Conditioning Research

I just came across this fascinating blog It is from Michelle : On May 16, 2008 I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 20. I had all the classic symptoms of thirst and weight loss, tested positive for all the autoantibodies and had an AlC of 14%. On January 8, 2009 I eliminated grain, dairy, and legumes from my diet and the results have been remarkable. Only after a few weeks my insulin needs dropped dramatically and after six months on the diet I quit taking insulin altogether. Fascinating stuff - effectively she claims to have cured her Type 1 diabetes by eliminating grains, dairy and beans.....

Rusty has put together a free little report on Building "a vacation body". It is free and has some good ideas on training and intermittent fasting . You can get it here.

Just back from a few days up north . Weather was rotten but it was great being in the big hills again.

Tonight at Krav we did a lot of this sort of drill, moving from Exuberant Animal Style heckling onto stick work. Great fun in the rain led by Rannoch The video by the way is from Ritchie at Streetfight Secrets .

You might have seen the adverts....this stops you from absorbing fat and so you are supposed to lose weight: Fat is high in calories but if it isn't absorbed, it can't contribute to weight gain. The unabsorbed fat passes naturally out of your body in your stools. Note you will also avoid all the vitamins that are in the fat. Barry Groves has discussed this stuff before: If you want to lose weight using alli, you still have to eat a low-fat diet and exercise, which is probably what you are already doing and, if you're doing that, you don't need alli. If you don't also cut your fat intake, you'll spend a lot of time sitting either on the toilet or in very messy, fatty pants . The fat that alli has stopped your body absorbing has to go somewhere; it leaks out of your nether end! There are lots of nasty side effects ( see this woman's experience ) but here is a big one: The US Food and Drug Administration has received more than 30 reports linking the drug to ...

We haven't mentioned Intermittent Fasting for a while. (I still recommend Eat Stop Eat if you want to find out more) Here is a new post on The Health Hut : 25 Reasons Fasting Can Improve Your Health and Well-Being We might not agree with all of the stuff there, but there is some interesting research