Author: johnbarban
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Need Health Information – Newspaper is the Last Place to look
I saw a recent headline in the newspaper suggesting the flu shot caused a rare neurological syndrome in a patient. The headline said “Flu Shot Hell” and there was a miserable picture of a woman with an eye patch on. The headline and the picture would have you believe that she assuredly got this problem from the…
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Reality Check – You Can’t Look Like This Without Steroids
Here are a few pictures of people who have admitted to using steroids. If you think you can look like these guys without steroids…you’re wrong. If any of these guys are the type of muscle size you want, then you gotta do what they did to get there. I’ve included a couple before an after…
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Who Can You Trust? – Steroids and Drugs Make it Tough to Know
I was having a recent discussion with someone about building muscle and the limits to this process. As usual they were shocked and a bit taken back when I said that muscle growth is very strictly limited. I’m not suggesting that muscle growth through weight training isn’t possible. I’m suggesting that it is more limited…
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Nutrition Rules – Follow At Your Own Risk
I was standing in line at the grocery store the other day scanning the magazines at the check out counter and I kept seeing headlines with the words ‘nutrition rules’ or ‘rules of nutrition’. This is disturbing because people tend to believe things that are written in magazines (I have no idea why)…and when something…
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What Makes You Special? Hint – It’s not Your Body
You’re unique, just like a snowflake…you’re one of a kind…just like everybody else! So here is your special bear to make you feel good about being so special. Ok so now that we’ve all stroked our ego’s enough and reminded ourselves that we’re ‘special’ lets get down to the business of exercise and diet. I…