Health Supplements

Protein Powder for Muscle Building

If you’re trying to build muscle and burn fat right now, like I happen to be before a big trip I have, then you may have considered making some protein shakes, which are generally great for helping you to build muscle and burn fat, and also to fuel your workouts and energy levels with a good mix of carbs and protein. Men especially can benefit from a good protein powder, and lots of men who are body and fitness conscious, including men who body build, use these protein powders to get themselves ripped and/or bulky in certain areas when they are weight training.

It can really boost your workouts and add to your bottom line. So, how do you actually use protein powder to build muscle? Well, generally, it is recommended that you consume protein shakes within about one hour of doing your workout, especially if you are doing a weight workout for building muscle. You should try to make the protein shake low fat, so if you are using a yogurt, then try to use the lowest fat yogurt you can get your hands on, and make sure that it’s lower carb too.

For example, I like to use the Carb Control yogurts, because they have very low carbs and sugars, and they are the perfect consistency to make a smoothie or a protein shake because they are thick and creamy yet not too sweet.

In addition, you can add fruit to it or even add some ground flax seeds to bulk it up a little, make it a little more fulfilling, and also to add bulk producing fiber. Bulk producing means that it helps waste move throughout your digestive system and on out, so that you retain less water and less fat, and this produces a sort of cleansing effect on the body which helps to keep your muscle showing better through the fat, as well as helps to get rid of that fat that’s covering up all that awesome muscle so it is more visible and your work is not for nothing.

By consuming your protein powder in a shake or smoothie with fruit or flax seed ground up, you are also stabilizing your blood sugar, which has been proven to help burn fat and create more lean muscle instead, since when your body is burning excess calories and not holding onto them, you are in an ideal cycle of calorie burning and muscle building, and your body is running at peak performance, which is ideal for building muscle and working out with the right stamina.

Testosterone Supplements Not Much Help?

A new study (one of many, conflicting studies, might I add), is showing that men who take testosterone pills to help restore their health, vim and vigor of their youth when they are getting up in years, are not gaining sufficient health benefits from them, if any at all.  While the men in the study, a decent amount of men in age range from about 60 years old to 80 years old, did experience a decrease in body fat and also an increase in muscle (a hallmark of testosterone, and a reason why man men love to have a lot of it, understandably), was noticed, but other men’s health effects and overall well being increases were not observed so far.

As researchers noticed the increase in muscle mass, they also noted though that this did not increase the men’s mobility who were on the testosterone supplements as compared to the men who were simply put on a placebo.  And, perhaps most disappontingly of all, the men on the low dose testosterone did not experience increases in mental capacity, or any marked improvement in their medical faculties. 

The men who were chosen for the testosterone supplement study were actually men who were picked because they had shown lower than normal testosterone levels.  Perhaps though, their bodies had allowed their bodily functions to adapt accordingly, and this is why the newly introduced higher levels of testosterone did not produce the expected benefit?  I definitely don’t claim to be a scientist, but it seems like something may be missing from this study, as other studies have shown testosterone supplementation to be helpful.

Multivitamins and Men’s Health

Are you one of the millions of Americans today who take a multivitamin?  I take a multivitamin, and I truly do believe that without the vitamin, my diet is missing several beneficial nutrients and vitamins that it would not otherwise have if I didn’t pop one of those little suckers every morning with my breakfast.  There are naysayers, of course, that say multivitamins do no good and you have to get all you nutrition and vitamins in the foods you eat and drinks you drink.

They don’t really understand though, that if you take a men’s multivitamin with your meals, you are increasing your absorption rate, and again still, if you are taking a high quality multivitamin supplement, the vitamins are designed for optimal absorption and to pass through the body being absorbed, rather than being ignored and passed as waste, as some other non-quality vitamins are.

It is also very important, I feel, that if you cannot chew your multivitamin, then make sure you get some other form of vitamin like a liquid one or something that is encapsulated that you can swallow whole, because if you do not chew your compact little vitamin (it’s not that hard, I’ve been doing it for years, trust me – you get used to it fairly quickly), it very well may pass through your body virtually unused and unabsorbed.

Chewing it makes the surface area smaller, and makes it easier for your digestive enzymes to tear apart and digest, so that the nutrients can then be passed through the body and later absorbed into the blood stream, where these little vitamins do their good work.  So, don’t believe the naysayers that say taking supplements does no good. 

Why then would we have drugs for all kinds of ailments today?  What, do they also have no effect?  Really, the thought process is ludicrous if you think about it!  Another thing to look into, is a solution for a problem that way too many men have to deal with that most find embarrassing and disheartening, and that is male hair loss.  Read out new page on male hair loss products and see how you can take natural supplements to help prevent future hair loss and regain the hair that you’ve lost throughout the years.  It’s interesting, because it’s natural, but it also contains the only FDA approved ingredient today for hair loss. 

