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Table of Contents
Introduction ............................................................. 3
The Dieters Paradox ............................................. 7
The Power of Insulin .............................................. 8
Glucose Transporters ............................................ 11
Sensitivity VS. Resistance ................................... 12
Post-Workout Folklore ........................................ 16
Post-Workout Redefined .................................... 17
The Perfect Post-Workout Recovery .............. 22
The Ultimate Formula ........................................... 23
References ................................................................ 29

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Introduction
I DIDNT ALWAYS LOOK LIKE THIS:
In fact, for a long time I was
fat, confused and frustrated
with my body. Youve heard
this classic story before: I
was the fat kid. I was very
overweight and I was shel-
tered. In a small town, in a
small school, no one both-
ered to point it out. But once
I entered public school, I was
quickly made aware of my
fatness when a fellow stu-
dent stood up, pointed at me,
and yelled,

Youre fat!
It was from that point on I became painfully aware of how my body
looked. I had fat hanging from my back, stretch marks, a gut that
sagged over my pants and, Im ashamed to admit this, I had what I can
only describe as banana nipples.

I did what everyone does, I started cutting calories, eating only salads
at lunch, and trying whatever I thought would rid me of the fat suit. De-
spite my efforts, it didnt work. In fact, it only provoked more ridicule,
because even though I ate less and exercised more, I still looked fat.

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The next logical step was weight lifting. Finally, my shape started to
change but my body still retained the thick layer of fat on my stomach,
back and even arms. I still didnt look like the fitness magazine cover
models even though I tried every new diet they recommended. I wasnt
where I knew I could be.

Through a stroke of luck or fate, I stumbled on to a scientifically re-

searched and referenced article that started a twenty year quest to
unlock the secrets of my body, of any body. I went to a medical library,
wanting to know everything I could. After more than a decade of re-
search devouring every scientific research paper I could find relating to
the human body, I found the answer and it amazed meactually, I was
shocked.

The most important thing that I learned in all my early research was
the role of insulin in muscle growth and body fat storage. Several years
of constant research as well as trial and error went by but finally I did
it. I managed to discover the way to manipulate my nutrition on a daily
basis to get stronger, bigger, AND leaner at the same time.

I want to share with you some of those secrets I discovered If you are
reading this report, I know a few things about you.

You are not willing to settle for average;

You have more discipline, dedication and drive than 99% of the
population;

You train every day to be better than you were;

You want an edge to ensure the work you put in gets results.

In this first issue of Supplement Blackbook Im going to reveal new sci-

ence that shows how you can recover faster, get stronger, leaner, and
more muscular all while becoming healthier.

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Now Im sure youve tried supplements in the past. Actually, Im sure

youve tried lots of supplements.

Put simply: Most supplements are junk. And with each new trend
comes more junk. Recently, the big trend in the fitness industry has
been insulin sensitizers. Yes, these supplements do make your body
more sensitive to insulin but the problem is that many consumers do
not understand the fundamental science of what being more insulin
sensitive will do

When you take an insulin sensitizer, all of your tissue becomes more
receptive to insulin. This includes muscle as well as the body fat youre
trying to lose. The bottom line is that if you dont control your diet
while on these supplements, you will not see results. Insulin sensitizers
demand you eat a sub-optimal diet just to keep from getting fatter!

Whats more is many of these supplements are based on animal re-

search and not verified human trials. The only thing that gets leaner is
your wallet.

Trying to sail the vast ocean of broscience-based supplement claims

can seem perilous.

Now navigating through scientific B.S. is one of my talents. Ive been

deep into research for the past 20 years unlocking the secrets to how
the body can be optimized for health, aesthetics, and longevity.

And critical new science surfaces every day that you need to know to
get maximum results from all those grueling hours you spend in the
gym.

In this first issue of the Supplement Blackbook, Im going to be focusing

on the newest science around post-work out recovery and specifically
Insulinotropic agents & Insulin Secretagogue Optimizers.

This is an untapped area of supplementation that few fully understand.

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Heres my promise to you.

At the end of the day my goal is simple.

I want to give you the tools to be healthier, stronger, and leaner. These
pages contain tools to help you achieve all these goals.

Properly utilizing insulin during a key time will help you achieve the fat
loss and muscle gain youve been trying so hard to attain.

