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P.J. Braun, 2006 NPC New England heavyweight bodybuilding champion, has had gynecomastia surgery to remove bitch tits that he once developed during his early amateur bodybuilding days.

In this video, he endorses Dr. Mordecai Blau and firmly recommends him for performing this type of procedure.

For those of you muscle rats who have serious cases of gyno and are considering this option, Dr. Blau’s medical office is located in White Plains, NY…. and you can find out more about his practice HERE.

Anabolic steroids do not only bulk up the bodies of bodybuilders and athletes but also pump their gums.

According Dr. Onur Ozcelik and his colleagues from Cukurova University, the overgrown gums make it easier for bacteria in plaque to accumulate, placing steroid users at risk for severe gum infection.

The study compared the gums of 24 body builders who had been using anabolic steroids for less than one year with 20 body builders who had never used steroids. All participants were between the ages of 17 and 29. Gum thickness, encroachment of gum tissue onto teeth, and other measurements were rated on a scale from 0 (normal) to 3 (worst).

After the study, the team found out that steroid users have significantly enlarged gums but they did not have more plaque underneath their gums.

From medpage today:

The overgrown gums make it easier for bacteria in plaque to accumulate, placing steroid users at risk for severe gum infection, said Onur Ozcelik, D.D.S., Ph.D., and colleagues of Cukurova University here in the July issue of the Journal of Periodontology.

The gingiva is affected by sex hormones, and clinical changes in periodontal tissue have been observed during puberty, pregnancy, menopause, and with the use of oral contraceptives, Dr. Ozcelik and colleagues said.

Compared with their steroid-free counterparts, the steroid users were found to have:

1) significantly thicker gums (an average score of 1 versus 0.3; P<.001).
2) more gingival encroachment onto teeth (an average score of 0.9 versus 0.2; P<.001).
3) more overall gingival enlargement (average score 0.9 versus 0.3; P<.001).

The research team said that because it is not known if the gingival enlargement would also regress after the withdrawal of anabolic androgenic steroids, so dentists and periodontists have to be familiar with the potential side effects of anabolic steroids to the gingival tissues.

Interesting stuff!!!!

If you’re afflicted with allergies and occassional sinus attacks (just like us), then pay attention!

Budesonide, a steroid nasal wash, can help in minimizing the symptoms of chronic sinusitis without affecting functions of the adrenal gland, as per a small U.S. Study.

Chronic Sinusitis refers to a continuing inflammation of the nose and sinuses behind it, which affects up to 14 percent of the U.S. Population.

Researchers from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis said that this study was the first to examine safety of such a nasal wash besides noting that suppression of the functions of the adrenal gland is a known complication of Budesonide.

From Bio-Medicine.Org:

All participants reported at least some improvement in their sinusitis symptoms, and their adrenal gland function was not affected, the study found. The results were published in the March issue of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery.

“The clinical significance of this study is that budesonide nasal respules appear safe for short-term use for the relief of symptoms associated with chronic sinusitis,” the researchers concluded. “Budesonide respules seem to provide an effective treatment option for the patient with chronic rhinosinusitis with minimal fear of systemic adverse effects.”

The FDA has yet to approve Budesonide as a nasal wash.

This means that the nasal wash of this study would be an off-label use of the drug.

In the meanwhile, researchers advised doctors to advise patients about the risks associated with long-term use of Budesonide such as decreased bone mineral density.

Kinda cool if used appropriately, huh?

But this is not the kind of steroid you would use in a bodybuilding cycle… we just wanted to highlight this story because of the bad reputation that word “steroids” has earned lately.

Researchers have uncovered new evidence to explain the observation that diets rich in protein stunt the appetite, according to a recent report in Cell Metabolism.

The findings suggest a novel link connecting macronutrients in the diet to hunger, the researchers said. The results also point to a potential new target for the treatment of eating disorders.

“It is well known that protein feeding decreases hunger sensation and subsequent food intake in animals and humans,” said study author Gilles Mithieux of INSERM and Universite Lyon in France.

However, the mechanism by which proteins exert their control over appetite remained unclear, the researchers said. In fact, earlier studies have found that a rise in dietary protein shows little effect on the major hormones that regulate hunger, they added.

In a study of rats, Mithieux and colleagues made the surprising discovery that diets heavy in protein spark the production of glucose in the small intestine. That rise in glucose, sensed in the liver and relayed to the brain, led the animals to eat less:

“The current findings provide an answer to the question of how protein-enriched meals decrease hunger and reduce eating, unsolved up to now,” according to the researchers. “Our data also brings to light a novel concept of control of food intake, involving the small intestine glucose metabolism as a key relay from the macronutrient composition of the diet to the amount of food ingested.”

The group found that protein feeding of rats markedly increased the activity of genes involved in glucose production in the animals’ small intestine. Those activities led to glucose synthesis and release into the portal vein–the vessel that conducts blood from digestive and other organs to the liver–a phenomenon lasting after the assimilation of glucose from the diet.

Furthermore, they found that the flux in glucose detected by the liver glucose sensor activated parts of the brain involved in the control of appetite, causing a decline in subsequent food consumption:

“In addition to protein’s ability to diminish appetite, it had also been suggested that glucose appearance in the portal vein, as occurs during meal assimilation, may induce comparable consequences,” Mithieux said. “Here, we connect these previous observations by reporting that intestinal synthesis of glucose is induced following food digestion in rats specifically fed a protein-enriched diet.”

“As in rats, diets high in protein suppress appetite in people,” the researchers added. “The human intestine also synthesizes glucose. Therefore, glucose metabolism in the small intestine may be a new target in the treatment of food intake disorders,” they said.”

So eat more protein if you want to get rid of those late night hunger cravings!!!

Burning fat & building big muscle can become a mantra to those of us that seriously work out on a regular basis.

The whole aim of working out is to keep yourself in good condition, which means reducing the fat you are carrying and building muscle to make yourself stronger.

Many people still don’t understand the fundamental principles:

Tip 1:
Do lots of cardio. You’ll never burn fat & build muscle without it. If you have a regular lifting routine, the chances are you eat far more than a regular person. That’s okay, it’s all good fuel to help those muscles grow back bigger and stronger. But if you want to be big AND defined, you’ll need to do a lot of cardio to burn off the excess carbs and fat.

Tip 2:
A great tip to help you burn fat/build muscle while you work out is to vary the amounts of weight you lift – true, to get truly good gains and build muscle, you need to lift as much as you can without straining yourself. But did you know lightening things up a little, say once a week, will help you burn calories by exercising other areas of the muscle? Lighter weights and lots of reps is a huge calorie burner, and will give you a more sculpted look to the muscle. This is a basic necessity for those of you who are trying to lose fat or are on a cutting cycle.

Tip 3:
Another great way to burn fat and build muscle is to get into some kind of circuit training. It’s not a service offered at all gyms or health centers, but if you can find it then try to get involved. Imagine a running track with weight lifting equipment in the middle. You run, and then you lift, then you run, then you lift. You get the picture. There are no breaks, you do a lap, then you lift, then you do another lap. It’s HUGELY tiring, but will get you into the best shape of your life.

Tip 4:
This final tip is fundamental for many people, but it’s surprising how many serious workout fanatics just ignore the idea of watching what they eat. You don’t have to eat like a supermodel, but if you are careful about the way your daily intake is made up, you can see significant reductions in fat and an increase in muscle mass without ever changing your workout.

Clearly, there’s so much more to getting the perfect body than just blindly lifting weights. Hopefully this introductory guide will help you to optimize your own muscle building and fat burning results.

Good Luck!