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Helder Barroso
Oct 14, 20222 min read
The Key Role of Mechanical Tension in Muscle Growth
Introduction: Muscle growth is a complex process influenced by various factors. Among these factors, mechanical tension plays a crucial...
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Helder Barroso
Aug 25, 20222 min read
Why Weight Lifting?
Weight lifting might be the most potent “drug” we have for extending the quality and perhaps quantity of our years of life. In its...
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Helder Barroso
Aug 24, 20222 min read
What is muscle growth?
Muscles increase in volume after long-term weight training. Since they are made of individual fibres, muscles can theoretically increase...
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Helder Barroso
Mar 2, 20226 min read
Minerals
There are various minerals in our food and water. The seven macro-minerals are, calcium, chloride, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium,...
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Helder Barroso
Feb 28, 20222 min read
Unlocking the Benefits of Cold Exposure: A Path to a Healthier Life
Cold exposure has been gaining attention from experts like Dr. Rhonda Patrick, Dr. Andrew Huberman, and Susanna Soeberg. They've...
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Helder Barroso
Feb 25, 20223 min read
Sauna Health Benefits
Lately I have been more and more interested in the health benefits of sauna, I have listened to many experts talk about this, in...
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Helder Barroso
Feb 23, 20222 min read
Caffeine
Caffeine comes from coffee beans, but it can also be synthesized in a laboratory. It has the same structure whether it’s in coffee,...
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Helder Barroso
Feb 22, 20223 min read
Vitamin K
Vitamin K is an essential vitamin. It is one of the four fat-soluble vitamins, along with vitamin A, vitamin D, and vitamin E. It was...
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Helder Barroso
Feb 21, 20222 min read
Vitamin E
This fat-soluble vitamin is needed for circulation.tissue repair and healing. It seems to help the treatment of fibrocystic conditions,...
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Helder Barroso
Feb 18, 20222 min read
Vitamin C
Vitamin C is a water-soluble vitamin best known for its use in treatment of the common cold, though its efficacy is questionable, and...
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Helder Barroso
Feb 17, 20227 min read
Vitamin B Complex
All the water-soluble B vitamins work as a team to promote healthy nerves, skin, eyes, hair, liver, muscle tone and cardiovascular...
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Helder Barroso
Feb 16, 20222 min read
Vitamin A
This all important vitamin is a catalyst on which innumerable biochemical processes depend. Vit A acts as an antioxidant, protecting the...
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Helder Barroso
Feb 15, 20223 min read
Milk & Milk Products
Whilst out hunter gatherer ancestors did not use milk products, there are many healthy nomadic and agricultural societies, dating back as...
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Helder Barroso
Feb 9, 20223 min read
Understanding Carbohydrates: The Fuel for a Healthy Body
Introduction Carbohydrates are often misunderstood and unfairly vilified in the world of nutrition. However, they play a pivotal role in...
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Helder Barroso
Dec 20, 20212 min read
Why You Need To Consider Protein Intake
Energy balance and tracking your intake might be the most important thing, but protein intake would probably be the next most important...
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Helder Barroso
Dec 16, 20212 min read
What If You Hit A Plateau?
If you’re no longer losing weight/body fat at the appropriate rate or at all, then that means your metabolic rate has lowered to the...
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Helder Barroso
Dec 15, 20213 min read
How much weight should you lose?
If you are tracking and weighing, the next step in setting up a diet is to take maintenance calories and use that information to...
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Helder Barroso
Dec 14, 20212 min read
Finding Your Maintenance Calories
To determine the appropriate amount of calories to consume for your planned muscle building or fat loss phases, you must first establish...
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Helder Barroso
Dec 11, 20212 min read
Best Approaches To Tracking Body Weight
Body weight is one of the most important variables we can track to gauge if we’re actually getting to our goal. However, also remember...
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Helder Barroso
Dec 10, 20212 min read
Best Approaches To Tracking Food
One of the biggest reasons I advocate you should weigh foods, as opposed to measuring their volume (when possible), is because...
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