In this report, youll discover:

The true importance of post-workout nutrition;

Why the traditional idea of post-workout nutrition is

actually hurting your gains;

How to properly time your post-workout nutrition;

How you can maximize your bodys natural processes to

achieve your fitness goals;

And most important of all, how you can become healthier,

stronger, bigger, and leaner All of these things AT THE SAME
TIME

It is time to redefine your ideas of post-workout nutrition to match

the latest research and proven science.

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The Dieters Paradox

So youve decided you want to get leaner?

But youre worried youll lose muscle or just struggle to get rid of the
stubborn fat.

If you follow the typical advice, however, youll quickly experience the
struggle as your body begins to fight back.

The human body always tries to achieve a state of homeostasisa

predefined steady state. It doesnt matter if you cut carbohydrates or
calories, your body will strive to achieve balance.

For example, as you cut calories, your body responds by lowering your
metabolic rate. The lower the caloric count, the lower your metabolic
rate. This produces symptoms of fatigue, mood swings, and irritability.
Worst of all, you can lose muscle mass while you still gain body fat!

Your body will sacrifice muscle mass and bone density and replace
them with fat. In its quest to adapt and achieve balance, your body will
put you right back where you started.

But what can you do?

Unfortunately the fitness industry is still endorsing the old ways. Many
expertsand I use the term looselycling to research that is extremely
outdated or simply inappropriate.

The bottom line is that newer, more accurate and more specific re-
search is being ignored. Understanding and utilizing this research
can allow you to not only preserve or grow muscle but get leaner and
healthier in the process.

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The Power of Insulin

Insulin is one of the most misunderstood hormones of the body.
Its hard to imagine how experts misunderstand the role of insulin
despite the fact that insulin is the most researched, studied, and docu-
mented hormone in the human body. We know nearly every function
it plays in the human body down to its effects on the most important
microstructures contained within every cell, the mitochondria. Yet,
people still completely misunderstand the power of this hormone.

The general accepted understanding of insulin is that regulates blood

sugar, nothing more. Many people assume that insulin levels should be
elevated all the time because we must constantly consume carbohy-
drates to maintain health. I find it difficult to even use the word under-
standing for this interpretation of insulins role in the human body. It is
a small component of insulins true potential.

Insulin is a hormone that helps in many repair, regulation, and recovery

processes including:

Glucose absorption in muscle and adipose tissue

DNA replication and protein synthesis
Amino acid uptake, potassium utilization, and enzymatic
activity
Glycogen and lipid synthesis
Utilization and clearing of fatty acids
Increase in blood flow
Decrease in protein breakdown
Secretion of hydrochloric acid to accelerate protein digestion
Lowering the rate of fat burning and gluconeogenesis

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(Dimitriadis et al, 2011; Bergamini et al, 2007; Benziane et al, 2008;

Clausen et al, 2008).

The main role of insulin is to put the body into an anabolic state. In
other words, it signals growth and stops all catabolic processes, even
healthy ones. This may seem like great news for your muscles but the
problem with insulin is that this growth is not controlled or directed at
any specific tissue. Insulin triggers the growth of everything. It will help
fat tissue grow just as much as muscle, if not more.

Insulins action is beneficial that it wants to make things grow and help
initiate repair, but it also shuts down critical protective processes to
get this done. Insulin is anti-catabolic, which sounds great to those
of you resistance training, but a large number of the effects that let
us achieve our goals of being stronger, bigger, faster are all catabolic.
Insulin shuts these down, which will effectively decrease your ability to
build mass, lose fat, and may even make your cells sick.

Insulin at Work
Eating a banana demonstrates how insulin works and how it can work
against you.
When you eat a banana, glucose is quickly released into the
blood stream.
Glucose then causes the release of insulin;
When present, insulin will stop the mobilization of body fat
Insulin also decreases the amount of fatty acids burned for
energy
Insulin forces the consumed glucose to be burned for energy
and stores the rest, which can accumulate in body fat stores.
Instead of using your stores of fat, insulin makes your body
burn the banana as fuel

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As you can see, insulin can be your best friend or your worst enemy. It
all depends on how you utilize insulin to achieve your fitness goals.

