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Supplementation gives your body the nutrients it needs without adding calories. It is virtually impossible to satisfy your body’s nutritional needs with the number of calories recommended to lose fat. In addition, due to a typically busy lifestyle, it is difficult to eat perfectly every day for the rest of your life. Therefore, when following a fitness program, muscles become undernourished, causing your body to shed the muscle it can’t feed. By supplying the body with the natural nutrients it needs without additional calories, (e.g., whole food nutrient complex), you can help satisfy all your nutritional needs for repair and growth without exceeding the amount of calories your body needs to maintain the mandatory deficit for fat loss.
The benefits of using supplements as low-calorie nutrition during an exercise program are well researched. The daily use of a whole food nutrient complex has been found to be the most inexpensive nutritional insurance
The reason behind adding supplements to your daily meals is to supply the body with calorie-free nutrition and select, all natural compounds that have the potential to improve health, alter body composition and increase performance and metabolic rate.
The Categories and Uses of Supplements
A whole food nutrient complex is the foundation of any complete fitness program. Additional vitamins, minerals, enzymes, essential fatty acids and antioxidants will boost your nutrient intake beyond what is available through the foods you eat. These additional nutrients allow cells to reach their potential creating the ideal environment for positive physical change. Taking other supplements before creating a nutritional foundation is like adding expensive accessories to a car that doesn’t run properly.
Altering Body Composition
It is difficult to get enough nutrients from your normal diet to support your fitness goals. Any time there is an increase in cellular activity, as during exercise, the body increases its use of nutrients. By supplying these nutrients without additional calories, the attempt is made to satisfy all nutrient needs for repair and growth without exceeding the amount of calories needed to sustain the mandatory deficit for fat loss. When undernourished, the body must shed the muscle it cannot feed.
Increasing Performance and Metabolism
Specific nutrients and combinations of nutrients have been found to improve exercise performance and increase the calories burned during and after exercise. Supplying the body with calorie-free nutrients can improve performance and, therefore, assist with fat-loss and muscle-gain goals.
Sensible supplementation is highly recommended in order to supply the body with the right combination of calorie-free nutrients and compounds that have the potential to enhance performance, reduce body fat, increase muscle and improve health. Proper supplementation creates the environment your body needs to get maximum results.
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June 5th, 2008
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May 17th, 2008
Prograde Nutrition, the only nutritional company built from the ground up for athletes and fitness enthusiasts!
With Prograde, you never have to worry about inferior products. Our products are made at our GMP-certified, “A” rated manufacturing facility. We use a 2,500 acre farm to grow our whole food supplements. Make sure to check out our video below. We also have Certificates of Analysis for each product to prove that what we say is in the bottle, is in the bottle.
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May 15th, 2008
Calorie counting, height and weight, and the concept of “weight loss and the scales” are outdated and misleading paradigms that encourage one of the most destructive human behaviors - dieting.
Dieting is guaranteed to make you fat. When you go on a typical diet and cut your calories, you are effectively starving your body. Your body responds to this diet as a threat and a series of very powerful survival responses quickly go into action, which in effect cause your body to store as much fat as possible.
First, your metabolism slows to a crawl. Your body then releases cortisol , a very powerful survival hormone which facilitates the burning of your lean muscle mass, (depleting your body’s calorie burning engine), and the storage of fat. When you come off your diet, your body quickly stores fat and you not only gain back all the fat you have lost, your body becomes more resistant to your next diet.
Even though you may have lost weight, you may actually be fatter, because your body fat percentage - the relationship between the amount of fat to the amount of lean body mass (muscle) - may increase. The key to permanent fat loss is not to count and restrict calories and deprive yourself.
Rather, the key is keeping your blood sugar stable, so you eliminate cravings and hunger, which in reality will result in less caloric intake, simply because you don’t eat as much. Never eat carbohydrates alone. Always eat them in combination with lean proteins and/or raw fats/oils, to slow down the conversion of carbohydrates into glucose.
