The liver is the one organ of the human body to which bodybuilders should pay the most attention. The liver is the body’s second-largest organ, second only to the skin. Its functions include insulin and glycogen breakdown, cholesterol synthesis, and toxin breakdown. This is especially vital for bodybuilders, as many aspects of the bodybuilding lifestyle present challenges to liver function. Oral Steroids Many competitive and non-competitive bodybuilders, from local level to professional ranks, consume oral steroids. The anti-steroid contingents in media and government have gone out of their way to ensure the general public knows the dangers of steroids, and there is no denying that many oral steroids are toxic to the liver and cause long-term damage. However, working with a doctor to monitor liver enzyme levels, many have found little to no noticeable long term effects. ...

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"I love you like a fat kid loves cake". Some lovesick rapper wrote these words of wisdom for a woman who was just a jail cell away. But it's true. We fat kids do love our cake. Rather, we "smooth perpetual bulkers" do love our carbs. And there’s nothing wrong with that. Carbohydrates are a terrific source of energy, and an essential building block of life. But, like all things in life, you CAN have too much of a good thing. And that quickly becomes a bad thing – insulin resistance. Let’s talk about insulin resistance. You eat too many carbs, and your body becomes insulin resistant. Make sense so far? When this happens, your body gets fat. (The reason being, your fat cells experience hydrolysis of their stored ...

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Perhaps at one point or another, most of us have heard the term “food is a drug”. Considering all of the chemicals within the sport of bodybuilding, and in our world in general today, many of you may likely have dismissed this statement as fraudulent or ridiculous. But make no mistake, the phrase is much truer than you can imagine. That’s because eating any kind of food, any time, sets off a chemical reaction within the body that at least involves digestion, and at most, involves a lot more. At best, food can be nourishing, enlivening, balancing and can cause our bodies to respond with better health and performance. At worst—or should we say ‘at our worst’—the foods we eat can cause utter havoc, and include things like mood swings, ill health and a general chemical imbalance within our bodies that create yet other ...

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