Category Archives: Nitrogen Retention

Fibre: Effects on Nitrogen

Posted on July 30, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Fibre is a heterogeneous group of non-digestible plant polysaccharides. Evidence is mounting that fibre is an essential nutrient in man. In this regard, diets absent of a minimum level of fibre lead to specific metabolic changes including blood sugar and … Continue reading →

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More On The Energy Balance Fallacy

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Robert Barrington

The energy balance theory of weight gain states that the body weight of an individual is a sum of the food intake (energy in), the resting metabolic rate (the energy utilised for basal metabolic needs) and exercise (energy utilised in … Continue reading →

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Nitrogen Balance: Considerations for Fat Loss

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Robert Barrington

  It has been ingrained in the psyche of most individuals that to lose weight it is necessary to forcibly restrict energy intake and perform aerobic exercise. Even within the scientific and medical community this viewpoint is widely held as … Continue reading →

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High Protein Diets: Are they Really Low Carbohydrate Diets?

Posted on December 7, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Research suggests that high protein diets are effective at causing weight loss. For example, in a recent study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition1, researchers used a meta-analysis to compare the effects of standard protein calorie restricted diets … Continue reading →

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