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Are potassium supplements safe?

You should get your potassium from your food, not supplements. Excess supplemental potassium can cause a heart attack. A few bodybuilders trying to artificially manipulate their electrolyte balance with potassium pills have collapsed on stage. In fact, it is so dangerous that companies in the United States are not allowed to have the supplement in greater than 99mg per capsule.

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Does Hoodia Work for Weight Loss?

Fitness Expert Mike Geary shares, "I bet you want to know... Does Hoodia really work to help you lose weight? After all, billions of dollars are being spent worldwide annually on this supposed 'miracle' diet pill that, if you were to believe the hype spouted off by all of its manufacturers, you would think that hoodia is the miracle cure to obesity and excess weight that will save the world. Ahh, if it were only that easy to lose weight!"

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I really need a good fat burner because I have no energy - what do you recommend?

Some people want to do the bare minimum to get by and eat convenience foods rather than changing their habits to embrace healthier, less processed foods. If you take a quality multi and eat whole foods, you will gain much more energy than eating a highly processed diet and taking fat burners.

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What is the best fat-burning supplement?

After coaching clients for many years now (some of them having lost well over one hundred pounds) and trying out various fat-burner supplements, I'm convinced the "best" fat burner supplement is the fork and keeping it on the plate after you've had your portion.

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I heard guarana extract burns fat. How much should I be taking?

Guarana extract is basically caffeine. It is probably less expensive to brew a strong pot of coffee, and drink that before training.

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Do I have to take protein shakes right after my workouts to gain muscle?

Actually, protein synthesis (hypertrophy/muscle gain) is not a phenomenon that is in any way accelerated immediately after your training, to my knowledge. More happens during your recovery as a response to training. The only need for protein is simply to replace the branched-chain amino acids that were burned for energy during the session, otherwise they will not be available for recovery.

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I heard the government in the U.S. is going to ban multivitamins - what will we do?

I read that, too. In fact, here is a quote ...

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So what am I really missing if I don't take a good multivitamin?

First, you can't expect much out of a multi-vitamin unless you invest in the right one. Most people settle for the cheapest grocery-store brand they can find.

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Should I start taking creatine? What does it do?

We have an article and free PDF guide that covers everything you ever wanted to know about creatine.

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Isn't whey protein much better than soy protein?

You'll get the typical responses. "Whey is a higher BV" and digests better and soy is dangerous, etc. But what is the real scoop?

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What do I do if I'm allergic to my post-workout protein shake?

First, I'm trying to figure out why you are taking a protein shake after a workout, anyway, since that is the optimal window for your body to use carbohydrates.

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Are protein shakes essential?

Lean, muscled physiques have been around for thousands of years. Protein shakes have really flooded the market in the past decade.

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Are vitamins killing us?

The Internet has recently been buzzing with news about the potential dangers of multivitamins. There is a study reported in the February 28, 2007 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) that claims to have found a link between vitamin intake and increased mortality (risk of dying). Is this report cause for alarm? Should we run from our vitamins while we still can?

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Don't we get all of the nutrients we need from a balanced diet?

I believe even a healthy, balanced diet falls woefully short of adequate nutrition. There are dozens of reasons why people should be taking in appropriate nutrients. In fact, it used to be the position of the American Medical Association that everything you need has to come from the diet, and old habits die hard. The truth is that the Journal of the American Medical Association recently published articles that recommend every adult take additional supplementation to meet their nutrient requirements.

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Are protein bars good or bad?

Protein bars are expensive. I see people throw themselves into convulsions worrying about some bar with the highest quality protein and spending $5 a bar just because the protein count is high. Is this the right strategy?

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I read an article that said that Vitamin E is not safe to supplement. What should I do?

Read the dozens of other articles that indicate the contrary.

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