no Carbs at night debate (Read 4554 times)

Most eating between dinner time and bed time is snacking on junk food. Don't eat as much junk food and you'll lose weight faster. Yeah that makes sense.

Apples do this to me! RE: high sugar in carrots? - seriously, folks - how many people do you think are overweight because they eat carrots? Sorry, Daddyo, it's nothing personal, just a pet peeve of mine.

glad to satiate your pet peeves.

I was at a short nutrition seminar on Thursday night where they talked about this very thing. The panelists basically said that your body doesn't know the difference so it generally doesn't matter when you eat what, just that you are eating it all in moderation.

Thank you.

To add to Dr. Hefty's post, HGH does pretty much everything it states in that link. And we do produce less of it as we age, just as males produce less testosterone and females less estrogen. However, reduced levels of HGH is not the sole causative factor in aging. But it is a very interesting hormone. Despite what the media has reported or written it is not a hormone to use to build large amounts of muscle. HGH is not an anabolic steroid. Saying HGH is like steroids is patently false. In fact it's like saying a shoe is like a dolphin. What HGH will do is help reduce body fat and accelerate some connective tissue repair, but it's not a proven muscle builder like anabolic steroids. As written, HGH is typically released during sleep. As that post pointed out you can stimulate your body to produce more HGH than your base level, which may benefit you. The way I am familiar with achieving this is through very intense anaerobic exercise. It's very easy to do in a weight room. Just lift really heavy weights for a few reps, and rest very little between sets. In fact, rest pause sets have been alleged to work best. I have done 3 months of rest pause set training and gained about 25 pounds during that time. For me it produced the greatest amount of muscle hypertrophy that I have ever experienced. But, the workouts are extremely hard, and you never lift two days in a row training this way. For the average runner, HGH means very little. And the average runner will not likely increase HGH levels through normal training. But, that doesn't mean you can't. A track workout of very intense 200-400m work intervals with short, active rest intervals will likely stimulate an increase in HGH production. Unfortunately, it's impossible to predict how much and what effect, if any, it will have. Assuming that type of workout does stimulate HGH production, a typical runner couldn't do that stressful of a workout more than once a week. So, what's the point? There is none. If you think you're HGH deficient due to aging you can go see a doctor and get prescribed HGH. Hormone replacement therapy clinics (also called anti-aging clinics) are popping up and treating patients nation wide. The legitimate clinics will not prescribe the stuff over the internet and will regularly do blood work to check levels. Unfortunately HGH therapy is very expensive and might not be worth it. It takes several months of daily administration to see results. And HGH has to be injected subcutaneously and most users inject into the abdomen with an insulin syringe. On a side note: For you older males out there, do some reading on Andropause and the therapies to treat it. It's interesting stuff. For males, if there is a fountain of youth, the hormone is testosterone, not HGH. Testosterone replacement therapy can be safe if done correctly. You can look at the risk versus the benefits yourself.

it's like saying a shoe is like a dolphin.

WOW!! Well done!! A simile within a simile!

And we do produce less of it as we age, just as males produce less testosterone and

Speak for yourself, girly-man.

Dude No You Didn't

Yes. I went there, girlfriend. And you forgot the period at the end of your quasi-sentence. Grammar is critical here at Bob's College of Running Knowledge.

Fixed. Now screw you people. I have some hoops to watch.

How do you screw people with a testosterone deficiency? Isn't that hard? (Or, not hard?)