But if we use the power of insulin properly we reap the following re-
wards:
Recover faster
Grow muscle
Get stronger
Lose more fat, consistently
And overall feel better

First, lets take a look at the science behind why timing is so crucial for
insulin.

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Glucose Transporters

Glucose transporters, otherwise known as a GLUT have the very

important role of bringing glucose into the cell. While some GLUTs
are always on the outside of the cell, others wait to be called upon to
trans-locate glucose. You can think of a GLUT like a doorway into the
cell. For the purposes of this report, we will focus on the two most
important GLUTs: 4 and 12.

These are the predominant transporters in muscle tissue and they can
play a direct role in muscle growth and performance. GLUT4 and GLUT
12 act like switches that, when flipped on, allow a cell to absorb more
glucose. The problem is that fat cells also have this ability, allowing
glucose to help grow muscle and fat simultaneously. An even bigger
problem is that muscle has a limited capacity to absorb glucose while
fat has an unlimited capacity.

The good news is that it is possible to trigger GLUT 4 and GLUT 12 spe-
cifically in muscle tissue. Whats more, you can time it just right so that
fat is less sensitive to absorbing glucose. Muscle will soak up all the
glucose it can while fat will reject the absorption. This can be achieved
by learning about insulin sensitivity.

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Sensitivity vs. Resistance

These terms refer to how quickly and efficiently a GLUT will react to
insulin, rising to the surface of the membrane then pumping glucose
from the blood stream into the cell. Insulin sensitivity means that it
does not require much insulin to make GLUT translocate, i.e. move to
the cells surface. Using a small amount of insulin, your body can clear
glucose rapidly. The GLUTs are highly efficient and respond rapidly
with high insulin sensitivity.

Insulin resistance is the opposite. The GLUTs in your body do not

respond well to insulin. Your body needs to release higher and higher
amounts of insulin to try to clear glucose from the blood stream. Being
insulin resistant can become a
80% of men who are big problem because the harder
it is for fat and muscle to absorb
25 years or older are glucose, the more health compli-
resistant to insulin to cations can arise.

some degree This is startling news as being

insulin resistant can lead to
diseases such as type II diabetes. The reason for this is the over satu-
ration of insulin. When your body cannot efficiently absorb glucose, it
keeps producing more and more insulin. Eventually, your body reaches
a point where the glucose cannot be pushed into the tissue. Unregu-
lated insulin levels will cause illness in the insulin producing cells in the
pancreas known as beta cells and this will quickly result in downward
spiral of health complications.

How do you avoid this? By creating the ideal environment for your
body where you have sensitive muscle cells and resistant fat cells.

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The bigger question youre probably asking yourself is, How do I

control this? It is possible to bypass this destructive process through
three important tools:

Resistance Training
Timing
Post-Workout Supplementation

Using these powerful tools, you will be able to allow your muscles to
soak up glucose and slow or even block fat from doing the same. Lets
take a look at our main Super Power.

The Super Power

The human body is made to move. When the body is not moving, GLUT
content is downsized, making you more receptive to the health compli-
cations.

Resistance training, our first tool for maximizing the benefits of insulin,
truly is a super power.

Benefits of resistance training include:

Reduces the signs and symptoms of arthritis, diabetes, oste-

oporosis, obesity, back pain, and depression
Improves balance and coordination
Strengthens and improves bone health
Helps to maintain an ideal weight
Boosts your mood
Improves sleep habits
Protects your heart

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Resistance training makes GLUTs more responsive to insulin and

increases the number of GLUTs in muscle tissue. As the number of
GLUTs increase, your body is able to clear and clear blood sugar rapid-
ly. Best of all, resistance training allows your body to use carbohydrates
in the proper way to maximize muscle growth and block fat absorption.
Your body will instruct the cells to do the following:

Utilize glucose in muscle tissue

Block absorption into fat tissue
Burn stored glucose and fat
(Benefits of Strength Training February 24, 2011. Para. 1)

But to really amplify your results and ensure you dont get fat spill over.
We need to look at Timing

Timing is Everything
Your body becomes more sensitive and resistant to insulin during cer-
tain times of the day.

And it all has to do with circadian rhythms. When you first wake up
muscle and fat tissue are at their most insulin sensitive points, but as
the day continues both tissues become more insulin resistant.

