| I received an email from a guy who had been getting | | | | every which way but loose. He had acid reflux and his |
| most of his fitness advice on a popular bodybuilding | | | | breath had soured worse than milk on a 100 degree |
| site. While there are some bodybuilders that give good | | | | day in a car trunk. His guru had recommended taking 6 |
| advice, most of them rehash a lot of garbage fitness | | | | to 12 fish oil capsules at a time. He's lucky his intestines |
| myths that can get you in trouble. | | | | are still in his body. |
| This particular bodybuilder recommended that you take | | | | Not only that, but when you combine a second rate |
| mega doses of fish oil to start your day and he was | | | | fish oil with big doses, you are really asking to be |
| actually saying that fish oil was a weight loss aid, which | | | | punished. My advice to him was to stop taking the |
| it isn't. | | | | cheap stuff, immediately and wait two weeks, before |
| Fish oil does not burn fat. It improves your metabolism, | | | | starting again, with a high quality fish oil at half a regular |
| so that if you do the right things, such as eating right | | | | dose, and work his way up to a regular dose, over |
| and exercising on a regular basis, you will have a | | | | two weeks. |
| better chance of losing weight than the average Joe, | | | | If he's concerned with burning fat and not his sphincter, |
| because your system is functioning better than his, or | | | | he should eat fat burning foods, such as apples, |
| hers. | | | | broccoli, cabbage, figs, garlic, grapefruit, kiwi and |
| Mega dosing on fish oil is not a good idea either. If you | | | | spinach. There are many more, but that's a good start. |
| haven't taken fish oil before and you introduce it into | | | | The average apple is filling and has 81 calories. A cup |
| your system at a high level, you are going to have to | | | | of broccoli has 44 calories. These are things you can |
| stock up on reading material, because you're going to | | | | eat a bunch of. But don't go hog wild...introduce this |
| be sitting on the porcelain for long stretches. You had | | | | stuff into your diet slowly, too. Introducing 6 cups of |
| better lay in some extra Charmin, too. | | | | spinach into your system...if you've never eaten it |
| Too much of anything is not a good idea, especially in | | | | before, can also have you running to the porcelain. |
| the beginning. You would think that most folks would | | | | Be sure you are moderate with the exercise too, |
| use a little common sense, but where fitness is | | | | especially if you're over 40. Don't go out there trying to |
| concerned, most people go overboard and especially if | | | | win a race, before you have a few muscles in working |
| they heard it from somebody they think looks good. | | | | order. There's a reason that Marines are young. |
| The guy that wrote me was suffering from more than | | | | |