B Vitamins, Zinc and Men’s Hair Loss

Hair loss for men is often considered just an unfortunate consequence of genetics and androgens that is inevitable for certain men as they age.  There are many other factors that effect hair loss in men.  Nutririon, in fact, can play an important role in maintaining the health of your hair throughout life. 

Particular vitamins and minerals are key to keeping your hair longer and minimizing hair loss.  Diets that are deficient in B vitamins and the minerals magnesium, sulfur and zinc can be the cause of hair loss or a contributing factor.
 Of the B vitamins, B5, or pantothenic acid, is particularly important to promoting hair growth and health.  Other B vitamins that are vital to hair health are B6, biotin, inositol and folic acid.  The B vitamins can be obtained nutritionally, through diet, by increasing your intake of soy beans, peas, carrots, beans, bran, nuts and eggs.  You can also take in B vitamins in supplemental form.
 Other nutrients essential to the health of your hair and found in male hair loss products are the minerals zinc, sulfur and magnesium.  Zinc stimulates hair growth and enhances immune function.  For maintenance of the balance of oils in your hair, essential fatty acids in the diet or as supplements are helpful.  These nutrients will help you to avoid dry, brittle hair.  Nutritionally, you can obtain essential fatty acids through flaxseed oil, primrose oil or salmon oil.
 Vitamin C and vitamin E are both noted to increase circulation to the scalp therefore minimizing hair loss from poor circulation.  On the average, humans shed about 50 to 100 strands of hair per day and this is considered normal.  If your hair loss is greater than this amount and accelerates, you may want to look at your nutritional status as a possible cause.  Changes in diet and supplements with zinc, B vitamins and vitamin A and vitamin C may help your situation . Hair analysis may be done to try to determine if there are nutritional deficiencies as a cause to male hair loss.

Men’s Age Management

We’ve officially lost our minds over never aging.  This millenium marks the era of anti-aging, and the age obsessed are going to great lengths to prevent aging of the body and the mind.  Mostly the focus is on the body, such as the skin and hair, but there is also a lot of emphasis on anti aging of the mind, since no one likes to lose their mental edge. 

I don’t disagree with this movement at all, in fact I embrace it as a new era of improvement and the human race simply taking evolution to the next level : namely, making it so that we can live longer, as functional as we were when we were younger, for a longer time.

There are natural supplements, such as GenF20 HGH releaser HGH enhancing supplement, which help to naturally increase that natural, elusive hormone that is known for the power of anti aging and keeping one younger, longer.  But there are also literally hundreds of vitamins, supplements, nutritional support foods, and “super foods” that are being marketed as the next big thing in anti aging and keeping the years off.

But some are saying that our age management medications and supplements are going too far.  There are specialists who called themselves “age management specialists” who specialize in, you guessed it – a newer form of practice called age management where doctors who are trained to nutritionally support a person and make their bodies appear and feel younger, help people to live a lifestyle which they are pretty much destined to live longer.

These specialists actually are not recognized as official “doctors” and the field is not yet recognized by the AMA (American Medical Association) as an officially recognized medical field of practice, but these professionals are becoming more and more popular as people simply desire to live longer and to want more out of life – and a longer, happier life at that.

A consultation with one of these age management specialists apparently does not come cheap though.  It is reportedly in the thousands for consultations, and then there are tests they do on your blood as well as the prescription of dozens of supplements and dietary restrictions.  In the end?  Sure it may be controversial, but I bet it’s healthy, so who cares.  If people want to shell out this kind of money, so be it.  They probably will live longer than us poor schlumps too……

Attention Men Who Want to Lose Fat : A New Supplement

Thought this new fat binding supplement was worth your while if you’re looking to shed some fat from your midsection and other unsavories or unmentionables on your bod if you’re looking to tone the figure for the spring time and get a jump start. 

You may have heard about another fat reduction product on the market recently in the news, well this is one that may even be a little better, because it might absorb even more dietary fat that your put in your mouth, and help your body store less fat, and in the process burn what you’ve already got resulting in a weight reduction and overal trimming of the fat, so to speak.  Go ahead and read about it here : Fat Loss Supplement. 

This product is clinically proven to help absorb excess fat intake and also can even reduce appetite, which means you eat smaller portions, and start busting that gut you’ve been wanting to get rid of since the holidays (or maybe I’m projecting myself a little too much here). 

But seriously, guys, we all know where a guys biggest problem area is, and it’s usually the belly.  Men are predisposed to getting too much belly fat, and this supplement is actually perfect to help with that, as it specifically targets fat reduction.  You might want to check it out via the info above. 

Men’s Multivitamins Don’t Pass Tests in Some Cases

An interesting study came out that was by no means comprehensive, but nonetheless has some interesting implications for the health and vitamin supplement for men industry, for sure.  The study was aimed at either debunking the claims of certain multivitamins that are currently on the market, or satisfying their claims of vitamin substance, and freedom of contaminants.  What the studies and analysis came up with though, is actually pretty disturbing. 

