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The Little Thing in Your Head That's Keeping You Fat
 I have no doubt that a scientist somewhere just read the title of this article and said out loud, “YES! Venuto is right! That little thing in your head – the hypothalamus – it IS the thing that is keeping you fat! By George, that Venuto guy has been doing his research!” At which moment, I will be shaking my head and thinking, “you need to get out of the lab and into the real world, buddy.” Neuro-endocrine control of appetite and body fat really is quite fascinating. But today, I’m talking about PSYCH-ology, not PHYSI-ology. The little thing in your head that’s keeping you fat is actually just a...
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Orthorexia and The New Rules of Clean Eating, Part 2
 Some experts dislike the concept of "clean foods" because it implies that other foods are “dirty” or forbidden. Some psychologists even believe that an extreme fixation on healthy food qualifies as a new eating disorder called orthorexia. However, any behavior - washing your hands, cleaning your house, or even exercise or eating health food - can become dysfunctional if it takes over your life. The question is, where do we draw the line?
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Orthorexia and the New Rules of Clean Eating
 Clean eating has no official definition, but it’s usually described as avoiding processed foods, chemicals, preservatives and artificial ingredients. Instead, clean eaters choose natural foods, or as close to their natural form as possible. Clean eating appears to be a desirable, sensible, even noble goal, but more and more people today are asking, “is it possible to take clean eating too far?”
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Unique Chest Exercises, Part 1: Concentration Flyes
 The Concentration Flye is one of the best free weight exercises you can do for focusing on the peak contraction of the pectoral muscles. It actually has an advantage over the pec deck and cable cross-over machines in that it doesn't put anywhere near the same stress on the shoulder joints. The concentration flye is also great for home gym training since no special equipment is required, other than the dumbbell. This is one you have to feel to appreciate!
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The Biggest Loser Pros And Cons
 The Biggest Loser – a reality show which is essentially a race to see who can lose weight the fastest - is one of the most popular in Television history, but it's also controversial. People ask me all the time what I think of the program and of course, the burning question: “How do they lose so much weight?” Find out how they really drop the pounds so fast and why the show inspires millions, but also has some down sides...
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My Big Fat Greek Interview: Untold Bodybuilding Secrets And Stories, Part 1
 This was a super fun and very interesting interview that was created in a very unique way. Read on to find out the story behind this BIG FAT GREEK INTERVIEW and also learn Tom's advice to bodybuilding beginners, tips to be supplement savvy, Tom's strategy to get super low in body fat - even 4% body fat or less, plus intimate details of Tom's beginnings and early inspirations as a natural bodybuilder...
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My Big Fat Greek Interview: Untold Bodybuilding Secrets And Stories, Part 1
 In part two of Tom's latest interview, you'll learn about the role of dairy products and fruit in bodybuilding contest prep, whether post workout drinks are worth it or overrated, how much training volume is optional for the natural bodybuilder, the pros and cons of bulking up, tips for female bodybuilders and where the sport of bodybuilding is heading in the future...
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The Fitness Skeptic, Jamie hale, Interviews Tom Venuto
 Coach Jamie Hale is a sports conditioning expert, fitness author, and nutrition consultant. His scientific thinking approach has led him to be nicknamed, “The fitness skeptic”, as he is well known for tackling fitness myths and encouraging critical thinking on all matters of diet and exercise. In this new feature, Jamie interviews Tom about his new book, some of Tom's favorite books, his favorite exercise and how Tom approaches fitness skepticism and reading scientific research…...
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The poison in our food supply
that most people are STILL eating every day
 Most people are eating a poison every day without giving it a second thought. This substance can increase belly fat and consuming even small amounts (2% of total energy intake) is consistently linked to coronary heart disease. The research also says that this stuff can increase visceral fat, contribute to insulin resistance, increase risk of type 2 diabetes, increase bad cholesterol, decrease good cholesterol, trigger systemic inflammation and adversely affect almost every cell in your body. What substance could possibly be so harmful?...
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Beauty and the Bleccch!
(The truth about parasites, toxins and icky stuff in your colon)
 A few weeks back, one of the members of the “Bodybuilding Revealed” forum directed me to this 4-alarm advertisement from “Dr. Suzanne” Gudakunst. In his query, he gave a quick rundown of “facts” he learned from her site: how icky parasites and disgusting intestinal plaque are responsible for making us sick and fat – and how the powers-that-be are not only profiting from this situation, but are deliberately adding parasites to our food to make us worse! Apparently Dr. Suzanne has received death threats for revealing this information – but, as a noble martyr to the cause of YOUR health – she’s defiantly and bravely persisting, because she cares about you and wants to become “close friends starting YESTERDAY”...
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What's New in Fat Loss: News, Views & Opinions of a Natural Bodybuilder
 In a brand new interview, John Sifferman grills Tom Venuto for his latest viewpoints and opinions on hot topics about fat loss and natural bodybuilding. You'll learn what natural bodybuilders eat to get so lean and muscular, how a bodybuilder views the physique sport differently, how imporant it is to eat organic or raw food for fat loss (this answer may suprise you), the truth about diet soda and calorie free beverages, the virtues of juicing fruits and vegetables and much more...