Increase your lean protein portion if you still feel hungry or sluggish after. Starting your day off with an Advanced Metabolic Optimizer, a balanced blend of the highest quality of lean protein, raw fats/oils and unprocessed carbohydrate, will keep your blood sugar stable, keep you energized, eliminate cravings, and turn your body into a fat burning machine.Brought to you by: PROGRADE NUTRITION and PHIL B’s ONLINE PERSONAL TRAINING AND FITNESS PROGRAMS. Make fitness and good nutrition your way of life.
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May 8th, 2008
It is difficult to tell quality simply by looking at a tablet. Many factors (most of which are hidden to the naked eye) go into a high quality nutritional supplement, but one of the three main variables is quality of the science behind the product: the human body has often been compared to an extremely complex and wonderfully efficient machine.
To function normally, it is extremely dependent upon a large variety of raw materials such as protein, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, and so forth. If any of these critical substances are lacking in sufficient quantities, the efficiency of the “machine” suffers.
The therapeutic use of nutrition supplements usually involves combining as many of these rate-limiting nutrients together as economically and physically possible, to provide everything required to focus on a particular health goal.
If the nutritional supplement is poorly designed, key nutrients may be left out, or less important “window dressing” may be added that doesn’t provide benefit. The product may then be inadequate to meet the therapeutic goals, or may be more expensive than needed.
A reputable company will be able to provide scientific studies to support the formulation and its therapeutic value.Quality of the ingredients: the same nutrient may be available in different forms. For example, vitamin E can be a natural (derived from food) or it can be synthetic (manufactured). The natural, food-identical vitamin E is called d-alpha tocopherol, while the synthetic form is called dl-alpha tocopherol. That “l” in the dl-alpha tocopherol is the only way you can tell a natural from a synthetic vitamin E by looking at the label, but science has shown that there is a significant difference in the way the body uses it.
Natural vitamin E is significantly better in its biological activity that the synthetic. Another example is found in minerals such as calcium or iron. Minerals are not found alone in supplements but as chemical compounds. The nature of that compound is related to the ability of the body to absorb and use the mineral. For example, calcium may be found as “calcium carbonate” which is inexpensive but relatively more difficult to absorb. Other forms of calcium, such as calcium citrate may be more expensive as raw materials, but may also be much better utilized by the body.
Quality of the manufacturing process: even if the supplement is well-formulated and has high quality ingredients, care must still be exercised during the manufacturing process to ensure a quality finished product. If the supplement doesn’t break down properly during the digestive process it doesn’t matter how well it’s designed or what is used as ingredients!
A manufacturer of high-quality nutritional supplements will perform a number of different tests before, during and after the tableting process to ensure quality in the finshed product, and should be able to provide you with documentation to support their processes upon request.
Why do some supplements cost more than others that look like they contain the same ingredients?
Simply looking at the ingredients does not necessarily provide enough information to assess value. For example, the same amount of elemental calcium can be found as, among others, citrate or carbonate, but have significantly different absorption dynamics.
Carbonates are much cheaper, and so are often used by supplement manufacturers, even though the more expensive citrates are better absorbed. Frequently, higher quality comes with a higher price. An example is Prograde VGF25+ formula for men and VGF25+ formula for women. It is really not a multivitamin at all because it is made from 25 fruits, vegetables and greens. It provides essential fatty acids, amino acids, enzymes, and phytonutrients.
It is not a multivitamin, but rather a daily nutritional foundation coming from foods instead of synthetic formulations.
- Highest quality nutritional product manufacturing: Awarded GMP Certification by the Natural Products Association
- Transform your body: our products and fitness experts will help you take control of your health so you can reach your goals.
- Pure: Natural ingredients grown on our untainted 2,500 acre farm in Florida
- Easy: No trumped up shipping charges. No confusing ‘supplement stacks’. Just simple, straightforward nutrition you can trust with zero hassle.
It’s almost impossible to tell which supplements are truly the best quality. How do you know that they weren’t concocted in someone’s basement?
