Vitamins and Supplements

PAGG: Effective or High Vitamin Snake Oil?

February 19, 2012

When it comes to just about everything for sale now a days I am a skeptic. I think you should be to! Being a skeptic is extremely important. Especially when it comes to your health… and your wallet. As a health care provider I have always prided myself on staying up to date with the [...]

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Costco vs. The World Round 1: Fish Oil and the Search for the Ultimate Omega!

January 22, 2012

In today’s post we will look at Costco’s Fish Oil selection and compare them to my two “gold standard” fish oil supplements. This will be the ultimate cost benefit analysis and will hopefully help you make a better decision about the best fish oil supplement for your needs and budget.  Kirkland Signature™ vs. Nature’s Bounty® [...]

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High Vitamin Butter Oil + Cod Liver Oil: Testosterone and Beyond!

January 2, 2012
Blue Ice Royal Butter Oil Fermented Cod Liver Oil Blend

In the 4-Hour Body Tim has two protocols that include High Vitamin Butter Oil.  He uses this in combination with fermented Cod Liver Oil within his protocol for boosting testosterone. Let’s review really fast: Abbreviated Tippling Testosterone Protocol – 4 Hour Body Protocol #1: Long-Term and Sustained Blue Ice Royal Butter Oil / Fermented Cod [...]

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Creatine Monohodrate: The 4-Hour Body Vitamins and Supplements Series

December 10, 2011
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Creatine is mentioned several times in the 4 Hour Body:  Most Notably in the chapter “Living Forever” Tim Recommends: Intermittent fasting, Bleeding and….. CYCLES OF 5–10 GRAMS OF CREATINE MONOHYDRATE (COST: $20/MONTH) Creatine monohydrate, popular among power athletes since its commercialization in 1993, has recently become a candidate for minimizing or preventing the development of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, [...]

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Chromium Polynicotinate: The 4-Hour Body Vitamin and Supplement Series

November 16, 2011

Chromium Polynicotinate is referenced once in the 4-Hour Body.  In the chapter titled:  Adding Muscle “FROM GEEK TO FREAK How to Gain 34 Pounds in 28 Days”. Chromium is dosed twice daily: 200mcg each morning and again prior to bed. The entire protocol looks like this: Morning: N.O.-Xplode* (2 scoops) Slo-Niacin (or timed-release niacinamide, 500 mg) [...]

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Huperzine A: The Perfect Nights Sleep in Just 4 Hours

September 16, 2011
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This is part of the 4 Hour Body Vitamins and Supplements Series: A series designed to make sense of and provide a detailed look at the many vitamins and supplements of the 4-Hour Body. Including side effects, efficacy, drug interactions and alternative dosing. HUPERZINE A is referenced once in the Four Hour Body in the chapter: [...]

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Cissus Quadrangularis: The Four Hour Body Vitamins and Supplements Series

September 2, 2011

Cissus Quadrangularis shows up in the 4-Hour Body as part of Occam’s Prescriptions I personally think it is one of the more interesting supplements in the 4-Hour Body; certainly it is the most difficult to pronounce.  Prior to reading the 4-Hour Body I had never heard of CQ but with further review I found that [...]

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Natural Medicines Used for Improving Athletic Performance

August 19, 2011
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Both highly trained athletes and recreational or “weekend warrior” athletes frequently turn to athletic performance enhancing substances. The use of enhancing substances can be as simple as drinking a highly caffeinated energy drink to getting injections of prescription hormones. Only a handful of these substances have actually been shown to improve measures of athletic performance…caffeine, [...]

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POLICOSANOL: The Four Hour Body Vitamins and Supplements Series

August 8, 2011

This is the first part of a multi-part series exploring the Vitamins and Supplements of the 4 Hour Body Today we will take an in-depth look at Policosanol Policosanol is referenced two times in the 4 Hour Body The Four Horsemen of Fat-Loss: The “P” in PAGG (20-25 mg prior to bed) Geek to Freak [...]

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The 4 Hour Body Vitamins & Supplements: A Comprehensive Evidence Based Review

August 8, 2011

Over the next several weeks I will be taking a look at each of the vitamins and supplements of the 4 Hour Body. I will be attempting to answer this question: “Is it safe?” and “Does it work?” Several major barriers stop most people, including myself,  from beginning these protocols mentioned in the book: Confusion: [...]

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