1626: How Your Hormones Affect Where You Store Body Fat, the Ideal Length of a Bulk & Cut, Coffee Vs. Energy Drinks & More
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge
4.8 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 25 August 2021
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Quah (Q & A), Sal, Adam & Justin answer Pump Head questions about how one’s hormone profile affects where fat is distributed on the body, how long a bulk and cut should last, the pros and cons of drinking coffee vs. energy drinks, and tips for college students on how to manage school, work, training, social activities, and family.
- Does fasting cause muscle loss and low energy? (5:26)
- The remarkable health benefits of Aspirin. (15:04)
- The crazy effects of LSD on the brain. (18:37)
- Mind Pump Recommends, Wormwood on Netflix. (23:14)
- Plan for the apocalypse with Magic Spoon. (29:57)
- Dad life and baby updates with Mind Pump. (33:48)
- Atacama ‘alien’ mummy, human or not? (40:58)
- When a 15,000-year-old virus is discovered in an iceberg. (42:48)
- The billionaire ego battle. (44:07)
- The importance of taking it easy after an injury or illness. (47:48)
- How the majority of people are under consuming protein. (49:40)
- Do you find yourself overconsuming the things you love? (52:15)
- #Quah question #1 – Can your hormonal profile affect where your fat is distributed on your body? (54:22)
- #Quah question #2 - How long should a bulk and cut last? (1:00:03)
- #Quah question #3 – What are the pros and cons of drinking coffee vs. energy drinks? (1:04:32)
- #Quah question #4 – Any tips for college students on how to manage school, work, training, social activities, family, and not get crazy? (1:10:05)
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- A randomized controlled trial to isolate the effects of fasting and energy restriction on weight loss and metabolic health in lean adults
- Layne Norton breaking down fasting study
- Aspirin for the primary prevention of skin cancer: A meta-analysis - PubMed
- Harvard finding: Aspirin tied to reduced colorectal cancer risk - Harvard Health
- The Woman Who Accidentally Took 550 Doses of LSD in One Hit
- Wormwood | Netflix Official Site
- Operation Northwoods - Wikipedia
- Snake Eyes (2021) - IMDb
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- Researchers Solve the Mystery of the Atacama ‘Alien’ Mummy
- 15,000-year-old viruses discovered in Tibetan glacier ice
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- Mind Pump #1607: How To Optimize Your Hormones With Dr. Rand McClain
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- Layne Norton, PhD (@biolayne) Instagram
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | If you want to pump your body and expand your mind, there's only one place to go. |
| 0:06.0 | Mite, op, mite, op with your hosts. |
| 0:09.0 | Salda Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews. |
| 0:13.0 | You just found the world's number one fitness health and entertainment podcast. |
| 0:17.0 | This is Mind Pump. |
| 0:19.0 | In today's episode, we answered some health and fitness questions that were asked by listeners, |
| 0:24.0 | just like you, but the way we opened the episodes with an intro, |
| 0:27.0 | so the opening was 47 minutes. This is where we talked about current events and scientific studies. |
| 0:32.0 | We talked about some of our sponsors. After that, we got to answering the questions. |
| 0:37.0 | So here's what went down in today's show. |
| 0:40.0 | We opened up by talking about a study done on fasting versus just regular calorie restriction. |
| 0:46.0 | Believe it or not, one of them resulted in muscle loss. |
| 0:48.0 | You may surprise you. |
| 0:49.0 | Listen to the episode to find out which one. |
| 0:51.0 | Then I talked about aspirin and its many benefits for the body, including anti-cancer benefits. |
| 0:58.0 | Interesting. Then I talked about the crazy case of the young lady who took 150 times, |
| 1:04.0 | the normal dose of LSD. |
| 1:06.0 | Listen to the episode to find out what happened to her brain. |
| 1:08.0 | She didn't die. |
| 1:09.0 | Then Justin talked about a show called Warmwood on Netflix. |
| 1:13.0 | Sounds really interesting. |
| 1:14.0 | Adam talked about the movie Snake Eyes and how you should probably watch that under the influence of cannabis. |
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