Do Fish Oil Pills Work?

Do fish oil pills work?

Fish oil is derived from fish like herring, salmon, mackerel, sardines, albacore, and everybody’s favorite: anchovies.¹The active compounds in fish oil are also present in oils made from krill, green-lipped mussels, and seal blubber. What sets these fish apart is that they’re particularly rich in omega-3 fatty acids thanks to the marine vegetation they consume. These omega-3 fatty acids, namely docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), are said to do an array of impressive things.²NOTE: Some of the benefits include reducing the risk of heart disease and cancer, lowering bad cholesterol and triglycerides, relieving arthritis, fighting inflammation, boosting bone density, improving cognitive performance, decreasing fat mass, stimulating muscle growth, ending world hunger, preventing the impending zombie apocalypse, finally getting Nas a Grammy, etc.

It’s for the benefits conferred by fish oil that nearly 8 percent of adults take the stuff in liquid, capsule, or pill form and spend more than $1B a year on it, ranking it as the most-used natural product in the U.S.

Given the popularity of fish oil, they must apparently work since all those people can’t possibly be wrong.³That’s argumentum ad populum, folks!

Right? Continue reading Do Fish Oil Pills Work?

Protein And The Kidneys: How Much Is Too Much?

The amount of protein you should eat per day is 0.8 to 1.2 grams times your body weight.

Hey, what’s with that look on your face?! Continue reading Protein And The Kidneys: How Much Is Too Much?

What To Use Instead Of Salt For Seasoning

The more you enjoy the food that’s on your eating plan, the more likely you are to stay on course with it and not stray, something that’s especially crucial when trying to lose weight.

…but there’s one teensy-weensy little problem.

You need flavor for your chicken, fish, and rice but can’t use salt or sauces because of the sodium and added calories, respectively.¹NOTE: There are low sodium options like yellow mustard and salsa and calorie-free sauces made by Frank’s Red Hot and Walden Farms, but don’t go ruining my presentation with that shit! I’m trying to make a point here!!!

Yeah, ¡ay Dios mio!²That means “Oh, my God” in Spanish, a language that’s perfect to talk about you behind your back right in front of your face because the odds are high that you only speak English like the average monolingual American.

Hmmmmmm…what on earth are you ever to do?! Continue reading What To Use Instead Of Salt For Seasoning

How To: Side-Lying Hip Abductions

Have knee pain that isn’t brought on by having your legs broken from a gambling debt or some other kind of freak injury?

Then you more than likely have weak glutes.

The glutes are the largest muscle group in the body and consist of three muscles, one of which is the gluteus medius. The gluteus medius is responsible for leg abduction, or lifting your leg to the side, as well as stabilization of the pelvis. When this muscle is weak, the right side of the pelvis, for example, drops as you lift that leg to stand on the left one as you walk or run. Then with all your weight bearing on that leg, your knee caves in toward the other knee, which compresses the kneecap. It’s this chronic stress of the knee that eventually results in knee pain thanks to the change in the body’s biomechanics.

That’s not only where hip abduction exercises come in handy to help strengthen the gluteus medius but also where side-lying hip abductions come in particularly useful. Per a recent study comparing different side-lying hip strengthening exercises, side-lying hip abductions beat out clamshells and side-lying hip abductions with external rotation. Side-lying hip abductions were superior in activating the gluteus medius with little activation of the tensor fasciae latae and anterior hip flexors.

So yeah, you should probably do ’em! Continue reading How To: Side-Lying Hip Abductions

How Low Should You Squat?

How low should you squat?

Oh, you mean like how many degrees should your knees and hips be?

Ha, that’s easy!

The answer is “Don’t do them at all” degrees!

Like, why would you even want to leg day, bro?

Furthermore, why on earth would you want to use the squat rack for squats when you could use it for its actual intended purpose, which is for curls?!?! Continue reading How Low Should You Squat?