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Here in the West, we live in an age where our relationships (or lack of relationships) with those providing us with our food is unlike that of any other time in our collective history. In the not so distant past we had personal relationships with the farmers, millers, hunters and gatherers who supplied us with our provisions, a huge contrast to today\u2019s giant and impersonal corporations who flood our food markets with their products. (See my article\u00a0Eating Chicken- What You Need To Know<\/a>). Thanks to advances in food production technology, those of us in developed countries have the privilege of having more food products available than there is space on the supermarket shelves to stock them. With over a quarter of a million different food products made in America every year there is only room on the shelves for no more than 50,000 products at any given time.[1] It sounds like a utopian environment but in reality it makes for rather fierce competition among food manufacturers to create products that sell better than those of their competitors. Another factor increasing competition among food manufacturers and thus creating a market where there is an \u2018anything goes\u2019 approach to advertising and food labeling is the fairly recent practice of stockholders being issued quarterly earnings reports. First implemented during the 1980\u2019s, quarterly reports document company profits and losses every three months and is now the standard in company earning reports as opposed to the older system of earning reports being issued annually. As trivial a change as it may seem, it brought a major change to how corporations are run, as shareholders now expect to see higher profits every three months instead of every year. This profit centric shift affected the food industry in a very negative way as unlike other commercial commodity based enterprises, there is a finite limit to how much food the population of any country can reasonably consume. That said, increasing the competitiveness of the market drastically made for unscrupulous practices, often very much to the detriment of the consumer\u2019s health. Keep in mind that here in the United States, every year we already make twice as much food as the entire population could possibly consume- and that\u2019s even after exports. [2] So the challenge faced by profit driven food corporations was to make the consumer buy more of their products even when it wasn\u2019t in their best interest. In essence they need the public to overeat, and overeat their products. (See my article\u00a0 How The Food Industry Makes Overeat- the Economics of Obesity<\/a>). One method commonly used to increase consumption and purchasing while giving an excuse to raise prices by increasing demand is by using what is called the \u2018health food halo\u2019. Studies and surveys show that consumer buying trends towards food marketed as being healthy have increased by an average of 6% each year- as a health claim on a food label dramatically increases the likelihood of that product being purchased.[3] Ironically, as America\u2019s growing \u2018health food\u2019 market has increased, rates of obesity and obesity related disease continued to rise, leading us to two logical conclusions. The first being that most health claims are misleading and that many so called healthy foods have the same effect on the body as foods commonly categorized as junk food. In this article we will take a look at some surprising offenders and explore how refined junk foods are magically rebranded as being healthy. Thanks as always for reading and do be sure to share the article with those you care about.<\/p>\n

