May 14

The Supplement Experts Call “Fish Oil On Steroids”.

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Jade Teta You ever wonder why you supplement fat into your diet? For example, why do you take fish oil every day? Most people well educated in natural health will usually answer this question by saying, “because it decreases inflammation”. That might be one reason, but there is another more important reason the types of …

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Apr 18

What are “metabolic chains”?

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Jade Teta The Metabolic Effect Compact Chain System: We developed this workout style to fill the gap between physique conditioning and the need for overload with metabolic conditioning and the need to burn body fat.  Since our article on the system in September 2011 Oxygen Magazine the workout has developed quite a following.  We call …

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Apr 11

10 Healthiest Fat Loss Foods

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Jade Teta Healthy food is not fat loss food.  It can be, but healthy does not equal fat loss.  The idea that “healthy eating”, (whatever that means) is synonymous with body change is probably the single biggest misconception there is regarding what real physique change takes. On the other hand, fat loss food is almost …

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Apr 06

Why Traditional Labs Miss Your Thyroid Issue

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A thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) test is the test used to screen for thyroid disorders. Unfortunately a very large percent of the population can have thyroid issues and present with normal TSH.   Review of thyroid metabolism: TSH is released from the pituitary gland after TRH from the hypothalamus sends the signal that thyroid hormone …

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Apr 05

What Exactly is the Metabolic Effect of Exercise?

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Jade Teta & Keoni Teta (Published in August 2011 Townsend Letter) There has been ongoing debate about what many in the health and fitness field call the “metabolic effect” or “metabolic after-burn”. The idea behind this concept is that exercise of sufficient intensity elevates the efficiency of fat burning for many hours after exercise. We …

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Apr 04

Facts About Belly Fat

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Jade Teta 1) Two types of belly are subcutaneous belly fat and visceral belly fat.  Subcutaneous is the stuff you can pinch and visceral is the stuff you can’t 2) If you have a rock hard midsection and a protruding belly then you have visceral fat 3) Visceral belly fat has a greater blood flow …

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