13 Reasons to Take Your Fish Oil

Thirteen reasons to use fish oils to get lean

This is an excerpt from coach Poliquin's and Dr. Houston's upcoming book on fat loss.

Serious trainers want to find a supplement that will give them an edge. For those of us interested in positively and optimally altering body composition and maximizing our training efforts, fish oils offer thirteen possible advantages:

1. Cell membrane health: Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), insure that cell membranes remain healthy. The membranes are flexible and contain larger numbers of insulin receptors that are more receptive and responsive to circulating insulin. This results in decreased fat storage in the adipocytes (fat cells)

2. Fish oils turn on the lipolytic genes (fat burning genes)

3. Fish oils turn off the lipogenic genes (fat storage genes),

4.Fish oils diminish C-reactive proteins, a newly identified risk factor associated with various inflammatory diseases, including atherosclerosis, angina, coronary heart disease, heart attack, stroke, congestive heart failure and diabetes. The D.H.A. fraction of the fish oil seems to be one most responsible for that protective effect. DHA also has best ability to reduce blood pressure.

5. Increase utilization of fat stores from the adipocytes.

6. Preferential utilization for energy production once stored in the Adipocytes.

7. Reduced inflammation from physical training.

8. Pain management from the reduced inflammation.

9. EPA regulates blood supply to the brain that is essential in maintaining focus in weight training sessions. DHA is important in brain membranes, memory and cognitive function.

10. Fish oils increase serotonin levels (the happy neurotransmitter). Therefore, fish oils will decrease incidence of depression, anxiety, panic attack and reduce carbohydrate cravings.

11. Fish oils will improve your cardio-vascular risk profile by lowering VLDL, triglycerides, homocysteine, fibrinogen and increasing HDL levels. Combining fish oils with plant sterols will improve lipid levels even more than either alone.

12. Fish oils can also decrease blood pressure by several mechanisms.
These include increases in the vasodilatory compound, nitric oxide, reducing vascular inflammation, blocking the constrictive elements in the vascular wall such as the calcium channels reducing blood viscosity, and inhibiting a blood vessel constrictor (thromboxane). Lipoprotein (a) is another CVD predictor that can be lowered by fish oils (a 19% reduction was seen with natural, stable fish oils and just 4% with a highly purified fish oil).

13. Fish oils are a great stress fighter. Supplementation with n-3 fatty acids inhibits the adrenal activation of steroids, aldosterone, epinephrine and norepinephrine (catecholamines) elicited by a mental stress, apparently through effects exerted at the level of the central nervous system.

Bodybuilding

This past summer I decided to take the time to prepare for and compete in 2 bodybuilding shows since my schedule allowed. The first show I competed in was The Hub City Fitness Quest in Jackson, Tn. I was very happy with the outcome. I finished 1st place in the Men’s Open Middleweight Class. Then the next weekend I competed in the NPC GNC Central Indiana Bodybuilding and Figure Championships in Anderson, In. I was very pleased with my placing at that show as well. I walked away with two 2nd places in the Men’s Open Middleweight and Novice Middleweight. My goals and plans for competing now are to take a break (from the stage, not training) and finish up school this year. Then next fall possibly compete again. Thanks to all my clients, friends, family and girlfriend for support during my contest preparation.

Congatulations Parker!

I would like to congratulate my client Parker Shields for setting the Illinois State Deadlifting Record this past weekend in Metropolis. Parker not only lifted a personal best deadlift of 385 pounds (at a weight of 165 and 15 years old) but also beat Illinois previous record for his division. Congratulations!

Congratulations Jay!

I just wanted to congratulate Jay on his latest accomplishment, The Memphis in May Triathlon. This being his second triathlon along with Nashville's Music City Marathon all in under a months time. What an athlete and great accomplishment. I expect to see many more great feats in the near future.

Drink your Tea

Lately I have been trying to reduce my daily caffeine intake. With the last few months of classes combined with work plus training and preparing for my next competition I felt my caffeine intake has gone a bit overboard. I get the majority of my caffeine through coffee, or at least I did. I have decided to up my green tea intake (I did drink green tea daily but usually no more than 8oz) and replace my coffee with green tea. Now, green tea does still contain caffeine but a much lower amount than coffee. Plus with health benefits like these you cant go wrong:

• Increased 24-hour energy expenditure and fat oxidation
• Decreased waist circumference
• Decreased lipid oxidation
• Improved blood vessel function
• Reduced risk of heart disease and stroke
• Decreased serum cholesterol and triglycerides
• Prevention of atherosclerosis
• Reduced risk of developing high blood pressure
• Inhibition of oxidative damage
• Decreased growth of abnormal cells
• Enhanced immune function
• Prevention of prostate cancer
• Reduced risk of skin cancer
• Regression of oral cancer
• Decreased ovarian cancer risk
• Natural resistance to microbial infection
• Decreased plaque and oral bacteria
• Lower risk of developing kidney stones
• Reduced risk of Parkinson disease

Wow!

This video may leave you speechless. It may make you tear up. It may make you smile. It may make you look at your priorities in life. It may make you re-evaluate your life. Whatever it does to you I think it should be seen by all.
-Chase

100 Calories of Sh*t

"My mom let's me grab five 100 calorie packs after school since they are healthy"

It all began as I was sitting in the break area of the Exercise Science department between classes the other day. I was studying up for my next class when I look up to see this girl eating a 100 calorie pack of Oreos. Now, it's not like it was the first time I had ever saw those little deceitful packs, but it was the first time I had put much thought into them. Basically these little packs are a portion control of junk food. They have no nutritional value. They are still sh*t. So basically some may justify it by only eating a little sh*t food, not a lot of sh*t. Sh*t is still sh*t. Most people, especially those who are over-fat, can’t eat “just a little” of a unhealthy tasty food. No fat person eats a single Oreo, thinks to themselves, “Man that cookie was good and plenty for today”, they eat the whole row of Oreo’s. Nutrition facts should be per row of cookies, not the small 1 or 2 cookie serving size they list.

Just remember as a clearly not sober Paula Abdul would say on American Idol, "It is what it is". Sh*t food is still sh*t food. It will shorten your life, wreck your health and make you an ugly naked person. It doesn’t make it healthy just because its served in a little pouch that says 100 Calories on it. Wouldn’t you rather eat a bunch of healthy, nutritious, great tasting food? You can. Eating healthy seems to have a stigma about it and being bland and bad tasting. That’s way wrong. It can be very, very good. And another plus is you’ll live longer, be healthier, and look better naked.