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\u2018Healthy Foods\u2019 That Aren\u2019t Really Healthy: Vitamin Water<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Vitamin Water. The very name embraces the healthy labeling effect that makes consumers more likely to purchase and consume a product! Most people associate vitamins as being inherently good for you and so it makes sense that a health conscious individual might consider reaching for a vitamin enriched water bottle instead of plain old (and free) water. It\u2019s a very well marketed product but it still goes against some of the basic tenets of human nutrition- namely that unnatural additions to the human diet almost always result in negative health outcomes [12] and as far as being unnatural vitamin waters are right up there with the worst of them. Human beings are adapted to derive vitamins and minerals from the foods that we have eaten and evolved with over the past 2.4 million years- namely fresh or minimally processed meats<\/a>, animal proteins<\/a>, plants, fruits and vegetables.[13] Vitamin water wasn\u2019t on the menu and studies have shown that multivitamin supplements have no increased effect in improving any health outcomes<\/a> in regular populations and that they can in fact\u00a0increase the risk of certain forms of cancer and cardiovascular disease.[4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] As for the notion that we need more vitamins and minerals because we eat poorly in developed countries- the advent of vitamin enriched foods in the 20th\u00a0Century have all but eliminated serious vitamin deficiencies in First World populations, and by increasing your intake of vitamins from vitamin enriched<\/a> water you run the risk of increasing your likelihood of negative outcomes as a result. What is also worrisome from a health point of view is that vitamin water contains nonnutritive sweeteners which studies have shown can makes you more prone to eating sugary foods, makes you prone to eating more food in general and most importantly\u00a0can make you gain weight\u00a0by disturbing our natural metabolic processes- even though it\u2019s low in calories.[13,14,15,16] The nonnutritive sweeteners in vitamin waters increase inflammation responses in the body- which leads to a decrease in the good bacteria in your gut , promotes insulin resistance, fat storage and weight gain.[17,18,19] Millions of years of evolution and adaptation to naturally occurring foods make it such that biologically, the bodies of all mammals associate a sweet taste with the presence of calories. An artificially flavored vitamin water drink thus sets in motion the same metabolic process that a high calorie, sugary drink would elicit as our bodies aren\u2019t able to tell that no calories are coming in. So you get many of the detrimental effects of drinking a regular soda or sugary juice even though the vitamin water isn\u2019t high in calories. (For a more indepth look see my article\u00a05 Ways Artificially Sweeteners Make You Gain Weight<\/a>.) \u00a0 Regardless of how well it\u2019s marketed, the standing rule is and always will be that natural or minimally processed foods are always healthier for you and it\u2019s hard to compare the simplicity of regular water- which is an essential requirement for life with something as artificial as vitamin water. Ingredient wise, one popular brand of vitamin water has erythritol, stevia leaf extract, mono-potassium phosphate and di-potassium phosphate, magnesium lactate, calcium lactate, natural \ufb02avors (which are a mystery to everyone outside of the industry), citric acid, ascorbic acid, fruit and vegetable juice (for color of course), vitamin B3 (niacinamide), vitamin B5 (calcium pantothenate), gum acacia, glycerol ester of rosin and vitamin B6 (pyridoxine). Not much of anything natural there and I would strongly recommend that you avoid it.<\/p>\n

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\u2018Healthy Foods\u2019 That Aren\u2019t Healthy: Baked Chips<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

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In a world where \u2018fried\u2019 has become synonymous with unhealthy, the word \u2018baked\u2019 has gained connotations of health. Baked chicken is better than fried chicken, baked potatoes are better than French fries so obviously baked chips are better than their fried counterparts. Especially given the fact that there is no doubt in anyone\u2019s mind that a potato chip falls into the category of junk food. To further augment the healthy halo effect, most brands say that their chips are kettle baked- which brings to mind a nebulous idea of them being somehow healthier than regular chips as well. Truth be told, kettle baked means only that they are cooked in smaller batches, thus creating a (possible) difference in taste and texture. It has no bearing whatsoever on the food being healthier in any way. Many brands also add the common health food keywords for their chips \u2013<\/p>\n

\u2018Gluten free\u2019- which means nothing because potatoes don\u2019t contain gluten and the term \u2018gluten free\u2019 means nothing in terms of health as most candies are indeed \u2018gluten free\u2019. \u2018All natural\u2019- a term that has no legal definition whatsoever.<\/p>\n

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\u2018GMO free\u2019- a term commonly seen on the packages of potato chips branded as healthy, but it\u2019s absolutely meaningless. Genetically modified potatoes were taken off the U.S. market in 2001 after a failed bid to introduce them into common circulation by Monsanto in 1995.[10] Manufacturers however are very aware of the fact that most consumers are wary of GMO foods and by declaring that their brand is GMO free it not only adds to the healthy halo effect, but it also helps justify a higher price.<\/p>\n

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As an example let\u2019s compare classic fried potato chips with a healthy halo baked potato chip brand. For comparisons we\u2019ll use\u00a0Frito Lays\u2019 Classic Potato Chips\u00a0(which I don\u2019t think anyone would mistake as being healthy) with the healthy-friendly sounding\u00a0Kettle Bakes Lightly Salted Potato Chips. (As an interesting aside, Kettle Brand Potato Chips are sold at Wholefoods and other so called health conscious supermarkets and are very much marketed as being healthier than regular potato chips even though they are fried and have the same calories and fat as regular chips. Where you buy it doesn\u2019t make it healthy.) Serving sizes are the same- 28 grams or 1 ounce, which is a size far below what any normal human potato chip eater would ever consume but will work well as a control for both foods. The ingredients are more or less the same, except that Kettle Bakes Chips are made with sea salt instead of regular salt, which is sadly just another way to justify a higher price and create the health food halo as sea salt is chemically the same as regular salt- you just pay more for it. (See my article \u2013\u00a0Sea Salt vs Table Salt).<\/p>\n

