KNIFE, FORK, MUSCLE_ Book I_ DI - Brooks D. Kubik (1)

the right kind of exercise and the right kind of diet and nutrition program can
help enormously in maintaining high, healthy levels of testosterone.
Of course, low testosterone is not only a problem for older men. Increasingly,
it’s a problem for younger men, as well. That’s undoubtedly the result of
many factors, including lack of exercise, the wrong kinds of food, and
exposure to estrogenic chemicals in our food and elsewhere in the
environment. These problems have become increasingly prevalent in the
modern world, and that’s probably one reason why so many teenagers and
young men get suckered into using anabolic steroids and “gray-market”
hormone pre-cursing supplements. Fortunately, the solution is the same
regardless of your age: the right kind of exercise, supported by the right kind
of diet and nutritional program.
14. You’ll learn how food allergies and food intolerances affect your
training and your health – and what to do about it.
We’re going to cover one topic in detail that you probably haven’t seen
covered before – or that you may have glossed over before – and that’s the
subject of food allergies and food intolerances. This neglected topic is vitally
important because you cannot build strength, muscle and health by eating
foods that make you sick. That’s obvious in the case of an acute illness caused
by a food allergy, such as a life-threatening allergic reaction to a particular
food. But it’s also a serious problem when an allergic reaction (or even a food
intolerance) causes a less acute response, such as a headache, stomachache,
bloating, gas, constipation, diarrhea, aching or swollen joints, anxiety,
depression, weakness, lethargy, hormonal imbalances, or a general sense of
feeling tired or unwell. In the latter case, we may blame other factors (or just
think “we’re under the weather”), and not even realize that something we ate
(and perhaps something we eat on a regular basis) is making us ill.
Now consider this. If I pick up virtually any issue of any “muscle magazine”
that I read when I was getting stated in the Iron Game, the magazine will
contain articles and advertisements extolling the alleged virtues of a small
handful of “healthy foods” and food supplements. We were told to eat
enormous amounts of these foods and supplements. The list of “healthy
foods” and food supplements included (1) milk and dairy products, (2) eggs,
(3) soybeans and soybean products, (4) protein powder made from milk and
egg concentrates or from soybean powder, (5) peanuts and peanut butter, (6)
fish and shellfish, (7) whole wheat bread and other whole wheat products,
including wheat germ, (8) wheat germ oil, and blends of wheat germ, rice
germ and soybean oil, (9) tree nuts, and (10) brewer’s yeast in powder or