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> There are 2 messages totalling 105 lines in this issue.
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> Topics of the day:
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>   1. unsubscribe
>   2. Hormones
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> Date:    Tue, 5 Jun 2001 06:58:03 +0100
> From:    Frank and Jackie Zablackas <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: unsubscribe
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> ----- Original Message -----
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> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 10:00 PM
> Subject: EVOLUTIONARY-FITNESS Digest - 3 Jun 2001 to 4 Jun 2001 (#2001-74)
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> > There are 2 messages totalling 50 lines in this issue.
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> > Topics of the day:
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> >   1. EVOLUTIONARY-FITNESS Digest - 2 Jun 2001 to 3 Jun 2001 (#2001-73)
> >   2. Hormones
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> > Date:    Sun, 3 Jun 2001 17:27:11 EDT
> > From:    Richard Belloff <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Re: EVOLUTIONARY-FITNESS Digest - 2 Jun 2001 to 3 Jun 2001
> (#2001-73)
> >
> > Can I ask what dosages of alpha lipoic acid are used to raise
glutathione?
> >
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 6/3/2001 2:00:28 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> > [log in to unmask] writes:
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> >
> > >
> > > I'd caution EFD members about buying any orally ingested glutathione
> > > product, as the most recent literature reviews on glutathione confirm
> plasma
> > > levels do not increase following oral ingestion in humans. I've asked
> HMP
> > > for research references on the post oral ingestion plasma levels of
> their
> > > product and received only a long list of animal and tissue
> research---which
> > > does not list any studies that showed increased plasma levels of
orally
> > > ingested glutathione in humans. To date, the only proven effective
> methods
> > > for raising cellular glutathione levels in humans remains intravenous
> > > injections and oral administration of alpha lipoic acid---a precursor
> for
> > > the synthesis of glutathione.
> > >
> > >
> >
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> >
> > Date:    Mon, 4 Jun 2001 13:43:46 -0500
> > From:    John Cogburn <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Hormones
> >
> > Recently, I was reading "Exercise and Sport Science", an new exercise
> > textbook. In it, the hormonal responses to exercise were discussed.  It
> > seems there is a great deal of conflict over how certain types of
exercise
> > cause the release of specific hormones.  This is also true for the
> hormones
> > related to body composition - testosterone, cortisol, and human growth
> > hormone.
> >
> > This is in contrast to some generalizations I read on this site, that
> > anerobic exercise causes the release of "good" hormones, and high-volume
> > aerobics causes the release of "bad" hormones.  While this may be a
simple
> > and appealing theory, it does not seem that science backs up this
> > generalization.
> >
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> > End of EVOLUTIONARY-FITNESS Digest - 3 Jun 2001 to 4 Jun 2001 (#2001-74)
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> Date:    Tue, 5 Jun 2001 11:38:35 -0500
> From:    George Carvajal <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Hormones
>
> All hormones are directly correlated with effort and inversely correlated
> with excess volume! Cortisol is directly correlated with volume, and GH
and
> Testosterone are both inversely correlated with
olume.Overtraining( excess
> volume) reduces the pituitary output of GH in addition to inversely
> affecting testosterone , insulin and cortisol.(Urhausen A, Gabriel
> H,Kinderman .Blood Hormones as Markers of Training Stress and
> Overtraining.Sports Med 1995;20:251) There are certainly other factors
that
> would affect the production of these hormones but the principles here
> remain the same .It's simplicity is whats appealing, and as for
> generalization, science backs it up quite well!
> George Carvajal
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