Phil Collen Workout

We resently had the great honor of getting to interview Phil Collen, the brilliant guitarist from the muliti-platinum Rock Band Def Leppard.

Phil has been sober for 23 years, a vegetarian for 27 and a vegan currently. Additionally, he has become quite a fitness buff over the last 15 or so years. He started out with a black belt in Kempo Karate which kicked off his love of Martial Arts...and now trains with Jean Carrillo, the Muay Thai kickboxing champion. Phil brings Jean on the road with him and is able to maintain his regimen during the Def Leppard tours.

Currently, his workouts consist of extreme cardio, boxing, Muay Thai kickboxing, weightlifting and biking. Before a tour he works out 3 times a day 7 days a week. Right now, he's just maintaining - so it's once a day.

No steroids or Chemical enhancements are involved - he eats a super clean vegan diet. Phil truly feels he has hit upon the fountain of youth and is in the best shape of his life and its just getting better every day. Thats even more incredible when you throw in the fact that the guy is 52 and has lived a temptation-filled Rockin' life on the road for the past 30+ yrs.

Read the interview at Phil Collen Workout

Phil Collen Workout

We resently had the great honor of getting to interview Phil Collen, the brilliant guitarist from the muliti-platinum Rock Band Def Leppard.

Phil has been sober for 23 years, a vegetarian for 27 and a vegan currently. Additionally, he has become quite a fitness buff over the last 15 or so years. He started out with a black belt in Kempo Karate which kicked off his love of Martial Arts...and now trains with Jean Carrillo, the Muay Thai kickboxing champion. Phil brings Jean on the road with him and is able to maintain his regimen during the Def Leppard tours.

Currently, his workouts consist of extreme cardio, boxing, Muay Thai kickboxing, weightlifting and biking. Before a tour he works out 3 times a day 7 days a week. Right now, he's just maintaining - so it's once a day.

No steroids or Chemical enhancements are involved - he eats a super clean vegan diet. Phil truly feels he has hit upon the fountain of youth and is in the best shape of his life and its just getting better every day. Thats even more incredible when you throw in the fact that the guy is 52 and has lived a temptation-filled Rockin' life on the road for the past 30+ yrs.

Read the interview at Phil Collen Workout

Fructose Linked to High Blood Pressure

Watch not only products with HFCS, but any with sugar, as it can be GMO beet sugar, or any with aspartame, sucralose, rebiana, zevia, truvia, or purvia -

By Todd Neale, Staff Writer, MedPage Today
Published: July 01, 2010
Reviewed by Dori F. Zaleznik, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston and Dorothy Caputo, MA, RN, BC-ADM, CDE, Nurse Planner

People who consume the amount of fructose found in two-and-a-half regular soft drinks a day appear to have a higher risk of hypertension, a cross-sectional study showed.

Consumption of at least 74 grams per day was associated with 26% to 77% greater odds of crossing various thresholds of elevated blood pressure (P<0.05 for all), compared with lower levels of consumption, according to Diana Jalal, MD, of the University of Colorado Denver, and colleagues.

"Limiting fructose intake is readily feasible, and, in light of our results, prospective studies are needed to assess whether decreased intake of fructose from added sugars will reduce the incidence of hypertension and the burden of cardiovascular disease in the U.S. adult population," they wrote online in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

There has been a recent increase in the consumption of fructose in developed nations due primarily to the addition of table sugar or high fructose corn syrup to soft drinks, bakery products, fruit drinks, dairy desserts, and candies.
At the same time, the prevalence of hypertension has been rising. However, epidemiological studies have yielded conflicting results as to an association between the two trends.
To explore the issue, Jalal and her colleagues used data from 4,528 adults without a history of hypertension included in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 2003 to 2006.
The majority (61%) had a systolic blood pressure of less than 120 mm Hg. Another 30% were prehypertensive (systolic pressure of 120 to 139 mm Hg).
The rest of the participants had either stage 1 or stage 2 hypertension (6% and 2%, respectively).
Fructose intake was determined through a self-administered dietary questionnaire. Consumption of natural fruits was excluded to isolate intake of added sugar.
Median intake was 74 grams a day. Increasing systolic blood pressure was associated with increasing fructose intake, a trend that reached borderline statistical significance (P=0.05).
After adjustment for demographics, comorbidities, physical activity, smoking, total kilocalorie intake, and dietary confounders including total carbohydrate, alcohol, salt, potassium, and vitamin C intake, as well as other factors, fructose intake of 74 grams per day or higher was associated with higher odds of elevated blood pressure at the following thresholds (P<0.05 for all):

