A Filmstar on my advice based on SPORTS NUTRITION !!!

BISHNU an upcoming actor from Hyderabad is on our performance Nutrition Programme.

GOLD_GOLD GOLD....clean sweep

SUSHIL KUMAR, wins Gold at the COMMONWEALTH WRESTLING championship. Again he is on our performance Nutrition Programme.

If you have not signed up for the commonwealth Performance Nutrition plan with me please do.

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Pre-lude to the WORLD RECORD of Non-stop Aerobics

Dinaz is going for an Guiness record of NON_STOP aerobics for 26 hours on 9 Jan 2010. My nutrition Strategies are fueling her performance. Click on the above header to view the You TUBE video. I have documented the amount of effort that went into her 20 hr ASIA record elow. Wish us luck for the world Record.

V BLOG

Henceforth my blogs are going the video way as I see a greater demand for people to watch rather than read. This is my first Trailer that will be added to every video that I post. If you love the V blogs to come, I am sure your an athlete and therefore my sincere request to one and all is to share this blog with the other atheltes that you know and thus improve the level at which we compete.

Marriage and the Road to Prosperity - In this Case WEIGHT GAIN

I got married exactly Seven Days ago. Being a biochemist I know that hormones govern the Weight gain and the Weight loss issue. But I forgot that I was not a expert in Controlling your appetite. Its really Strange. I am eating more frequently and getting hungrier as the clock ticks. If you are married and been there let me know your views or comments. My wife is screaming at me because as I am eating and I am feeding her too.

Yeah! I know, people say its the Sex!! More of it means more hunger. Trust me its not the sex. So is it the Happiness, closeness, Irritations or the entire gamut of human emotions or what they calls as STROKES. Either Way Hagen Das, After Wights, Bananas fried in butter, sugar and hearshey chocolate syrup are all sinful to the core. I am am LOVING IT.

So what does one do about it?

THe Nutritionist is at a loss for ideas to prevent himself from pigging out. And to top it off too, I am not hitting the gym....

I feel Married.

Got to run, Lunch is around the corner. Sorry I was away for the whole month. Getting married is not easy. Will be back this week on what to eat when your really really in Hunger mode and marriage mode.

May the Qua be with you.

Breaking the LIMCA record was not easy!

Dinaz Vervatwala is a woman of steel. She went on to break her own record on Sunday of Non-stop Aerobics for 16 hours.

Dinaz and myself have been professional acquaintances for the last five years. I helped her with Sania Nehwal when we were trying to enhance her game.

About a month ago Dinaz called me up and said " RYAN I WANT TO BREAK THE GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORD". The first thought through my head was performance nutrition and how I would be able to balance the rigorous of subjecting the human body to 26 hours of continuous exercise.

I then went to the drawing table and pulled out every BIOCHEMISTRY, and Exercise Physiology book to start the arduous task of planning her diet and supplements for this event.

Good news is that she broke the record.

Bad news is that I now have to go through two more events, 20 hours of non-stop in December and 26 hours for the world record in January. Its BAD coz you don't sleep for two days and you have to be on call through the event to make sure that your athlete does not collapse. This is the ULTRA endurance race and I have to make sure she reaches her goal

Why loosing LOVE HANDLES is hard?

Love in its strange ways has its negative effect of making people put on weight. In the past people saw Paunches and big BUMs as a sign of prosperity or Child bearing. Well in to days, world if you look beyond Fashion TV's projection of the Skinny model, there is a medical co-relation between Fat and heart disease, cholesterol, diabetics etc etc.

So what most of us end up with is LOVE HANDLEs. I am sure your frown at me right now or your saying darn right these Bloody Handles refuse to budge. Dieting or exercise as I have seen thousands of people doing does not seem to be working for them.

WHY WHY WHY? ? ?

Lets get some basic rules straight.

1. INPUT - or food you eat has CALORIES - you put in CALORIES - or + + + + +

2. OUTPUT -or activity, work, exercise is measured in calories again - or - - - - - -


So if you fill your petrol tanks with more food than require you now have extra calories left behind

Here is where the culprit is - CARBOHYDRATES and FAT are like brother and sister. They are interchangeable and so any access energy from carbs or fat can be stored as FAT. Yesterdays dessert after dinner was gleefully getting to your HIPS!

What you really need to do, is get your total body calories requirement worked out....most people range from 1500 to about 3000 calories per day. Now if you know the exact amount of calories your body requires to function to live plus the amount for activities you then can eat that amount of food.

TO BBURN those love handles you have to put in the extra effort of eating less....yes eat less is an extra effort because psychologically your body will not allow you to lessen the calories that you eat. ( here I suggest a visualization programmme ..will write in future about it).

Second you have to MMove your body to burn that FAT.

Get this 1 g of fat is 9 cal
100g is 900 cal
1 kg is 9000 cal

to BBurn 9000 cal or 1 kg of FAT ( walking is -300 calories) you require 30 hours of walking.

