perhaps rather do and we will take a look at it and give you our (everyone on the board) opinions.
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Post by erictalmant on Mar 26, 2009 16:34:16 GMT -5
I am on a 9 week plan made by Dave, I just did my skills evaluation BW of 198 squat went from 475 to 480 it was easy bench 292 to 305 easy deadlift first conventional max in five years did 475, PR was 500 at a BW of 230 after testing yesturday I have limited soreness or injuries, I have already trained for 1.5 hours of work capacity building today, i feel great all the squat reps are improving my grove, I will now switch back to sumo for the rest of the cycle, I was resting it to let my sacrum heal from my last meet when it was injured after attempting 575. loving sheiko grant Sounds like you are right on target!
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Post by erictalmant on Mar 26, 2009 16:33:56 GMT -5
13 week no equip finished (well belt for squat and dead) heres my results BW - 92kg Squat - 160kg to 175kg Bench - 117.5kg to 127.5kg Dead - 180kg to 200kg All in all pretty happy with results. not to bothered about my bench but would love to get my squat up to and past 200kg and my dead over 250kg. The next couple of cycles are going to be hard work but looking forward to it already efters Excellent progress!
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Post by erictalmant on Mar 26, 2009 16:32:16 GMT -5
Dave and I were just talking about this after my skills evaluation yesterday. Hopefully he will chime in with his latest 13 week templates.
There are three new ones that he has put together and in my opinion one of them would be perfect for you.
I will let Dave add his .02
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Post by erictalmant on Mar 26, 2009 16:30:52 GMT -5
i am already doing a carb cycling diet. this morning i weigh about 195 & i would like to drop til 185 to dehydrate at 181 in a 2 hour weigh in for the next june 13th... i know that it will affected all my lift especially the BP... so in the next week if i can run the sheiko with my 1RM % at 198BW...do i drop them ?? Or doing less set or Rep??Whats the best to do? THANKS JOEL BOULIANNE This is a very tough question to answer due to the many variables involved. Continue to pay particular attention to your perceived bar speed and ability to recover. When you feel undoubtedly that one or both have been impacted (this may or MAY NOT happen) then begin to drop your maxes in 10 pound increments.
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Post by erictalmant on Mar 26, 2009 16:28:14 GMT -5
Thanks for the kind words, Phil.
Our research has become even more refined since those DVD's came out in September due to Dave being able to work with more and more lifters.
If you decide to try this type of programming, contact my coach Dave Bates at veggaman@gmail.com. We were talking about the latest 13 week template for over an hour yesterday in the parking lot after my skills evaluation. Nowhere on the net will you find this information besides emailing Dave.
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Post by erictalmant on Mar 26, 2009 13:42:53 GMT -5
Rob:
I think if you still search the key words on the Elitefts Q&A you will still find my posts. You just can no longer select me as the author.
Why not send me some specific topics and I will see what I can do.
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Post by erictalmant on Mar 26, 2009 7:52:42 GMT -5
Hi Eric, May as well get the ball rolling. My test results before showed 34%sympathetic, 21% balance, 44% parasympathetic. I'm a 70% fast oxidizer. Question/situational analysis: I've suffered with asthma, for years, when first starting this MT journey it cleared up nicely. Recently I've been under a lot of stress and whilst focusing in very closely on nutrition has improved things, it still comes and goes a bit. Now, here are several thoughts I'm having on the situation in trying to get some understanding on it: 1) The parasympathetic system closes the airways and produces mucus, the sympathetic system has the opposite effect, so in a balanced person, the result is normal breathing. If the parasympathetic system is much stronger, we get asthma if predisposed to that, right? 2) My other reactions to this stress all seem to suggest its my sympathetic system working overtime: higher resting heart rate, feel anxious and aggression is very high, to the point that its starting to be a problem. I'm also restless, can have trouble getting to sleep etc. This suggests a sympathetic overeach right? 3) I'm struggling to understand how these apparently two conflicting things can be happening at once so I guess I'm missing something, any ideas? 4) Training a high volume/low intensity style can stimulate the parasympathetic system, low volume/high intensity the sympathetic system... could the fact that I've been doing high volume/low intensity training for a while be strengthining my parasympathetic system? 5) 44% doesn't seem that high, but clearly high enough to cause a fairly severe imbalance. How does this work? 6) What foods specifically strengthen the sympathetic system and which the parasympathetic system? It would be good to be aware of this and clues for the current state of the ANS as I'm aware it shifts. If I'm asking too much, let me know! Thanks Mark Hey Mark. Let's take these one at a time. First of all, the ANS is one of 11 fundamental homeostatic controls of the body. Since you are a fast oxidizer, then those homeostatic controls are dictated by oxidation. Even though your sub-dominance is para, if your overall body is "off balance" then that will trickle down to the 11 fundamental homeostatic controls; of which the ANS is one of them. #1) To answer your first question, IF your FHC's are not in line, and IF you have a predisposition to asthma, then it can certainly manifest itself. The fix? Going back to your FO diet plan and re-working the program by eating the right foods (only ideals and occasional neutrals), removing blocking factors (long list), taking the right supplements, and fine tuning your macronutrient ratios. #2) You are exactly right. All stress stimulates the sympathetic side. Focus on trying to incorporate the 2-3 fruits that work for a FO as well as more and more vegetables. This should help, but you have to remove the blocking factor (stress-in all its forms) as best you can. Nutrition can only do so much here. #3) It sounds to me that it is simply a case of asthma being one of your weak links, and once the FHC's are off balance this is one thing that manifests itself quite early. It does not necessarily have to be an issue of para/sym but more an issue of just the FHC's being off kilter. Make sense? #4) All training is a stressor and so while training it is an acute sympathetic push. It is your job to recover and get back to anabolic as best you can. Reinstating the parasympathetic side is the gateway to anabolism. How do you do this? First, by keeping all of the FHC's in line by working the 4 basic principles of the program as I outlined above. How do you "supercharge" this? By adding in those foods that are both right for your type and anabolic both before and after training. In addition, autogenic training immediately after training and other recovery modalities will help to combat the sympathetic push of training; whether that training is high volume/low intensity or low volume/high intensity. Increasing physical preparedness (think G.P.P.) also improves resting heart rate which will help with recovery. #5) Don't get locked in on percentages and numbers. Your body tells the story from day to day on what is going on. If you satisfy your oxidation rate then the FHC's will fall in line. Your macronutrient ratios will be different than mine, even though we are both FO's. But if you give your body what it needs and I give my body what mine needs then our FHC's will follow-regardless of what each of our "percentages" are. Make sense? #6) The foods that are right for your type. Eating para for a FO does not address the primary governor of YOUR metabolism, which is oxidation. Got it?
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Post by erictalmant on Mar 25, 2009 20:33:58 GMT -5
Let me see what I can do, fellas.
I will report back.
Eric
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