• 135/85 mm Hg: OR 1.26
• 140/90 mm Hg: OR 1.30
• 160/100 mm Hg: OR 1.77

Additional analyses showed that fructose intake was associated with systolic -- but not diastolic -- blood pressure.
The reason this study, and not some previous studies, found an association between fructose consumption and hypertension could be because of the high level of consumption in the current study, according to Jalal and her colleagues.
In addition, some previous studies looked only at soft drink consumption or included naturally occurring fructose from fruit in their analyses.
There are several possible mechanisms that might explain the positive association between fructose and blood pressure, the authors wrote, "including stimulation of uric acid, inhibition of [the] endothelial nitric oxide synthase system, and stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system, or by directly increasing sodium absorption in the gut."
The study was limited, they wrote, by the inability to establish a causal relationship between fructose and blood pressure using cross-sectional data, the reliance on self-reports, and the possibility of confounding by glucose in the foods assessed on the dietary questionnaire.
The study was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health.
Jalal reported no conflicts of interest. One of her co-authors is listed as an inventor on several patent applications for lowering uric acid as it relates to blood pressure and metabolic syndrome. He is also author of The Sugar Fix.

Primary source: Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
Source reference: Jalal D, et al "Increased fructose associates with elevated blood pressure" J Am Soc Nephrol 2010; DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2009111111.

Hand-Over-Hand Chin-Ups

Hand-Over-Hand Chin-Ups...A Unique Back Attack!
By Nick Nilsson

If regular chin-ups are just getting WAY too easy for you, THIS exercise is going to challenge you in a way that NO regular chin-up can...

The Chin-Up is, quite honestly, one of THE best exercises you can do not only for your back but for your entire body. It's a classic bodyweight exercise that never gets old.

Now, if you're a fan of the chin-up, THIS version of it is one you'll LOVE. It'll blow your lats and your biceps up like crazy!

To perform it, you should be able to do at least 8 to 10 regular chin-ups. It's a tough exercise and requires some base chinning strength to perform.

For this one, you'll just need a chin-up bar. I'm using the one that goes across the frame of my power rack and that works just fine.

So first, go to one end of the bar and stand perpendicular under it (NOT like you normally would directly under the bar).

Take a staggered grip on the bar (like a baseball bat grip).

Now pull yourself up to one side of the bar - the side you'll want to pull to is the same as the hand that is FURTHEST from you. Basically, if your left hand is furthest away, pull up on the left side of the bar.

Now lower yourself down PART WAY...NOT the whole way. You should have some bend in your elbows. At this point, move your furthest hand over behind your nearest hand (hence the hand-over-hand name!).

The key here is to be sure you've got a bend in the elbows and tension on the lats. Because when you take one hand off, you're basically putting your entire bodyweight (just for a moment) on the one lat. VERY big time tension here.

Once you've placed the hand, pull yourself up to the OTHER side. Lower yourself down, step your hand backward on the bar again. Now pull up to the other side again.

Continue along the bar until you run out of bar then go back the way you came, moving your hands forward this time. Keep going forward and backward along the bar until you can't do any more reps.

It's a BRUTAL back exercise that makes regular chins look like nothing. By the time you're done, your entire back and your biceps will be so swollen full of blood, you won't believe it. The continuous tension and bodyweight combination really makes for a potent back attack!

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Nick Nilsson has a degree in Physical Education and Psychology and has been innovating new training techniques for more than 18 years. Nick is the author of a number of bodybuilding books including "Muscle Explosion! 28 Days To Maximum Mass", "Metabolic Surge - Rapid Fat Loss," "The Best Exercises You've Never Heard Of," "Gluteus to the Maximus - Build a Bigger Butt NOW!" and "The Best Abdominal Exercises You've Never Heard Of", all designed to maximize the results you get for the hard work you put into your training.

Be sure to grab your FREE copy of Nick's 30-day "Dirty Little Secret Program for Building Muscle and Burning Fat FAST," available at http://fitness-ebooks.rxsportz.com

Get a Super Duper Workout with These Supersets

Some days, that coffee just doesn’t kick in.

Instead of getting that stirring vigor you’re usually jolted with
every afternoon, you instead find yourself bogged down with a
nagging case of the blahs.

You’re on your way to the gym and only three words enter your
mind: Same old thing. You’re travelling the same roads to go to
the same gym at the same old time to do the same old workout.

The rain pelting off your windshield isn’t helping any matters.

Quite simply, you feel like a dead fish.

Well, the best remedy for such a dreadful feeling may be at the
end of your destination. Once you get inside the gym, and conduct
your pre-workout warm-up, jump right in with some riveting super
sets that are sure to get the blood pumping and the veins
jumping. For example:

Chest: Try this one. Set two flat benches up just a few feet
apart from one another. Do a set of 12-15 dumbbell flyes on one
of the benches. When done, immediately place your feet up on one
bench, your hands on the other, and crank out a set of 30-40
push-ups, using your own body for resistance. Try this
superset three times for a super pump.

