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How much glutamine do I have to take to gain weight?

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A couple of week ago I told you about how my basement flooded due to a freak thaw we had in Ontario. Well, I'm still dealing with the repercussions of that little flood.Mostly, it has forced me to clean out my basement (which is no small task). I'm almost done now, but on Friday I was still going through some of my old boxes.After throwing out a couple kilograms of Leucine and … [Read more...] about How much glutamine do I have to take to gain weight?

Does capsaicin burn fat?

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I can remember back to my supplement industry days when capsaicin was a big deal. It had a couple studies showing it increased fat burning and more importantly customers would actually 'feel' their fat burner working when it had capsaicin in it.Unfortunately, this 'feel' was mostly increased gustatory sweating (not your metabolism revving up 2017% higher than normal), and in my … [Read more...] about Does capsaicin burn fat?

Calories, Weight Loss & Weight Gain

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Remember how I told you I was snowed in on Friday? Well it’s been exceptionally warm today, so as a result I’m at home dealing with a flooded basement. Awesome.Somewhere in-between ripping up carpet and tearing down drywall I managed to check my email this morning and received a very interesting question:“Have you ever met someone who was eating too few calories for weight loss … [Read more...] about Calories, Weight Loss & Weight Gain

The Origins of Obsessive Compusive Eating

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I'm snowed in today (gotta love Canadian winters).In all honesty this couldn't have come at a better time. I have a major speaking engagement tomorrow I have to prepare for, and I have a number of emails I need to get written.Naturally, since I have a crazy amount of work to do, I started the day off with the perfect procrastination tool - I decided to clean out my in-box.This … [Read more...] about The Origins of Obsessive Compusive Eating