PROGRADE SOLUTION: With Prograde, you never have to worry about inferior products. Our products are made at our GMP-certified, “A” rated manufacturing facility. We use a 2,500 acre farm to grow our whole food supplements. Make sure to CHECK OUT OUR VIDEO HERE. We also have Certificates of Analysis for each product to prove that what we say is in the bottle, is in the bottle.
April 21st, 2008
The Environmental Magazine: article by Orna Izakson
Some food-savvy environmentalists say that if you can afford to buy only one organic food item, it should be culinary oils. They base their assertions on several things, but at the top of the list is the fact that heavy metals (which can show up in sewage sludge used to treat some non-organic farms) and industrial chemicals such as pesticides tend to stick to fats.
Many common cooking oils–canola, soy and cottonseed chief among them–are genetically engineered to withstand more pesticide spraying than their common counterparts. Although the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finds them safe for human consumption, environmentalists are increasingly concerned about the effects on the ecosystem and on their bodies. One way to make sure GE plants are not in your food is to buy organic.
For the complete article please…..CLICK HERE
April 6th, 2008
If you’re an athlete or an experienced fitness enthusiast and you are looking for research-proven, professional grade nutritional products, you have come to the right place. You’ll find everything you need for serious results right here at Prograde Nutrition.
Prograde Workout, which got a glowing review in Men’s Fitness by the way, will provide all the pre and post workout nutrition you need. “The Most Complete, Scientifically Proven, Field Tested Workout Recovery Formula Ever Created, Guaranteed to Dramatically Improve Recovery Time, Burn Fat, Build Muscle and Send Your Athletic Performance Into Super-Overdrive!”
VGF25+Mens Formula and VGF25+Womens Formula is our whole foods multi that provides all your essential vitamins and minerals coming from 25 fruits, vegetables and greens. This isn’t a synthetic pill that your body has to try and digest. You are getting these nutrients from 25 real foods. By consuming your vitamins and minerals from 25 whole fruits, vegetables, and greens you are suppling your body with highly utilized nutrients to provide repair, recovery and promote future peformance improvements.
EFA Icon is our krill oil based essential fatty acid product which is perfect for athletes because of the anti-inflammatory effects it provides. Anytime you exercise your body produces inflammation from the damage to your muscles. EFA Icon helps to minimize that inflammation so you can recover faster.
And Prograde Cravers are “The Best Tasting Organic Energy Bar On The Planet.” Athletes and coaches love them because of their great taste, balance of nutrients, and they aren’t filled with junk to derail your performance.
Oh, and last but not least,
Prograde Lean . If you want your body to become a fat burning machine you MUST eat frequent meals throughout the day. Why? Because it keeps your metabolism working at optimal efficiency around the clock.
If you have trouble making the time to prepare a delicious meal to support your Look Better Naked efforts, well, our delicious meal replacement drink is EXACTLY what you have been looking for.
Prograde Lean is the solution every busy person who has trouble finding the time making the perfect meal has been searching for. And you truly will not believe just how amazing it tastes!
• Delicious easy-to-mix formula – thick, rich and ready to drink in less than 60 seconds!
• 35 grams of protein to blast fat fast through the thermic effect of food
• A perfect instant breakfast or lunch
• 8 grams of fiber to keep you full and satisfied
• The metabolism boost needed to promote consistent fat loss
• A COMPLETE MEAL WHICH MEETS ALL REGISTERED DIETITIAN NUTRITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MEAL REPLACEMENTS
For more information and to order please click here…..PROGRADE NUTRITION
March 23rd, 2008
The Absolute Highest Quality Products…Guaranteed!
Prograde Nutrition was not only founded by fitness professionals, it’s only available through fitness professionals. Believe us, you don’t want an uneducated store clerk earning minimum wage (plus commission we might add) selling you junk you don’t need.
Or worse, selling you something dangerous. The fitness professionals who sell Prograde only care about one thing: YOU!
Have you come looking for magic pills and quick fixes?
Sorry, as fitness professionals we know quick fixes don’t exist. Chances are, if you found us you’ve come to that realization, too.
Our beliefs are concrete.
We believe a sound exercise program and proper eating, combined with Prograde products to fill in the nutritional “gaps,” create the dynamic body and life you deserve.
