Faigin's Natural Hormonal Enhancement Diet Overview
Hey Guys,Long post, so skim over the bold print and see if it’s something you have read before…This is about a diet, often thought to be a bodybuilder’s diet, because it allows both a reduction and bodyfat AND muscular growth. In other words, allows you to be both big and ripped, or just plain ripped (svelte), depending on what you want.One interesting point. Although the book has been out since 2000, I am unable to find any negative reviews of the book anywhere, unheard of for most diet methods/books. I started the Natural Hormonal Enhancement Diet (Rob Faigin) three weeks ago. Since the second week of the diet, my energy level has been good and hunger has decreased dramatically.The goal of the diet is to optimize glucagon (blood sugar) and insulin levels, which is said to decrease appetite, increase use of fat for energy, decrease body fat and increase muscle.The diet consists of:1. An initiation week: Strict low carb (under 20 grams), no carb loading for the first seven days.2. Lower carb alternated with carb loading until the desired body fat or weight is achieved: 30 grams + all you can eat starchy carbs and some sugars for Wednesday and Sunday evening meals3. Increase to 60 Grams of Carb and continued Carb Loads for Maintenance after your desired body fat/ weight is achieved. Some may even be able to maintain by carb loading every second and then third evening meal or perhaps even every second meal (real gravy train!). Some experimentation is necessary here, as everyone's lifestyle and reaction to low carb and carb loading are different.What is all of this supposed to do? The “low carb - carb load” cycling is said to:1. Decrease glucagon (available blood sugar), to cut out overdependence on glucagon/glycogen/sugar for energy. This prevents the sugar from being stored as fat, or from causing too much insulin to be produced. Speaking of insulin, the diet is also said to…2. Decrease Insulin Production -- Insulin is said to counteract the body's natural growth hormone and also promote fat storage AND THEN hunger, so too much blood sugar is a metabolic "triple whammy." Large meals are limited to the carb loading evening meals (above), normal low carb meals are eaten every 3-4 hours (4 hours is the absolute max). Huge quantities of fat would be prohibited, but Faigin calls fat quantities self-limiting. No protein or fat is allowed two hours before bed and no carb for three hours. This is to allow insulin to “clear” from the bloodstream so it doesn’t counteract the day’s largest growth hormone secretion, around two hours after the onset of sleep. Insulin is a major factor in hunger and has a long half-life, so allowing it to “clear” for a longer time at night may serve to decrease hunger. The idea is not to totally eliminate insulin or any other hormone, but to decrease it to a level where hunger and fat storage (functions of natural insulin) are minimized.3. Decrease muscle-eroding cortisol brought on by low-calorie diets. “Low calorie” is a dirty word to Faigin. According to Faigin, limiting calories increases the stress hormone cortisol, which is highly catabolic (muscle decreasing). Cortisol is also said to cause premature aging and is produced during “steady-state” cardio activity.4. And the least known: Regular carb loading supports a T3, a hormone whose absence causes most low carb and low calorie diets to fail: Not cutting calories and “cycling in” a carb load every third and then every fourth day is said to help maintain production of Triiodothyronine (T3), a metabolism and setpoint regulating hormone. Reduction in T3 causes regular low carb and low calorie diets to "fail". http://www.davedraper.com/faigin-natural-hormonal-enhancemen t-excerpt.htmlhttp://www.extique.com/askrob5-2.htm
The book is loaded with facts about nutrients' effects on the endocrine system. In addition, Faigin also has an exercise book and DVD. A recommended read.
Again, no negative reviews or refutations to be found.
So, that’s what I’ve been on.DaveHey Guys, (attempt 2, saved Word Doc to html)
Long post, so skim over the bold print and see if it’s something you have read before…This is about a diet, often thought to be a bodybuilder’s diet, because it allows both a reduction and bodyfat AND muscular growth. In other words, allows you to be both big and ripped, or just plain ripped (svelte), depending on what you want.One interesting point. Although the book has been out since 2000, I am unable to find any negative reviews of the book anywhere, unheard of for most diet methods/books. I started the Natural Hormonal Enhancement Diet (Rob Faigin) three weeks ago. Since the second week of the diet, my energy level has been good and hunger has decreased dramatically.The goal of the diet is to optimize glucagon (blood sugar) and insulin levels, which is said to decrease appetite, increase use of fat for energy, decrease body fat and increase muscle.The diet consists of:1. An initiation week: Strict low carb (under 20 grams), no carb loading for the first seven days.2. Lower carb alternated with carb loading until the desired body fat or weight is achieved: 30 grams + all you can eat starchy carbs and some sugars for Wednesday and Sunday evening meals3. Increase to 60 Grams of Carb and continued Carb Loads for Maintenance after your desired body fat/ weight is achieved. Some may even be able to maintain by carb loading every second and then third evening meal or perhaps even every second meal (real gravy train!). Some experimentation is necessary here, as everyone's lifestyle and reaction to low carb and carb loading are different.What is all of this supposed to do? The “low carb - carb load” cycling is said to:1. Decrease glucagon (available blood sugar), to cut out overdependence on glucagon/glycogen/sugar for energy. This prevents the sugar from being stored as fat, or from causing too much insulin to be produced. Speaking of insulin, the diet is also said to…2. Decrease Insulin Production -- Insulin is said to counteract the body's natural growth hormone and also promote fat storage AND THEN hunger, so too much blood sugar is a metabolic "triple whammy." Large meals are limited to the carb loading evening meals (above), normal low carb meals are eaten every 3-4 hours (4 hours is the absolute max). Huge quantities of fat would be prohibited, but Faigin calls fat quantities self-limiting. No protein or fat is allowed two hours before bed and no carb for three hours. This is to allow insulin to “clear” from the bloodstream so it doesn’t counteract the day’s largest growth hormone secretion, around two hours after the onset of sleep. Insulin is a major factor in hunger and has a long half-life, so allowing it to “clear” for a longer time at night may serve to decrease hunger. The idea is not to totally eliminate insulin or any other hormone, but to decrease it to a level where hunger and fat storage (functions of natural insulin) are minimized.3. Decrease muscle-eroding cortisol brought on by low-calorie diets. “Low calorie” is a dirty word to Faigin. According to Faigin, limiting calories increases the stress hormone cortisol, which is highly catabolic (muscle decreasing). Cortisol is also said to cause premature aging and is produced during “steady-state” cardio activity.4. And the least known: Regular carb loading supports a T3, a hormone whose absence causes most low carb and low calorie diets to fail: Not cutting calories and “cycling in” a carb load every third and then every fourth day is said to help maintain production of Triiodothyronine (T3), a metabolism and setpoint regulating hormone. Reduction in T3 causes regular low carb and low calorie diets to "fail". http://www.davedraper.com/faigin-natural-hormonal-enhancemen t-excerpt.htmlhttp://www.extique.com/askrob5-2.htmThe book is loaded and Faigin also has an exercise book and DVD.So, that’s what I’ve been on.DaveMost Active
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