Today is a really cool day for me and I’m happy to share it with you, as I know there are many of you that have been reading my nutrition emails and blog posts for just about a decade. I have been a student of fitness and weight lifting since when I was 15 years old. […]
Supplements
EP003 – The ‘What the Hell?’ Effect, Setting Big Audacious Fat Loss Goals, Nutrients that Compete for Absorption, The Best Time of Day to Take Supplements
Welcome to the 3rd episode of The Dr. Mike Show. I’m joined by my co-host Chris Dominello for a Key Topic/Q&A episode. The key topic we discuss is The “What the Hell” Effect, setting big fat loss goals, and then I’ll answer reader questions regarding nutrient absorption, and the post-exercise insulin window. In This Episode You’ll […]
Ask the Diet Doctor: The Power of Probiotics
Q: Should I take a probiotic supplement? A: The bacterial landscape of your digestive track is in a constant state of flux due to a variety of factors such as diet, stress, medication, and more, many of which we don’t fully appreciate. Click here to read this article at shape.com
Ask the Diet Doctor: Maca Root Powder
Q: What’s the deal with maca powder? A: Maca is a plant from the Andes that is of the mustard family. It was used traditionally in South America to treat infertility and imbalances in female hormones, and has since made its way onto health food store shelves and eCommerce shops across the world where its […]
7 Things You Should Know About DMAA
Dietary supplements don’t make big time news very often unless a professional athlete is claiming that a supplement he was taking was tainted with an anabolic steroid or if some misguided reporter is comparing creatine to winstrol. Recently the NBC New program Rock Center ran a story on the once popular stimulant DMAA (unfortunately it […]
Morning Supplement Regimen
I’ve received several questions lately regarding what supplements that I take. My core supplementation stays pretty much the same. Some things, like probiotics, will cycle in and out of my routine but the above image is pretty standard. Multivitamin – Currently using Anavite. This is a great multivitamin as it contains 3.2 grams of beta-alanine and 2 […]