Day 14

    At the start of week 3 we discuss one of our most important hormones, Leptin. Leptin is a 16kDa protein hormone that plays a key role in regulating energy intake and energy expenditure including appetite and metabolism.
   Leptin was discovered in 1994 by Jeffrey M Friedman and colleagues at the Rockefeller University through the study of mice. Human leptin is a protein of 167 amino acids. It is manufactured primarily in the adipocytes of the white adipose tissue, and the level of circulating leptin is directly proportional to the total amount of fat in the body.
   As this week goes on and we look deeper into its importance we will find how certain crash diets or obesity can interfere with our leptin hormone and cause problems.
   I look forward to seeing you this evening for some burning lungs, it is cardio time!

  Anthony

Day 12

   Good morning, apologies for not blogging over the weekend. Our discussion moves onto leptin this week but before that I wanted to post that article I promised which should be of interest to particularly the men on the course. Enjoy the read and I will be back on here later with and introduction to leptin.


http://www.menshealth.com/nutrition/soys-negative-effects

   Anthony

Day 10

   Good afternoon to all bloggers. Friday is the calm before the storm as Saturday creeps ever nearer. The end of tomorows sessions will mark the half way point of this course so I hope you are all starting to feel the benefit. A few of you have discussed with me their gym training to compliment the two sessions a week we are doing, for the rest of you please book in for a review and maximise your results.
     I have tried to send you plenty of soy based information this week and tomorow we will cover the topic briefly. I have attached an article listing and describing soy products that are all fermented and recommended to eat. I have not tried them all myself so your feedback when consumed would be much appreciated.
    This evening I will be eating a large piece of sea bass that my cat Mercutio has been eyeing up for a few days. Have a great evening and as ever I look forward to seeing you tomorow morning.

http://www.livestrong.com/article/332120-what-foods-contain-fermented-soy-beans/

  Anthony

Day 10

   The soy debate is a complex one, our focus should not only be on consuming fermented soy but also consuming non genetically modified soy. There are positives and negatives to genetically modified foods, the positives in the main are higher crop yields and their economical benefit. Their negatives are its unknown risk to human health and its ability to trigger allergies in humans. I have attached an article that goes into more detail about both the positives and negatives.
     Two days until session 4, a few of you will be absent but for the rest of us it is resistance time!

http://www.geneticallymodifiedfoods.co.uk/fact-sheet-pros-vs-cons.html

  See you all soon

  Anthony

Day 9

     Good afternoon, after feeling tired yesterday I made sure I got my 8 hours sleep and this morning I felt fantastic. My omelette for lunch was as usual a little bit of heaven coming out of the Odyssey kitchen and with a chicken stir fry awaiting me at home this evening  I have Wednesday sorted. In terms of training I missed Monday and Tuesday due to my trip up north to discover the "accumulator" which probably did not help my feeling of tiredness yesterday but with a good spinning session under my belt today I feel ready for tonight's boot camp at 7pm.
      I hope you found yesterdays article useful, it was a reasonably general article regarding soy. Lets look deeper into the fermented v non fermented  discussion. The article I have attached looks directly into the positives and negatives of the fermented and non fermented soy options.

http://www.assatashakur.org/forum/afrikan-wholistic-health/659-soy-products-fermented-vs-unfermented.html

      Health and happiness, people. See you Saturday.

  Anthony

Day 8

   Day 8, one week down and already back to our cardio based Tuesday evenings. With a quarter of the course gone I hope you are all feeling better, if you are not feeling the benefit then please bring in your diary that I know you all fill out each evening and we can go through it.
   This week we move onto soy, I have attached an article that i believe explains the positives and negatives very well. Ultimately we should focus on whether our soy is genetically modified as well as it being fermented. Please read through the article , there will be plenty of information to follow including a webinar from Dr Mercola.

http://www.naturalnews.com/022630.html
   See you all this evening.

   Anthony

Day 7

  Apologies for being so quiet over the weekend, the internet was down at work. It has been good to see some of you in the gym over the weekend. I spent today in Harrogate with the Creator of Team Dynamix seeing the finished product and also new programmes that have been created such as sports conditioning and regeneration. I will introduce you all to the accumulator in the near future!
        I have attached an article that goes into gluten intolerance in much more detail and if you have no plans before Easter it also lists many symptoms of an intolerance.
 http://gluten-intolerance-symptoms.com/

       I look forward to seeing you all tomorrow, take plenty of energy on board this evening.


   Anthony

Day 4

 
    Big night of eating well and hydrating for us all, planned a really tough session for you all and I will be gracing the rugby field once again. Just finished my roast chicken with vegetables and had a protein packed omelette for lunch so feeling good.
   Tomorrow we will be looking briefly at wheat and gluten with a bundle load of information to follow. Just a brief post from me this evening as my nephew is currently being born (finally) and I am heading down to Lister.
     Get a good breakfast inside you tomorrow and I will see you all at 10.30am.

  Anthony

Day 3 So far so good!

  Good evening, I hope it is all going well for you. If it is any consolation my legs are also aching and i only joined in the warm up so I feel your pain. Being back on the Team Dynamix nutrition plan has been enjoyable and really empowering, cutting the wheat out once again has instantly made me feel more energetic and I have already lost 1kg. As much as I put this down to reintroducing myself to the Team Dynamix elimination list I have also trained hard this week with tough weight sessions, spinning and also a Team Dynamix session with a number of Odyssey staff.
      Every time I eliminate wheat from my diet I really feel the benefit and I wonder why I let it creep in from time to time. Of course I know the answer and its due to it being to readily available and over used in a moder diet. My number 1 piece of advise is to be as prepared as possible, if your left making a choice for lunch from a service station or a local sandwich shop then inevitably it will be a poor choice.
       I am training at Odyssey from 10.45 am tomorrow, if anyone would like to join me you would be more than welcome. Until tomorrow good night.

  Anthony

Team Dynamix Continuation Day 2

    There was some magic happening in the Odyssey kitchen this lunchtime as my omelette was a touch of heaven (simple pleasures). It was just what I needed after this mornings spin session.
       Lets switch our attention to wheat and gluten, Dr Mercola who I have used before when researching topics such as soy has written a book called "No grain diet", this went on to be an American best seller and linked obesity to a modern diet being to over reliant on grains. Here I attach a link to a clip of Dr Mercola discussing the truth about whole wheat.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgPZyzomBUI

And here is a link to his book on amazon.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/No-grain-Diet-Joseph-Mercola/dp/0340832355/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1326887960&sr=1-2

I hope the legs are not feeling to heavy today. If they are the best thing you can do is get down to Odyssey get some blood flowing through them and relax in the steam room.
      If any of you are twitter users then please follow me on @anthonypricept

  Anthony

Team Dynamix Continuation Day 1

  Good evening everyone and heres my first post. Tonights session was fantastic and I look forward to the remaining 7 sessions. Our education topic is wheat and gluten on Saturday so I will send you some journals and articles throughout the week.
        I hope you have all had a highly nutritious meal, of course I enjoyed a quinoa (what else) salad with courgette and red onion. I dressed it with olive oil and a little balsamic. It tasted fantastic and kept the energy levels high as I sit down for the first time today.
     Tomorow I will be taking a spinning class which will also double up as my cardio workout, 3 big hill climbs and a sprint finish will have the desired effect. If any of you can manage a gym session tomorow then I look forward to seeing you there.
  Until tomorows post goodnight, sleep well.

    Anthony