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How Much Fish Oil Should I Take? How to Determine Your Personal Needs

  The goal of supplementation is to supplement your diet with nutrients or bioactive compounds that you do not  (or cannot) get via your regular diet. Unfortunately most of the time we supplement based off of general recommendations or guidelines as individual testing for personal needs is not available or is wildly expensive. Fortunately there is a simple blood test available [...]

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What is the Best Type of Creatine?

Creatine is the most rigorously tested ergogenic supplement around. We now know that Creatine’s benefits reach beyond just helping you get bigger and stronger (check out this piece I wrote for Men’s Health on 5 Unknown Benefits of Creatine). In this edition of Ask Dr. Mike we’ll look several different kinds of designer creatine such [...]

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Ask Dr. Mike: Fish Oil Supplement Purity

Fish oil is an extremely beneficial supplement for you to take with respects to your heart health, body weight, and overall inflammatory balance. However, there is a dark side to fish oil – toxins and impurities. In this edition of Ask Dr. Mike you’ll learn how you can see the levels of impurities in your [...]

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Weight Loss is like a Magic Show

In this edition of Ask Dr. Mike’s  you’ll learn why you should treat your weight loss plan like a magic show. When we set out on a weight loss journey the tendency we have is to do lots of things at once to get the maximum effect – cut calories, cut carbs, do lots of [...]

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