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At a glance the nutritional differences aren\u2019t that significant- 160 kcals for the fried Frito Lay\u2019s Potato Chips and 120 kcals for the Kettle Baked Potato Chips. Frito Lay\u2019s chips also have a little over three times more fat than the Kettle Baked chips but that is pretty much where the differences stop. Aside from less fat and a little less calories, it\u2019s the same product and the differences are somewhat inconsequential in real world terms. Both are highly processed foods using refined potato flakes as opposed to the natural unprocessed and high fiber<\/a> potatoes that our bodies have evolved with over the past several hundred thousand years. Aside from increasing satiety levels and making us eat less- the fiber also serves to help regulate insulin levels, and the meagre 1-2 grams per serving won\u2019t do that. Kettle Bakes Chips are labeled as \u2018Lightly Salted\u2019 and yet they have only 20% less salt that the regular brand- not the 50% less that is supposed to be the standard in order to label a product as being \u2018Lightly Salted.\u2019 \u00a0 Calorically, baked chips are also a bit of a nightmare. As we said previously, no one is going to eat one ounce of chips- they eat the whole bag, which with Kettle Baked Chips would mean a staggering\u00a0480 kcals. Putting that number into perspective,\u00a0that\u2019s more calories than a double cheeseburger at McDonalds (440 kcal), and more than twice as much calories as an order of Chicken Mcnuggets (190 kcal) or an order of Macaroni and cheese at KFC (170 kcal). [11,12] Nutritionally there\u2019s not much of anything in a bag of chips besides carbs and salt but from a truly healthy eating perspective, you could have a healthy serving of baked fish with a large salad, have two handfuls of unsalted nuts as a snack and still have consumed less calories than a bag of baked chips (374 kcals vs 480 kcals). Pita chips, corn chips and the like are no better as they are all made with highly processed ingredients and offer little in the way of nutrition save salt and empty calories regardless of how healthy or organic they are made to sound.<\/p>\n

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\u2018Healthy Foods\u2019 That Aren\u2019t Healthy: Dried Fruit<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n
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Dried fruit are quite common as a go to snack among the health conscious crowd and on the surface you would be hard pressed not to think that its popularity isn\u2019t merited. Instead of reaching for a highly processed junk food like potato chips or candy, why not grab a convenient handful of dried fruit? Aisles of raisins, dried cranberries, apricots, bananas, apples and many other fruits and berries are commonly sold in the so called \u2018health conscious\u2019 and \u2018organic\u2019 supermarkets and they are commonly eaten as well with nuts in popular trail mix products that promise the energy of nuts with the healthy vitamins of fruit. Sounds great, but there is a small problem- dried fruit and natural fruit are completely different in many very important ways. Ways that make them not as much of a health food as you might think. How could that be possible? As we have said earlier in the article, the answer lies with the fact that we are adapted to eat fresh fruit and foods in their natural states, an end product of hundreds of thousands of years of evolution. We can consume natural fruit and berries without unwanted spikes in our insulin levels because of the naturally occurring high fiber content and the high water volume. Fruits are mostly made of water and it\u2019s that water content along with the dietary fiber that tells our body when we have had enough. Which is why it\u2019s relatively difficult to overeat fruit when compared to dry, low fiber products like cookies or candy. The proportions of water to fiber in fruit aren\u2019t accidental and if you change the formula the relationship with our bodies changes as well.<\/p>\n

