It’s no exaggeration to say that Tom Venuto’s Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle is the virtual bible of fat loss books. This is not surprising as Tom Venuto is a highly respected world-class drug free bodybuilder and nutritionist. In his quest for achieving a superb physique, he has tried every conceivable way of losing [...] Read more »
Why You Are Failing To Lose Weight and Build Muscle
You want to lose weight and build muscle? Listen, if you want to lose body fat and build lean muscle in its place it’s not just a question of eating right and performing a set of tough physical exercises, it’s a mental exercise too. If you don’t get the mental part of muscle building right [...] Read more »
The 2 Pounds Per Week Rule and How to Burn Fat Faster
Why do you always hear that 2 pounds per week is the maximum amount of fat you should safely lose? If you train really hard while watching calories closely shouldn’t you be able to lose more fat without losing muscle or damaging your health? What if you want to lose fat faster? How do you [...] Read more »
8 Reasons Why You Keep Falling Off The Diet Wagon
Clearly, we have an obesity problem in America and many other countries across our planet. Yet, I propose that we do not have a weight loss problem today. In case you’re confused at this apparent contradiction, consider these statistics: According to a study from Oxford University published in the International Journal of Obesity, within 3 [...] Read more »
The Little Thing in Your Head That’s Keeping You Fat
I have no doubt that a scientist somewhere just read the title of this article and said out loud, “YES! Venuto is right! That little thing in your head – the hypothalamus – it IS the thing that is keeping you fat! By George, that Venuto guy isn’t a dumb bodybuilder after all – he’s [...] Read more »
Fat Burners – The Unadulterated Truth
Fat burner pills are advertised everywhere these days – on the internet, in magazines and even on TV. The ads almost always feature a very lean fitness model or bodybuilder and claim that these products, usually pills, were the secret to their six pack abs and very low body fat levels. Some of these ads [...] Read more »
How Liquid Calories May Be Making You Fat… Even Your Favorite Protein Drinks!
At least 7 scientific studies have provided strong evidence that energy containing beverages (i.e., “liquid calories”) do not properly activate the satiety mechanisms in the body and brain and do not satisfy the appetite as well as food in solid form. Epidemiological research also supports a positive association between calorie-containing beverage consumption and increased body [...] Read more »