Biceps: Find a cable machine with lower hookups that are parallel
to one another. Attach D-handles to them. Then, grab a curl bar
and rip out a set of 12-15 reps at a moderate poundage, making
surethat you do slow, strict reps with forced negatives. When
you’re finished with this set, immediately jump over to the cable
apparatus and whip out a set of alternating cable curls. Do 16
reps on each arm and after this superset, you’ll feel your
dormant arms spring out of their coffins.

Triceps: Lie down on a flat bench with a curl bar and grind
through a set of 12-14 triceps extensions. After the final
negative of your final rep, jump over to the cable machine where
you should have already connected a bar to the top hookup. With
your palms facing up, crank out a set of reverse extensions,
14-16 reps for an intense jolt.

Also see:

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How To Transform Your Body In 12 Weeks


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Get a Super Duper Workout with These Supersets

Some days, that coffee just doesn’t kick in.

Instead of getting that stirring vigor you’re usually jolted with
every afternoon, you instead find yourself bogged down with a
nagging case of the blahs.

You’re on your way to the gym and only three words enter your
mind: Same old thing. You’re travelling the same roads to go to
the same gym at the same old time to do the same old workout.

The rain pelting off your windshield isn’t helping any matters.

Quite simply, you feel like a dead fish.

Well, the best remedy for such a dreadful feeling may be at the
end of your destination. Once you get inside the gym, and conduct
your pre-workout warm-up, jump right in with some riveting super
sets that are sure to get the blood pumping and the veins
jumping. For example:

Chest: Try this one. Set two flat benches up just a few feet
apart from one another. Do a set of 12-15 dumbbell flyes on one
of the benches. When done, immediately place your feet up on one
bench, your hands on the other, and crank out a set of 30-40
push-ups, using your own body for resistance. Try this
superset three times for a super pump.

Biceps: Find a cable machine with lower hookups that are parallel
to one another. Attach D-handles to them. Then, grab a curl bar
and rip out a set of 12-15 reps at a moderate poundage, making
surethat you do slow, strict reps with forced negatives. When
you’re finished with this set, immediately jump over to the cable
apparatus and whip out a set of alternating cable curls. Do 16
reps on each arm and after this superset, you’ll feel your
dormant arms spring out of their coffins.

Triceps: Lie down on a flat bench with a curl bar and grind
through a set of 12-14 triceps extensions. After the final
negative of your final rep, jump over to the cable machine where
you should have already connected a bar to the top hookup. With
your palms facing up, crank out a set of reverse extensions,
14-16 reps for an intense jolt.

Also see:

military supplements shipping to APO and FPO

How To Transform Your Body In 12 Weeks


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Enjoy Your Holiday, GMO FREE

As the Fourth of July holiday comes along this week end, here's wishing you a great time, and hope you BUY ORGANIC to avoid the risk of FRANKENFOOD

FRANKENFOOD: Monsanto Subsidiary Admits the Truth, Sixteen Years Ago

"If you put a label on genetically engineered food you might as well put a skull and crossbones on it."

Norman Braksick, president of Asgrow Seed Co., a subsidiary of Monsanto, quoted in the Kansas City Star, March 7, 1994

Photo from Mesk125

And what about your Hot Dog on the Barbie?

Pass the Mustard, or Just Pass on the Hot Dog?

Comment by Andrew W. Saul, Editor-In-Chief, Orthomolecular Medicine News Service

(OMNS July 2, 2010) More hot dogs are eaten at the 4th of July holiday than at any other time of the year. The National Hot Dog and Sausage Council (yes, an all-too-real trade organization) says that "during the Independence Day weekend, 155 million will be gobbled up" and that Americans will consume more than seven billion hot dogs over the summer. "Every year," they proudly proclaim, "Americans eat an average of 60 hot dogs each." (1)
That looks to be a modest average of just over one hot dog per week per American. But there are at least 7 million vegetarians in the US, and another 20 million who would be inclined to avoid meat. (2)
This means that even if you do not eat any hot dogs at all, someone else is eating your share.
But a hot dog or two a week? Big deal!
Maybe it is. Children who eat one hot dog a week double their risk of a brain tumor; two per week triples the risk. Kids eating more than twelve hot dogs a month (three a week) have nearly ten times the risk of leukemia as children who eat none. (3)
And it is not just about kids. Of 190,000 adults studied for seven years, those eating the most processed meat such as deli meats and hot dogs had a 68 percent greater risk of pancreatic cancer than those who ate the least. (4) Pancreatic cancer is especially difficult to treat.
Think twice before you serve up your next tube steak. If your family is going to eat hot dogs, at least take your vitamins. Hot dog eating children taking supplemental vitamins were shown to have a reduced risk of cancer. (5) Vitamins C and E prevent the formation of nitrosamines. (6,7)
It is curious that, while busy theorizing many "potential" dangers of vitamins, the news media have largely ignored this clear-cut cancer-prevention benefit from supplementation.
May I also suggest that you have your kids chew their hot dogs extra thoroughly. In landfills, "Whole hot dogs have been found, some of them in strata suggesting an age upwards of several decades." (8)
Bon appétit.