This is why everything youve ever been told about breakfast is wrong.

You want to limit your carbohydrate intake in the morning. This will not
only allow you to stay in a fat mobilization mode, but will help prevent
the storing of new body fat in fat cells.

By far, the most important time to ingest the right amount and the
right type of carbohydrates is following an afternoon session of resis-
tance training. What Im about to tell you may go against everything
youve ever been told about post-workout nutrition.

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Lets take a look at the old broscience that modern day experts are
pushing on to the public.

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Post-Workout Folklore
Now Im sure youre reading this report thinking, I know all about the
importance of post-workout recovery.

In fact, you may be sipping on your protein shake right now.

The current post-work folklore states the following.

You must get your protein in immediately after your train-

ing session. There is a magical 30 minute window that if
you miss, youve completed wasted your training session.
(I literally see guys at the gym chugging a shake right after
they put down the weights)

You must consume lots of Essential Amino Acids (EAAs)

including BCAAs.

Its all about immediate glycogen recompensationtime to

slam the carbs.

Now often times there is a grain of truth in every myth.

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Post-Workout Redefined
Lets tackle this point by point.

After you spend your usual 45 to 60 minutesor longer at the gym,

the last thing you want to do is sacrifice any of your hard work. The
one thing on your mind should be protecting the progress youve made
while encouraging your body to produce bigger and better gains.

First thing we need to do after weve trained isnothing.

You should wait nearly ONE HOUR after youve lifted before you con-
sume any post-workout nutrition.

The reason is simple. While we want our body to enter an anabolic

state to grow, the catabolic processes in our body are absolutely nec-
essary to progress. These catabolic processes are critical to activating
the maximum anabolic state; therefore, the idea is to let them play out
for a certain length of time.

The Hormetic Response of Training: Autophagy

Youre reading this because you bust your ass in the gym, imagining
how each rep builds bigger pecs, biceps and quads. Each grueling rep
means growth. This is far from the truth.

Resistance training is inherently catabolic: it triggers the destruction

of muscle tissue. All those hours in the gym actually trigger muscle
protein breakdown. But this might not be a bad thing and may be nec-
essary for maximum hypertrophy.

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Whenever we perform resistance training, we trigger the production

of waste products, specifically reactive oxygen species (ROS). Health
experts blame ROS for all sorts of maladies, which is why we see so many
supplements advertised as anti-oxidants, which neutralize these suppos-
edly evil chemicals.

We know, however, that the poison is in the dose and this is the case with
ROS. It turns out that ROS production and the miniscule damage they
cause is actually necessary for maximum muscle growth (Ristow 2010).
When small, targeted doses of a substance cause huge benefits, but
long-term exposure causes damage, we call this hormetic: a little is good,
a lot is bad.

The ROS build up from resistance training is strictly hormetic through its
effect on a process known as autophagy.

The autophagy response is an important cellular process in which cata-

bolic processes break down and dispose of unnecessary cellular compo-
nents. In other words, these catabolic mechanisms take out the cellular
garbage. This process promotes optimal cellular health and function-
ing. This is extremely important, as this process is vital for maintaining
muscular homeostasis. This is your bodys way of maintaining the muscle
youve worked so hard to build (He et al, 2012; Nair et al, 2011).

Allowing autophagy to function after a training session has profound

effects and appears to be essential for achieving the maximum response
from resistance training. Theres one problem: as soon as we consume
any fast-absorbing nutrients, we shut down autophagy during the bene-
ficial stages (Glynn 2010).

The Hormetic Response of Training:Cortisol

Theres more to this world of hormetics and this time its a hormone we
often regard with disdain: cortisol. As we all know, cortisol can be a po-
tent destroyer of muscle tissue as well as an agent of body fat accumula-
tion. Cortisol, however, is also a two-faced beast.

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The body releases cortisol during normal resistance training, which

may account for some of the catabolic effects seen with training, but in
the absence of elevated insulin levels, the cortisol actually helps break-
down body fat and glycogen stores to help fuel us through the workout.
Remember, training is stress on the body and we choose if the effect is
positive or negative.

