Increased Muscle Growth with Fish Oil
Several studies directly investigated the effect of fish oil on metabolic pathways that underlie muscle growth, with very interesting...
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Helder Barroso
Jan 28, 20202 min read
I can't stop eating junk food
Helder If only I had more willpower, I could stop eating so much junk food. Can you help? For me this is not the fact that you have less...
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Helder Barroso
Jan 25, 20202 min read
The 3 Types of Range of Motion
Passive ROM This is the range of motion a joint can move in under no load or tension under external control, such as another person or...
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Helder Barroso
Jan 11, 20205 min read
Cinnamon
Cinnamon is popular spice worldwide. It exerts numerous biological effects on the body. Cinnamon is frequently treated as an...
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Helder Barroso
Jan 4, 20202 min read
Can meditation help with stress?
When done on a regular, sustained basis (that is to say, something close to daily, for fifteen, thirty minutes at a time), meditation...
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Helder Barroso
Dec 19, 20196 min read
Training Split
This is a question a lot of people seem to ask. Helder what training split should I do? One body part per day? Push, Pull, Legs? What do...
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Helder Barroso
Dec 19, 20192 min read
Stress can wreak havoc with our body - Exercise
Stress can wreak havoc with your metabolism, raise your blood pressure, burst your white blood cells, make you flatulent, ruin your sex...
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Helder Barroso
Dec 19, 20192 min read
Sleep Deprivation is a Stressor
As we glide down into slow wave sleep, some obvious things occur to facets of the stress-response system. For starters, the sympathetic...
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Helder Barroso
Dec 17, 20192 min read
Chronic Stress and Disease Risk
Can some physiological response to your average, run-of-the-mill mammalian stressor, if too long or too frequent, get you into trouble?...
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Helder Barroso
Dec 16, 20195 min read
Immune System Basics
The primary job of the immune system is to defend the body against infectious agents such as viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites. The...
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Helder Barroso
Dec 14, 20193 min read
Can stress cause or worsen IBS symptoms?
Broadly, there are two types of gastrointestinal disorders. In the first, you feel terrible, something isn’t working right, and the...
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Helder Barroso
Dec 13, 20192 min read
Are Sleeping Pills Really Helping?
Millions of people are taking sleeping pills. Did you know sleeping pills do not provide natural sleep? Sleeping pills can damage health,...
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Helder Barroso
Dec 12, 20197 min read
All About Glycemic Index
What is the Glycemic Index? The glycemic index (or GI) is a ranking of carbohydrates on a scale from 0 to 100 according to the extent to...
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Helder Barroso
Dec 11, 20194 min read
How does stress affect your bowel movement?
I for one no I am stressed, because when this happens I am in the toilet pretty regularly. This is the purview of the gastrointestinal...
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Helder Barroso
Dec 10, 20194 min read
Stress and Food Consumption
When you are stressed do you tend to eat everything in sight, in a mindless mechanical way? Or are you on the opposite side of the scale,...
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Helder Barroso
Nov 30, 20192 min read
IS YOUR JOB KILLING YOUR SLEEP?
No other species in the universe demonstrate the unnatural act of prematurely and artificially terminating sleep. Doctors, Nurses,...
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Helder Barroso
Nov 29, 20192 min read
IS THE TEMPERATURE IN YOUR HOUSE KILLING YOUR SLEEP?
Thermal environment, specifically the proximal temperature around your body and brain, is perhaps the most underappreciated factor...
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Helder Barroso
Nov 27, 20192 min read
HOW IS ALCOHOL AFFECTING YOUR SLEEP?
Short of sleeping pills the most misunderstood of all sleep aids is alcohol. Many seem to think alcohol helps them fall asleep more...
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Helder Barroso
Nov 26, 20193 min read
What Is Stopping You From Sleeping?
What is stopping you from sleeping? Many of us are beyond tired, why? For most people who do not have a sleeping disorder, most likely...
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Helder Barroso
Nov 26, 20191 min read
How is a Lack Of Sleep Affecting Our Hormones?
Take a group of healthy, lean young males in the mid 20's and limit them to 5 hours of sleep for just one week and you will find a marked...
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