SMM,
I'm inclined to agree with your assesment of dex PWO. I've tried it for awhile and haven't noticed any difference in my rate of progress, but I think bf has been creeping up.
Your analysis of various GI carbs makes good sense although I'd probably vary my carb sources a bit more, if only for palatability's sake, but oatmeal has been a staple for quite awhile.
I've been looking into reducing my SHBG levels recently tho, and found that insulin can play a factor (also taking "grape seed extract" and trying to find some "nettle root extract" which Hooker, to his credit, indicated was helpful). I certainly agree that an accelerated rise in bloodsugar will promote fat gain, but I'm running an experiment to see if slightly higher GI carbs (no simple sugars tho) in moderate portions will do any good. I'll get another test near the end of the month. This SHBG issue is probably unique to me, or at least uncommon, so other's wouldn't have these concerns.
Come diet time (about 6 weeks away), I'll certainly return to strictly low GI carb sources unless I have some data which says not to. I'm not going to sabotage my cardio with high blood sugar.
If your goal is to lose bodyfat, then there are three things that you mut, by necessity, do:
- Discover what is your daily caloric need for maintenance.
- Reduce calories below maintenance by 300 - more than this will result in catabolism.
- Substitute all carbs for nothing other than oatmeal and cream of rye.
- If after two weeks your bodyfat hasn't decreased after you decreased claories by 300 below maintenance, then go zero carbs for one or two weeks.
- Do very low intensity cardio for up to one hour first thing in the morning On an empty stomach.
- One hour latter drink a carb-free whey drink containing 50 grams of whey protein isolates. This is your first meal. The second only comes 3 hours latter.
- Eat a cople dozen black olives a day or half a cup of macademias to get the monoinsaturated fatty acids that your body needs.
- Eliminate cyclamate derivated sweeteners from your diet, as they may elicit insulin response.
- Eliminate coffee, which contains several substances that inhibit prostaglandins and, thus, fat loss, and substitute it for green tea, which contains a large amount of the catechin epillogallactin galate, which inhibits the breakdown of norepinephrine and thus enhacnes fat loss. Don't drink it at once, but sip it throughout the day.
- Eat lots of organic vegetables, which are necessary to digest all that protein you'll be eating for muscle maintenance as well as to full your stomach and decrease food cravings.
- Take DL-tryptophan before bed to enhance sleep and recovery and decrease hunger - or eat some slices of organic pinnaple.
If you follow this advice, I promise, you will lose 1 to 2 lbs of bodyfat a week consistently. Do not eat medium to high glycemic carbs as they ruin everything, and do not cycle carbs - because it causes insulin respose and makes you go back to square one. Good luck!
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