Research also shows that the greater the rise in cortisol during a training
session, the greater the gains (West 2012). Thats right: the more stress
you can cause your body during training, the more benefit. But as with
the autophagic benefits above, by spiking your insulin levels too soon af-
ter training, we can actually turn cortisol evil, as the combination of high
insulin levels and high cortisol levels can accelerate the storage of body
fat (Gathercole 2011).

Letting the Stress (and Benefits) Set in

We want to allow the stress we cause during training to fully set in,
which means not interfering with either the autophagic response
or beneficial cortisol levels. Eating or drinking any rapidly absorbing
nutrients can derail both of these processes. After your workout,
therefore, consume only water for up to an hour. This will assist the
catabolic mechanisms in the following:

Clearing out triglycerides faster

Removing fatty acids from the blood
Eliminating toxins from the system

Although it may be tempting to drink that protein shake right away,

you will be cheating yourself out of an opportunity for superior mus-
cle growth and fat loss.

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Stopping the Damage, Triggering the Growth

The hour has passed. Now its time to consume your post-workout
shake.

We have two main goals with this shake.

Stop muscle catabolism

Increase protein synthesis

The key is to trigger a short yet BIG insulin spike. You dont want a
small and steady supply of insulin throughout the day. You want a
giant surge of insulin (or surges depending on your goals). This cannot
be emphasized enough. A large insulin spike will help to trigger ana-
bolic processes in the muscles and prevent the catabolic processes
from becoming destructive!

But heres the catch. We want the insulin but not necessarily a ton of
carbs. Typically this just isnt possible, but Im going to show you exact-
ly how to pull off this trick.

One shake with carbs typically isnt enough.

I go over this in great detail in Carb Back-Loadingsoon to be re-

leased Carb Back-Loading 2.0.

We want the insulin spike to shut down the catabolic processes and
then increase the protein synthesis. But we dont want to over load
our body with carbs and cause a spill over.

Remember, timing is everything.

Weve already set the stage for maximum glycogen recompensation

through the rest of the night by maximizing the activity of GLUT 4 and
12.

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Now with this big insulin spike weve dramatically increased our pro-
tein synthesis. But its all about getting the right type of protein.

Your typical whey protein or EAA load isnt going to cut it.

What you really want is di and tri peptides.

Now this doesnt mean you need to run out and buy a different pro-
tein powder. In fact Im going to show you here in a minute how to
supercharge your existing protein powder so that you not only get a
MASSIVE insulin spike but your protein will get predigested into di
and tri peptides.

Heres how to do post-workout the right way.

You need to WAIT one hour before consuming any

post-workout nutrition. Just drink water.

Once you do consume your post-workout shake you need

a MASSIVE insulin spike to stop protein catabolism and to
increase protein synthesis.

You need to consume the most absorbable di and tri protein

peptides.

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The Perfect Post-

Workout Recovery
Lets lay this out step-by-step. Heres a template of sorts for the perfect
scenario.

Beginning of the day weve minimized insulin in the body. We want to

avoid carbohydrates.

We then want to resistance train early afternoon. Between 2 and 5pm.

Once we have trained we want to WAIT one hour before we consume

any post workout nutrition.

Now its time to get a MASSIVE insulin spike with easily digestible di
and tri protein peptides. In order to do this were going to need supple-
mentation.

Once weve had our post workout shake then we can work to restore
muscle glycogen over the next four hours. Using carbs that are as close
to pure glucose as possible; i.e. potatoes and rice.

You have a lot of flexibility here. If youre on a Paleo diet the recom-
mendations in this report are especially important for you. The typical
Paleo diet makes it extremely difficult to get the needed insulin spike.

But with the formula Im about to share. You can live the Paleo or glu-
ten-free lifestyle and get all the post-workout benefits to get stronger,
bigger, and leaner.

This also works perfectly with Carb Back-Loading.

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The Ultimate Formula

In order to achieve our goals we need a MASSIVE insulin spike and
highly digestible protein.

This is a hard trick to pull of with just carbs alone.

Heres the Ultimate Formula that you can add to ANY protein power to
make the perfect post-workout recovering shake.

Leucine
If there was one essential amino acid that I say is a must. It would be
Leucine. Its the only dietary amino acid that has the capacity to stimu-
late muscle protein synthesis (Etzel, 2004).

It also accelerates blood glucose disposal resulting in better glycemic

control.