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What's New in Fat Loss: News, Views & Opinions of a Natural Bodybuilder, part 2
 In part 2, Tom Venuto continues discussing his latest findings about fat loss and building lean muscle, including his take on intermittent fasting and caloric restriction for life extension, benefits of fiber intake, the new formula for determining whether you should use a low carb diet or not, the acid-alkaline diet - truth or aleternative health fad, and much more...
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The Hugo Rivera Mega-Muscle Interview, part 1
 Natural bodybuilding champion Hugo Rivera reveals the keys to building muscle and getting ripped - steroid-free - in part 1 of this 3 part interview series: You'll learn how to develop a huge, ripped championship back, the truth about competing as a drug-free bodybuilder, science vs practice in the gym and much more...
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The Hugo Rivera Mega-Muscle Interview, Part 2
By Tom Venuto and Hugo Rivera
 In part 2, Hugo shares the differences between losing a little weight and getting ripped. You'll also learn the exact pre-contest diet strategy Hugo used to compete on the national NPC stage as a lifetime natural, the truth about the pain barrier in serious bodybuilding training, how to keep your head on straight before the competition, when your mind is playing tricks on you and distorting your self-image, and much more...
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The Hugo Rivera Mega-Muscle Interview, Part 3
By Tom Venuto and Hugo Rivera
 In this 3rd and final installment of my interview with Hugo Rivera, you'll learn the truth about bodybuilding over the age of 45, straight talk about hormone replacement therapy, how to avoid training-induced joint pain at any age, which supplements are really worth the money, and the real story about bodybuilding training versus training for the average Joe...
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Avoid This Killer Weight Re-Gain Mistake
 If you want to burn off fat and keep it off for good, there are a few things you absolutely must do, and new research from Wake Forest University has just uncovered another one. In this new study, just published in the latest issue of the prestigious journal, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, researchers discovered one major mistake most exercisers are making which is directly correlated to weight regain. It's a tricky bugger, because usually, you don't even realize it's happening to you, and it happens to almost everyone...
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Listen to Maintainers, Not to Losers:
5 secrets to keeping the weight off for good
 I have very little interest in all the media-hyped stories of dramatic, rapid losses of body weight you hear about these days “Big losers” don’t impress me, for numerous reasons. For example, weight is not fat. “Weight” could be composed of mostly lean tissue, or it could be mostly water weight. In fact, I would go a step further and point out that rapid loss of bodyweight correlates very highly with a greater chance of relapse, weight re-gain and long term failure. So what does impress me? What gets my attention? I pay attention to maintainers - the people who have held a steaady ideal weight for over a year… preferably even 2-5 years or more. Here's why...
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How Liquid Calories May Be Making You Fat!
 So far, at least 7 studies have provided strong evidence that energy containing beverages (i.e., “liquid calories”) do not properly activate the satiety mechanisms in the body and brain and do not satisfy the appetite as well as food in solid form. Epidemiological research also supports a positive association between calorie-containing beverage consumption and increased body weight or body mass index. New research now suggests that soda may not be the only culprit…
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Wu Long Tea And Green Tea Scam Warning!
 You’ve probably seen the ads: “Burn 20 lbs of fat in 30 days with wu long tea!” … Maybe you saw Dr. Perricone on Oprah say that switching coffee for green tea would help you take off the pounds. You may have also read or watched news stories which said how healthy it is to drink green tea. But what if I told you that most of the weight loss claims for green tea were total BS, based on misreporting of the research? If you’ve bought green tea based on the claim that it causes large reductions in body fat, then you've been scammed...
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The truth about fish oil and fat loss
 Unless you’ve been living under a rock somewhere, you’ve probably heard about the health benefits of eating fatty fish or taking fish oil supplements. Well, it looks like you might be able to add fat loss to that list. The biologically active ingredients that make fatty fish so beneficial are are the long chain omega-3 (n-3) fatty acids, EPA and DHA. At least a half a dozen human studies suggest that these omega-3 fatty acids found in fish may help you lose more fat. However, the fat loss benefit is not as much as some people want you to believe…
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Tom Venuto's Holiday Survival Guide
 My mom makes the most amazing Christmas cake in the world; it’s been a tradition in our family for as long as I can remember. Now let me tell you, as a bodybuilder, I have a lot of discipline. But when that moist, delicious, red and green, Jell-O- filled, whipped-cream covered cake is sitting on the table in front of me on December 25th, it takes every ounce of my willpower to keep from calling it a “VERY high carb day” and devouring numerous very large slices.
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Alcohol: Why Some People Can Drink Without Getting Fat
 Whether alcohol is "fattening" has been a very controversial subject because technically speaking, alcohol is NOT stored as fat; it is oxidized ahead of other fuels. Whether moderate drinking is healthy has also been a subject of controversy. Many studies show that cardiovascular health benefits are associated with moderate beer or wine drinking (which has been of particular interest lately with reservatrol in the news so much), while other studies show improved insulin sensitivity. Some experts however, say that alcohol has no place in a fitness lifestyle.
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How To Use Super-Sizing, Portion Distortion And Dietary Displacement To Your Advantage
 Ever since the independent film, Super Size Me was released, research on the relationship between increasing obesity and increasing portion sizes has skyrocketed and the results have been virtually unanimous. There have been numerous well-designed studies published just in the last several years which confirmed exactly what we suspected (and much of what Super-Size-Me suggested)...
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