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While drying fruit their shelf life and makes them a convenient food you can carry around with you without spoilage, the reduction in water volume also increases the amount of sugar you consume per serving. The reduced water volume also means you have significantly more calories per serving which makes them much easier to overdo in terms of calories<\/a>. Consider the fact that a half cup of grapes \u00a0yields only 30 kcal and 7.5 grams of sugar whereas a 1\/4 cup of raisins ( which is half as much) yields\u00a0130 kcal and a whopping 29 grams of sugar. If cutting calories is important to you then it doesn\u2019t make any sense to have raisins as a snack as even if you eat less of them you still are ingesting far more calories and far more sugar than regular grapes. The concentrated sugar makes it easier for you to eat more as well and dried fruit costs far more than the equivalent amount of fresh fruit. So you pay more for a product that is less healthy as the original. Some manufacturers add table sugar (sucrose) to their dried fruit which drives up the sugar content and calorie load even more. So as healthy as dried fruit may sound, it doesn\u2019t belong in the ranks of truly healthy foods and isn\u2019t the best choice as a snack. It\u2019s best used\u00a0sparingly\u00a0(if at all) as a way of adding some flavor to your oatmeal here and there in very small amounts- but even then you are better served by using the real thing. It\u2019s true that dried fruit may not be as convenient as real fruit in terms of storage, but one of the wonders of living in a developed country in the 21st Century is that you can get fruit just about everywhere. So you don\u2019t have to compromise. As for trail mix- nuts are a great natural snack that can give you energy and help you lose weight in the process[21,22,23]- so just eat nuts. You don\u2019t need the added sugar and calories from the dried fruit and berries. (See my article\u00a05 Ways Nuts Help You Lose Weight<\/a>) The list of unhealthy foods that are marketed to look healthy doesn\u2019t end there as there are numerous other dishonorable mentions that deserve including: protein shakes, (Read My article\u00a0Why Protein Shakes Are Bad For You<\/a>), granola, instant oatmeal, rice cakes, energy bars, reduced fat peanut butter and unfortunately many, many more. In the end we can walk away with the conclusion that any popular \u2018health foods\u2019 that isn\u2019t naturally occurring or minimally processed can\u2019t possibly be as healthy as they claim to be given the fact that we are very much adapted to the foods that have been in our natural diet for the past several million years. Any deviation from those foods always comes with some negative impact to our health, regardless of how convincingly they are marketed.<\/p>\n\n

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\nThis was a tough one!
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\n Kevin's Unconventional Biceps Training- 3-6 Minutes a Week!
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\nIn this video I go over my biceps training using the Naturally Intense High Intensity Training protocols that helped me go from having arms measuring 11.5 to 12 inches to 18 inches drug free!
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\nIt's an unconventional approach for certain, but it's one that's helped my arms grow and the hundreds of men and women I have trained over the past 30 plus years.
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\nNow, my success isn't due to being genetically gifted, as it took me the better part of 11 years to get my arms up to those measurements.
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\nIt's my hope that these high intensity training protocols can help you as much as they helped me!
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\n At the Lancaster Classic Day 2 Elimination Rounds Against European Champion, and World Record Holder Leo Pettersen @leo_barebow_archer
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\nThis shot was taken as part of the promotion for my Naturally Intense DVD and was about a year after my last bodybuilding competition.
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\nIt was a grueling photoshoot.
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\nWe started at about 10 am and finished around 4pm and I was completely spent, but the more we shot the sharper I looked, so we kept on going.
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\n Can You Build An Impressive Physique Training Only At Home?
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\nI stopped training in commercial gyms as of March 2020 and have been training at home ever since.
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\nInitially I was admittedly worried that I might lose some of my gains or not make as much progress, but that certainly wasn't the case.
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\nI've consistently continued to improve with my high intensity workouts and muscles have no idea where they are training.
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\nAs long as the criteria of adequate intensity and overload are met, there will be an adaptive response and your muscles will get bigger and stronger.
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\nFor the past 33 years I have trained three times a week with Naturally Intense High Intensity Training workouts lasting 10, 15 to 20 minutes max.
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\nI have tested just about every possible training split imaginable and for this particular style of high intensity training, this particular grouping consistently yields fantastic results.
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\n 405 Stiff Leg Deadlift for 7 Reps! High Intensity Training.
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\nI haven't done a stiff leg deadlift over 315lbs for about 3 years at this point, and I did my last set with 315lbs and comfortably got to 10 reps and decided I had far too much gas left in the tank and that I should go up in weight.
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\nAs a bodybuilder having not trained this heavy for so many years, the shock of this much weight would be more than enough to stimulate muscle growth, and doing more reps wouldn't yield any greater returns, only increase the likelihood of injury.
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\nIt's not about the numbers, it's about training to a point where you achieve your goal, and it's important to have a goal in mind as a bodybuilder based on increasing muscle mass rather than hitting a particular number.
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\nBesides, if in my 20's I never did more than 405lbs on a stiff leg deadlift, it doesn't make any sense going heavier than when I am almost 50!
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\nThanks for coming along on the journey and as always, Excelsior!!! #naturallyintense
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