But most importantly it increases insulin secretion up to four times the

normal amount. (van Loon et al, 2003; Manders et al, 2005; Koopman,
2005; Manders et al, 2012).

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4-Hydroxyisoleucine
(From Fenugreek Seed Extract)
Although Fenugreek is often associated with unproven testosterone
boosting effects, it has a number of proven benefits including:

Enhancing insulin secretion

Increasing insulin sensitivity
Decreases glucose intolerance
Restores the insulin response to glucose
(Steels et al, 2011; Bushey et al, 2009). (Haeri et al, 2012). (Broca et al,
1999).

Best of all, the addition of 4-Hydroxyisoleucine does not inhibit Leu-

cines insulinotropic effects. In fact, it can also induce an increase in
insulin release by four times the normal amount. (Broca et al, 2000).

When combined with Leucine we get a synergistic effect.

Protein Enzymes:
Pancreatin, Papain & Protease
Although the fitness industry has been heavily promoting the use of
EAA supplements, research has shown that they tend to have the fol-
lowing properties:

EAAs absorb at a slower rate

EAAs will produce more waste within your body
EAAs will overload the intestine

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When it comes to post-workout nutrition, you want to consume

pre-digested di and tri amino acid peptides. This will ensure quick
delivery and absorption. Interestingly, the intestines have a separate
transport system for these peptides, which offers an apparently unlim-
ited capacity. (Rufin-Henares et al, 2007).

The problem is that pre-digested proteins (called hydrolysates) are ex-

pensive but, thankfully, there is an alternative. Digestive enzymes can
turn any average protein powder into an effective way to capitalize on
your post-workout nutrition. Taking digestive enzymes one hour after
your workout, with your post-workout nutrition, will allow your body
to pre-digest the complex protein molecules into the desirable di and
tri peptides.

The proper digestion and utilization of whey protein may be compro-

mised by production techniques and rapid transit time in the body. (Ru-
fin-Henares et al, 2007). When digestive protein enzymes are intro-
duced to protein-based post-workout nutrition, the result is incredible.
A faster rate of protein absorption is reflected in the following:

Significantly higher blood levels of amino acids

Increased nitrogen retention
Significantly reduced levels of C-reactive protein

(Anderson et al, 2013).

Put simply, these digestive protein enzymes will turn your average, run
of the mill protein powder into a powerhouse of nutrition for recovery.

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Trehalose
The addition of Trehalose allows the cells to continue to clean them-
selves out. As an active person, you need this to keep your cellular sys-
tem active and healthy. As it supports this response, trehalose leads to
a quicker recovery and is also touted as being an immune booster with
anti-aging effects (Sakar et al, 2007) and appears to block the ability of
fat cells to store more fat (Arai 2010 & 2013).

Glycyrrhiza Foetida
Do you know what the true fat burning organ of the body is?

Its the liver.

Glycyrrhiza foetida binds to the nuclear receptor PPAR-. This recep-

tor plays a central role in glucose metabolism in the liver. When this
happens, glucose metabolism is significantly enhanced. It strongly
improves insulin resistance without concomitant increase of fat stor-
age or other unwanted side effects.(Weidner et al, 2012). Glycyrrhiza
foetida helps to regulate the creation of fatty acids from carbohydrate
sources. This places the focus of glucose transport on the muscle tis-
sue, making gaining muscle and strength easier.

Also preventing the spill over of glycogen into fat stores. Allowing you
to eat carbohydrates to maximize glycogen stores but without worry-
ing about fat spillover.

Now you could go out and try to assemble these ingredients yourself,
but Id like to introduce you to

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The Worlds Most Powerful Insulintropic, Protein Amplifying

Post-Workout Optimization Formula.

Simple add a scoop of Carb Shock to any protein powder to instantly

turn it from an ordinary shake to a supercharged shake.

Youre guaranteed to

Get a MASSIVE insulin spike without the unneeded carbs

Turn on POWERFUL growth signals in the body
Rapidly increase protein synthesis
Immediately stop protein catabolism
Convert protein power into extremely bio available di and
tri protein peptides

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Carb Shock was developed after years of research and is formulated

with scientifically proven ingredients. Carb Shock produces that GI-
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drates. Low-carb dieters and those who are insulin resistant, listen up!

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