Many of the popular multivitamins for men that are on the market today did not stand up to the tests given.  In other words, some didn’t contain the percentage RDA of each vitamin that the label claimed, or the vitamin did not dissolve in adequate time in order that it would be passed through the digestive track and be fully digested and absorbed as it should be for maximum potency. 

Another alarming thing came up too though on these multivitamins, and that is that some were even found to be contaminted with things like lead, and other heavy metals that could be harmful if swallowed.  One particular formula was actually alarmingly high in lead, which is a substance that should be nowhere near any product that is manufactered for ingestion by a human.

One thing the researchers said is that you do get what you pay for, and buying reputable brands are the best way to go if you’re in doubt.  I take it this means to stay away from the store brands, and that is exactly what I do.  I prefer to buy mine from high quality providers. 

Testosterone Replacement Therapy

It’s looking like testosterone replacement therapy as sort of an anti aging and overall health booster for older men may very well become like the HRT version for men, just as women get HRT to replace lost estrogen as they age.  You see, we all lose more and more of our sex hormones, in men’s case, androgens, as we age, and this causes many things in our lives to deteriorate which we associate with youth.

Things like sex drive, the ability to keep weight off, and other undesirable things result when we either have a shortage or an over abundance of testosterone.  Doctors who are testing our testosterone replacement therapy on older men believe that this infusion of testosterone in men with lower levels of the androgen may help to improve sexual function, mood, muscle mass, and other things that men typically enjoy as part of “being a man”. 

Men’s testosterone levels usually start to decrease at a noticeable rate after a man hits the age of 40.  This is when he may start to see significant differences in his functioning and in his body.  Some men resort to taking youth solutions like an HGH supplement which can help naturally boost levels of the youth hormone and create similar results as a hormone replacement therapy, just via a completely different method. 

The problem with this hormone replacement therapy for men is that testosterone can compromise prostate health by making prostate cancer multiply, so it must be administered with care and precaution, just as women’s HRT for menopause can make breast cancer multiply and controversially can even be linked to the actual development of breast cancer. 

The two formulas that would be available for testosterone replacement therapy would be a topical solution applied to the skin and absorbed transdermally, or injections. 

GenF20 HGH Releaser

This is quite an interesting product that I’ve recently seen, so interesting that I posted a review of this HGH product, called GENF20, which is a natural stimulator to the body to produce more HGH, or Human Growth Hormone, which is the hormone of youth.  It basically stops producing once we hit our early twenties, and this is what accounts for our steady decline when we reach our mid twenties. 

We start to have less energy naturally, our skin may start to sag and wrinkle (age), our hair begins to lose pigment (graying of the hair), we start to have a lower libido, we may not get as high quality of a sleep, and many many other things that aren’t so pleasant the majority of the time start to happen to our body and our mind as we age. 

 Oh, I forgot to mention that one too, our minds, memories and general sharpness tend to decline as we age, making it sometimes harder to focus and think critically and problem solve.  Well, as there are so many other natural and herbal products in development for self improvement and anti aging, or shall we say more graceful aging, there is a product called GenF20 HGH releaser which actually helps to stall the aging process by stimulating your own body’s resources to produce HGH once again, just like it did in the “good old days” of your youth. 

Most people who take it report an interesting array of benefits, everything from sleeping more soundly and having crazy energy, to hair color and texture imrpovement and a noticeably more youthful skin tone and plumpness to the skin.  It’s intriguing to say the least that there are products out there that can help us beat Father Time, or at least keep him at bay a bit longer. 

Vitamin E for Middle Aged Men?

It appears that the relatively cheap and easily accessible vitamin, vitamin E, may have some fairly significant health and preventive benefits for middle aged men who take it, especially middle aged men who also happen to smoke. 

Vitamin E is a very good vitamin as we know, for overall health, and has been known to have some sort of heart protective abilities and is also known for being a good skin care vitamin for both men and women. 

You do have to be careful with vitamin E though, as too much of it can be toxic to the system since it is not a vitamin that we “pee out” daily, rather it can be stored in the organs and become toxic if too much is taken. 

The newest studies on the vitamin show that it may actually help prevent death from cancer and heart disease in the middle age demographic of men who also smoke.  The study was done with almost 30,000 men, so it’s nothing to laugh at, since the number of subjects is substantial and the study was done very credibly. 

It shows that the men who had higher levels of vitamin E in their blood had a lower death rate if they had cancer or heart disease over a specified period of time during which the study was conducted. 

The vitamin is also known as alpha tocopherol (yes, you’ve probably seen this in your multivitamin, that’s what I thought too), and it is known as a very potent antioxidant which is often added to multivitamin supplements for men. 

Antioxidants are now being hailed as excellent heart health protectors and overall life quality enhancers and longevity promoters.  Not only that, vitamin E also has an enhancing effect on the health and functionality of the blood vessels, helping to strengthen and tone them. 

Overall, I’d say vitamin E is something you would want to make sure you have in your vitamin or health supplement, at any rate.