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2006/11/27, 07:46 AM
Has anyone else read this book by Leo Galland? I am reading it, finding it fascinating.
I specifically had a question for bb1fit - Galland is a specialist in internal medicine and nutritional medicine and he states "I don't recommend bedtime snacks, because they inhibit the release of growth hormone, an important fat-burning. muscle-building, anti-aging hormone that is primarily released into the bloodstream in the early hours of sleep, reaching a peak at about 1 AM. It's well known that food eaten too close to bedtime suppresses the release of growth hormone for several hours."
I have never heard that before and was just curious if you have read anything similar?
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There is more to us than we know. If we can be made to see it, perhaps for the rest of our lives we will be unwilling to settle for less.
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2006/11/27, 12:12 PM
Yes, I have heard this before....I think the importance of nutrition pre bed far outweighs the minute amount of GH during sleep. As you age this declines anyway.
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2006/11/27, 05:55 PM
Thanks!
BYW, I do recpmmend the book to anyone who wants a better idea of how fat functions, physiologically. It is very interesting and easy to read and explains a lot....
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Perseverance is not a long race it is many short races one after another.
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