Frequently Asked Questions
Layne Norton Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Compiled by Patrick Dib “Hypertrophik” from the Layne Norton “Str8flexed” thread at Muscular Development
http://forums.musculardevelopment.com/showthread.php?t=4226
Updated: December 18, 2007
Table of Contents
Part A: General Nutrition
Topics:
On Fruits and Vegetables
On Juice Plus vs Regular Veggies
On sweet potatoes vs oats
On Red Meat:
On dietary fats:
On Blood Pressure:
Comments on an old school weight gaining shake:
On Bowel Movements during Dieting:
On eating fat free low sugar yogurt during diet
On preworkout food:
Part B: Food Information:
Topics:
Layne’s Favorite tasting whole food protein source
Cocoa and Testosterone levels
On horse chestnuts and …show more content…
No, I don't
On Blood Pressure:
Do beta blockers have any effect on fatloss/muscle gain? My dr wants to put me on them for my high BP, but id like to avoid it and lower it naturally.
I cannot forsee any impact that B-blockers would have on fat metabolism.
I always suggest trying to lower blood pressure naturally unless it is pretty high and then you just want to get it under control.
My Average reading is 140 over 90 or higher. I lift weights 3-4 times a week, and 4 days of cardio 30 min sessions on the treadmill at a moderate pace. My diet consists of around 150g protein, under 100g carbs, 40g fats. not sure about the sodium intake.
Try lowering sodium down to 1500mg per day and see if that helps
Do you have any files or studies that prove to my doctor that?
A - High protien levels are not going to kill a person
B - That creatine 1 - Does more than just "hold water" 2 - Is not going to destroy his 2 well functioning healthy kindneys.
The blood levels he will find will support the doc as high protein diets elevate liver enzymes but that is COMPLETELY FINE. They are only marker's of kidney/liver dysfunction and do not cause …show more content…
However, the real question is does eating more provide metabolic benefits? That has yet to be seen. Most of these studies have looked at nitrogen balance which only tells you whether a person is anabolic or catabolic and doesn't really give you an idea to the degree they are and it also doesn't let you know what tissues are retaining or losing the nitrogen. The other method is whole body amino acid fluxes, essentially using 'labeled' amino acids isotope and looking at what tissues they flux into and out of. The problem with both of these is they do not account for recycling of the amino acids within various tissues, nor do they take into account that tissues like the gut turnover very rapidly and so much of the whole body flux of amino acids is from the gut. Skeletal muscle turns over comparatively slowly and thus has much smaller effects on whole body amino acid fluxes. For example, the researchers who concluded casien is better than whey looked at whole body amino acid fluxes and concluded that casein reduced breakdown better than whey... BUT THEY LOOKED AT WHOLE BODY PROTEIN BREAKDOWN, which tells you very little about the breakdown occurring specifically in skeletal muscle. In order to get good information you have to look at fractional rates of synthesis and degradation within the skeletal muscle which 1) is much more difficult 2) more expensive 3) requires more skill
Compiled by Patrick Dib “Hypertrophik” from the Layne Norton “Str8flexed” thread at Muscular Development
http://forums.musculardevelopment.com/showthread.php?t=4226
Updated: December 18, 2007
Table of Contents
Part A: General Nutrition
Topics:
On Fruits and Vegetables
On Juice Plus vs Regular Veggies
On sweet potatoes vs oats
On Red Meat:
On dietary fats:
On Blood Pressure:
Comments on an old school weight gaining shake:
On Bowel Movements during Dieting:
On eating fat free low sugar yogurt during diet
On preworkout food:
Part B: Food Information:
Topics:
Layne’s Favorite tasting whole food protein source
Cocoa and Testosterone levels
On horse chestnuts and …show more content…
No, I don't
On Blood Pressure:
Do beta blockers have any effect on fatloss/muscle gain? My dr wants to put me on them for my high BP, but id like to avoid it and lower it naturally.
I cannot forsee any impact that B-blockers would have on fat metabolism.
I always suggest trying to lower blood pressure naturally unless it is pretty high and then you just want to get it under control.
My Average reading is 140 over 90 or higher. I lift weights 3-4 times a week, and 4 days of cardio 30 min sessions on the treadmill at a moderate pace. My diet consists of around 150g protein, under 100g carbs, 40g fats. not sure about the sodium intake.
Try lowering sodium down to 1500mg per day and see if that helps
Do you have any files or studies that prove to my doctor that?
A - High protien levels are not going to kill a person
B - That creatine 1 - Does more than just "hold water" 2 - Is not going to destroy his 2 well functioning healthy kindneys.
The blood levels he will find will support the doc as high protein diets elevate liver enzymes but that is COMPLETELY FINE. They are only marker's of kidney/liver dysfunction and do not cause …show more content…
However, the real question is does eating more provide metabolic benefits? That has yet to be seen. Most of these studies have looked at nitrogen balance which only tells you whether a person is anabolic or catabolic and doesn't really give you an idea to the degree they are and it also doesn't let you know what tissues are retaining or losing the nitrogen. The other method is whole body amino acid fluxes, essentially using 'labeled' amino acids isotope and looking at what tissues they flux into and out of. The problem with both of these is they do not account for recycling of the amino acids within various tissues, nor do they take into account that tissues like the gut turnover very rapidly and so much of the whole body flux of amino acids is from the gut. Skeletal muscle turns over comparatively slowly and thus has much smaller effects on whole body amino acid fluxes. For example, the researchers who concluded casien is better than whey looked at whole body amino acid fluxes and concluded that casein reduced breakdown better than whey... BUT THEY LOOKED AT WHOLE BODY PROTEIN BREAKDOWN, which tells you very little about the breakdown occurring specifically in skeletal muscle. In order to get good information you have to look at fractional rates of synthesis and degradation within the skeletal muscle which 1) is much more difficult 2) more expensive 3) requires more skill