References:
(1) http://www.hot-dog.org .
(2) http://www.vegetariantimes.com/features/archive_of_editorial/667 .
(3) Peters JM, Preston-Martin S, London SJ, Bowman JD, Buckley JD, Thomas DC. Processed meats and risk of childhood leukemia. Cancer Causes Control. 1994 Mar; 5(2):195-202.
(4) Nothlings U, Wilkens LR, Murphy SP, et al. 2005. Meat and fat intake as risk factors for pancreatic cancer: The Multiethnic Cohort Study. J Nat Cancer Inst 97:1458-65.
(5) Sarasua S, Savitz DA. Cured and broiled meat consumption in relation to childhood cancer: Denver, Colorado (United States). Cancer Causes Control. 1994 Mar; 5(2):141-8. Comment at http://www.ralphmoss.com/hotdog.html .
(6) Scanlan RA. Nitrosamines and cancer. http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/f-w00/nitrosamine.html
(7) Cass H; English J. User's guide to vitamin C. Basic Health Publications, 2002, p 64-67. ISBN-10: 1591200210; ISBN-13: 978-1591200215.
(8) Smithsonian, July 1992, p 5.

In response to reader request I'm adding Citrullis lanatus 

What's on your food - pesticide info
More on pesticides and watermelon


Watermelon is a great food for fiber and lycopene. Nutritionally speaking it is a great source of water for hydration plus

Powerful Antioxidants - Watermelon is high in Vitamin C and a good source of Vitamin A through its concentration of beta-carotene.

Lycopene - Watermelon is a very concentrated source of the carotenoid, Lycopene.  Lycopene has been studied for its antioxidant and cancer-preventing properties.  It has been found to be protective against many forms of cancers including prostate cancer, breast cancer, endometrial cancer, lung cancer, and colorectal cancers.  Watermelon contains a higher concentration of Lycopene than any other produce.

Vitamin C - Watermelon is an excellent source of Vitamin C so necessary for the body's immune system.  One one cup of delicious watermelon provides 25% of our body's daily requirement.

Vitamin A -  Through its concentration of beta-carotene, Watermelon supplies a rich source of Vitamin A, another cancer fighting anti-oxidant along with Lycopene and Vitamin C.  A cup of Watermelon supplies your body with over 10% of its daily requirement.

Vitamin B - Vitamin B is necessary for energy production.  Watermelon is rich in Vitamin B6 and B1, as well as magnesium and potassium.  Because Watermelon has a higher water content and lower calorie content than other fruits, it delivers more nutrients per calorie.

Arginine - Because Watermelon is exceptionally high in citrulline, an amino acid our bodies use to make another amino acid, Arginine.  Arginine is used in the urea cycle to remove ammonia from the body and allowing the production of Nitric Oxide, which relaxes blood vessels and helps to reduce high blood pressure.This also contributes to help for water retention and diabetes along with the B vitamins and C.

Watermelon Seed Tea is a long known health promoting beverage.  These days it is difficult to find watermelon with seeds, or organically grown. It is most often used to stimulate and cleanse your kidneys, and is well known in Asian medicine as well as the Edgar Cayce Readings.

CAYCE QUOTE ON REMEDY 1695-2:  For kidney stones
But at least once a day, three days a week, do take watermelon seed tea as a part of the water.  This would be prepared by pouring a pint of boiling water over a tablespoonful of watermelon seed (ground or cut) and allowing it to steep.  Let it cool, then strain and drink.  This will clarify those conditions that cause reactions in the kidneys and bladder, for, the lack of eliminations and the slowing up of the circulation causes a greater quantity of drosses to be held in the system, and these need to be eliminated from the body.
More will be eliminated through using this stimuli for the kidney activity than in most any way.

This may also be useful for infection (UTI) and as a diuretic.

Pickled watermelon rind is an old favorite.

Other resources:

http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=31#nutritionalprofilehttp://www.watermelon.org/health.asp