Who doesn’t claim their products are the best?
Again, when we created these products we knew we would be taking them ourselves. As fitness professionals, why wouldn’t we?
You want to do what’s best for your body by giving it the highest quality fuel made from the purest ingredients. That is exactly what Prograde delivers.
* Our harvesting and processing facility - with mineral-rich soil and deep-well irrigation – is found at our fertile sun kissed 2,500 acrefarm in Florida.
* You’re guaranteed to get harvest freshness and potency because of our unique on-site processing plant that uses an exclusive lowtemperture air-jet drying system
* Every raw material ingredient goes through a series of quality control tests before it is even accepted into inventory Those same raw materials are held in temperature- and climate-controlled warehouses to ensure maximum potency.
* Our products go through High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) testing to guarantee what we say is in the bottle is truly in the bottle and that it delivers the desired result
* Our manufacturing plant is a GMP-certified manufacturer “A” rated facility
* For powder blending, only V-blender systems are used for thorough mixing and nitrogen flushing, assuring consistency and product integrity.
* The water system that feeds the manufacturing environment includes reverse osmosis, triple UV sterilization, micron filtering and de-ionization – all providing the cleanest de-ionized water for total product stability
If you’re looking for the highest quality nutritional products on the planet, look no further than Prograde.
Aren’t those annoying Multi-Level-Marketing companies so much fun?
We can’t stand them either.
So you don’t have to worry, you’ll never be asked to buy or sell silverware, water filters or the latest “miracle juice” from Tahiti.
Do you enjoy being completely baffled by an endless supply of choices from companies who seem to make nutritional products of no benefit whatsoever?
We don’t either. In fact, we got sick and tired of it. Our line is focused on nutritional products backed by research to produce a specific result. If there isn’t science behind it, we don’t sell it.
It’s simple, really. We only create products that we would take ourselves.
Why?
Because we take them ourselves!
When was the last time you had a bad experience with a company?
We’re guessing it wasn’t too long ago. That’s why we said from the very beginning that we were going to make everything about doing business with us easy.
You can easily place your order online through our certified safe and secure shopping cart. But there’s also a toll-free number to a real call center with real people answering the phones 24 hours a day, 365 days a year!
We ship directly to you, so you never have to worry about going to a store and getting hassled by annoying commissioned salespeople.
All our products come with a 30-day no-questions asked 100% money-back guarantee, so there’s zero risk.
And with our optional “FitClub” membership, you not only enjoy substantial discounts on products but you also receive convenient free shipping right to your door.
For more information on Prograde Nutrition Products and to buy, please…..CLICK HERE
March 21st, 2008
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, the World Health Organization, the American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society, and the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion agree – you should eat more fruits and vegetables.
Up to 10 total servings a day!
That’s a lot of food.
And besides having to eat all that food, maybe you don’t love the taste of fruits, vegetables or greens. Or you don’t have time to shop 2-3 times a week to buy fresh fruits, vegetables and greens. And don’t get us started about preparing the food (washing, chopping, peeling, dicing, mincing, steaming, grilling, microwaving, broiling, and baking can be a real pain in the rear!)
If You Can’t Beat Mother Nature, Join Her!
You shouldn’t mess with Mother Nature. Why try and fool the body with synthetic vitamin pills when you can easily provide your body with convenient concentrated nutrients from actual whole foods grown out of the earth? Not nutrients engineered in a lab.
That’s why we created VGF 25+.
The 25 Vegetables, Greens and Fruits nutrient-rich concentrates found in VGF 25 +, which are derived from Nature’s own whole foods, are more easily absorbed and used by your body than a synthetic blend.
PLUS, it contains all seven essential nutrient classes!