Hey that's only one month.....but hang on you can't fit into those jeans in one month...you've tried it and it just seems impossible. Well the answer is that in Addition to burning calories by working out you cannot keep refueling your petrol tanks by eating more calories during the day.

SO the ultimate solution is a carefully balanced diet with an exercise programme.

Keep my mantra of a FIST PORTION serving ( earlier article) and the negative calorie diet ( earlier article) in your action plan.

Exercise is for you to decide.

My favorite is SQUATS, its the best FAT BURNing exercise in the world. 30 reps * 5 sets. Any grown man will cry. But ladies and gentleman , the six pack just appears if you pursue it 3 times a week for 6 months.

May the QUA be with you

I Make people Rock for 20 Hours Continuosly

For those of you who are IBIZA fans, then you know what it is rock for a ten hour trance party. PERFORMANCE NUTRITION should be the new mantra or WHite stuff for Parties at the 24 hr party strip at IBIZA.

DINAZ is now comfortable and on track to break the 20 hour record.

The sun gives me my energy. Watching it rise over the BAY of Bengal is like being at an all night party and then having coffee at Tito's. ( All you GOA party animals will know what I mean)

White is Fluffy, BROWN is beautiful!!!

We Indians love rice. I have not met a family that says that they dont touch rice. Remember the good Old days at Granny's house where you ate the Big fat Rice with Curry from an earthen pot. Well, Organic and BROWN is Back.

You should switch from white to Brown.


Rice goes through a variety of processes before it reaches the consumer. After harvesting, the husk of the rice is removed by milling process which gives you the brown rice. The process that produces brown rice removes only the outermost layer, the hull, of the rice kernel and is the least damaging to its nutritional value. The complete milling and polishing that converts brown rice into white rice destroys 67% of the vitamin B3, 80% of the Vitamin B1, 90% of the Vitamin B6, half of the Manganese, half of the Phosphorus, 60% of the Iron, and all of the dietary fiber and essential fatty acids.

BROWN RICE VS WHITE RICE

HEALTH BENEFITS OF BROWN RICE:

* Brown Rice is Rich in Fiber and Selenium

* Women Who Eat Whole Grains Weigh Less

* Manganese-Energy Production Plus Antioxidant Protection

* Lower Cholesterol with Whole Brown Rice

* Phytonutrients with Health-Promoting Activity Equal to or Even Higher than that of Vegetables and Fruits

* Reduce Your Risk of Metabolic Syndrome.


May the Qua be with you

Loosening your Wallet this season and Tightening Your Belt!!!

The Festivals have begun, Navratri, Durga Puja,Dussehra, Diwali, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.

Three months of Indulgence. I love this period of the year. Sweets,Pakoras,Cake, Rasmalai's and everything that can make your mouth water.

Did you know that the average calorie content of a meal during a festive season goes up by 200-300 calories.

Reasons

1. Money is good. Bonuses are received. Spend on expensive dishes and savouires
2. People are happy. Eat more.
3. Family is Excited. Eat more.
4. You are relaxed. Eat more.

So here are some tips that will get you through the BULGE.

1. Try to enroll in a GYM programme now. Most gyms offer discounts at this time. Don't settle on the rates given to you. Bargain. Tell them you want to workout. Ask them to give you an incentive to Join.

2. When you eat. Remember My fist Portion. Well try to follow that.

3. Drink a Soup or a Lemon Juice before you start. You will feel fuller and eat less.

4. Think about savoring the Taste. Insert a morsel in your mouth and roll it around as if your having an ORGASM. Trust me TICKLING your taste buds to the height of Ecstasy is very gratifying. In simple Chew longer and relish your food. Science has said that if you chew longer you eat 33% lesser.

5. Share a plate this Season with your loved ones. People eating from one plate eat more. Share your plate and the two of you eat lesser. Besides that you BOND! Physiologically your already satisfied.

6. Go for walks. Long walks. With your family or friends. Its the best way to unwind.

7. If your lazy. Get a DOG. My dog gets me to walk him twice a day. He actually gets grumpy if I don't walk him. SIDE EFFECT I easily do 5 kms a Day

8. Use L_CARNITINE and VIT BCOMPLEX. These two food Supplements help burn fat Naturally and slowly.

9. Drink Green tea every day. Its a natural Fat burner.

10. Get lots of Sex. Besides burning calories, you get to take of your clothes regularly. Nothing like a spotter who can tell you your putting on weight. Get revenge by working it off in BED. Become a Sex GOD!!! L-argenine and Vit C are the best Aphrodisiacs that are natural. Burn upto 600 calories a day satisfying your partner. Post Workout Snack, A yogurt shake with Strawberries or try Ice Cold Fresh Lemon Juice with Souffle.


ENJOY the weeks ahead. If you don't follow any of the above its Okay. Just Come back Happier.

May the QUA be with you this Festive Season.