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