1) Phytonutrients
* Occur naturally in fruits and vegetables
* Promote the function of the immune system
* Help fight off viruses as well as reduce inflammation
* Associated with the treatment and/or prevention of cancer and cardiovascular disease
2) Enzymes
* Responsible for metabolic processes that occur within a cell and are necessary for sustaining life
* Assist and play a large role in digestion, energy production, blood coagulation and contraction of muscles
3) Amino Acids
* The basic building blocks of protein
* Absorption of amino acids is essential for your metabolism
4) Essential Fatty Acids
* Reduce the risk of heart disease and some forms of cancer
* Improve mood
* Decrease inflammation
5) Vitamins
* Essential for the normal growth and development of all human beings
* Healthy maintenance of cell tissues and organs
* Help process proteins, carbohydrates and fats required for utilization
6 & 7) Macro and Trace Minerals
* Involved in electrolyte balance of body fluids
* Essential for normal cellular activity
* Provide hardness to bones and teeth
Just take a look at the 25 Whole Food concentrates from some of Nature’s most powerful Vegetables, Fruits and Greens found in ultra-convenient VGF 25+ caplets.
01- Broccoli - Folate, Vitamin C, and several Carotenoids including Beta-carotene, Lutein, and Zeaxanthin and Glucosinolates
02- Cabbage - Vitamin C, Folate and Glucosinolates
03- Carrot - Several Carotenoids including Beta-carotene, along with Vitamin E
04- Kale - Vitamin C, Folate, Magnesium, and several Carotenoids including Beta carotene, Lutein and Zeaxanthin
05- Parsley - Vitamin C, Folate, several Carotenoids and Flavonols
06- Spinach - Folate, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, several Carotenoids, Iron and Calcium
07- Papaya - Vitamin C, Potassium, and several Carotenoids including Beta-carotene and Beta-cryptoxanthin
08- Tomato - Vitamin C, Polyphenols, and several Carotenoids including Lycopene
09- Barley Grass - Vitamin B1, B12, Calcium, Vitamin C
10- Wheat Grass - Vitamin A, Vitamin E, Magnesium, Calcium, Fiber
11- Hyrdrilla Verticillata - Calcium, Magnesium, Manganese, Potassium, Zinc, Copper, Vitamins B1, B2, B5, B6, B12, Vitamin C and Vitamin E
12- Alfalfa - Calcium, Carotene, Chlorophyll, and Vitamin K
13- Artichoke - Magnesium, Chromium, Manganese, Potassium, Phosphorus, Iron and Calcium
14- Brussel Sprouts - Vitamin K, Vitamin C, Folate, Manganese, Fiber, Potassium, Omega 3 fatty acids, Vitamin E, Calcium
15- Cauliflower - Vitamin C, Vitamin K, Folate, Fiber
16- Chlorella - Vitamin B12, Vitamin E, Vitamin C, Calcium, Magnesium, Zinc, Potassium
17- Onion - Chromium, Vitamin C, and numerous Flavonoids, Fiber
18- Collard Greens - Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Managanese, Calcium
19- Apricot - Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Fiber
20- Avocado - Vitamin K, Folate, Potassium, Vitamin B6, Vitamin C
21- Green Bell Pepper - Vitamin C, Vitamin A, Vitamin B6
22- Grapefruit - Vitamin C, Fiber, Vitamin A, Potassium, Folate
23- Kiwi - Vitamin C, Fiber, Copper, Potassium, Magnesium
24- Prune - Fiber, Copper, Vitamin A, Potassium
25- Strawberry - Vitamin C, Manganese, Fiber, Potassium, Folate
For the WOMENS formula…..CLICK HERE
For the MENS formula…..CLICK HERE
March 18th, 2008
Research Into Cardiovascular Benefits Of Omega-3 Fatty Acids Highlighted By Mayo Clinic Proceedings
Thousands of research studies have documented how the oils known as omega-3 fatty acids can benefit the cardiovascular system, particularly among people diagnosed with coronary artery disease. The incredible volume of research on this topic creates difficulty for many physicians and patients to stay current with findings and recommendations related to these oils. In the March issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, contributors briefly summarize current scientific data on omega-3 fatty acids and cardiovascular health, focusing on who benefits most from their protective effects, recommended guidelines for administration and dosing, and possible adverse effects associated with their use.
For the complete article please…..CLICK HERE
March 17th, 2008
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