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We all know that exercise causes lactic acid buildup and some studies have shown that taking baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) can enhance performace in short-duration, high-intensity exercises. But does sodium bicarbonate help with muscular strength during weightlifting?

Please read the letter pertaining to Venom Hyperdrive 3.0 (not the plus version).
http://www.alrindustries.com/legal.php

Hello everyone
I received some questions and wanted to share my answers with everyone.

Here are a few things I wish to clarify.
Q: Claims concerning the absorption of vitamins and minerals (and the host of associated problems):
+ Soy's "phytates" change the way that our intestines absorb food. They can decrease the absorption of metals and other minerals.

Here is some fun yet informative information I found in this month’s Consumer Reports magazine. Below are some popular snacks and the amount of activity needed to burn them off:

* Haagen-Dazs Sticky Toffee Pudding => 1/2 cup = 300 calories
o Activity needed: 55 minutes of golf, carrying, clubs
* Haagen-Dazs Fat-Free Raspberry Sorbet => 1/2 cup = 120 calories
o Activity needed: 22 minutes of golf, carrying clubs
* Plain bagel=> 1 bagel = 320 alories
o Activity needed: 88 minutes of ballroom dancing

Hello everyone
I am so glad to have made so many new friends here. I have thoroughly enjoyed everyone's articles and amazing stories of triumph. I wish everyone a wonderful holiday season. I hope the New Year brings you tremendous success, joy and love. Just remember that in your drive to succeed, don't forget to stop and smell the roses. One of the most important lessons I learned from my patients is to never stop dreaming but to always stop to appreciate what you have. After all, life is much more a journey than a destination.
Yours truly,
Sean Hashmi

Hey guys
Thank you for all the questions that you have been sending me. I am keeping track of all the blog topics that you have asked for. As for your questions, I will be posting them in the blogs so everyone can benefit from the answers. Thanks for your patience and I will be getting to all your questions.
Warmest regards,
Sean Hashmi

"The greatest hindrance to creativity is a formula!"
-Dr. Sean Hashmi, M.D, M.S
Internal Medicine/Nephrology
www.drseanhashmi.com

Hey guys
I came across this study presented a while back at NSCA Conference. The study found that straight bar activates the biceps MORE than E-Z Curl bar. So if forearm strain isn't an issue, stick to straight bar to build bigger biceps.
What do you guys think? Straight bar or E-Z Curl for mass on the biceps.

Lafrenz, J. NSCA Conference Abstracts 2002

"The greatest hindrance to creativity is a formula!"
-Dr. Sean Hashmi, M.D, M.S
Internal Medicine/Nephrology
www.drseanhashmi.com

Hey guys
Here is an interesting study from Obstetrics and Gynecology that interviewed 1900 women in their 7th month of pregnancy. What they found was that in about 9 percent of the women who worked nights in their first trimester had a 50 percent increased risk of premature labor.
Now obviously we need more studies to examine this issue but it does raise an important issue about avoiding grave-yard shifts during pregnancy.

Obstet Gynecol, December 2005

"The greatest hindrance to creativity is a formula!"
-Dr. Sean Hashmi, M.D, M.S
Internal Medicine/Nephrology
www.drseanhashmi.com

When was YOUR last bitter fight with your significant other? Remember the heavy feeling afterwards. You’ve said much that you didn’t mean and succeeded in making the other party sound like a horrible monster. Research is showing what you may suspect already. FREQUENT fighting and HARSH words are damaging to your health.

General consequences in women:
-Irregular menses
-Amenorrhea
-Infertility
-Incontinence

In pregnant obese women, increased risk for:
-Gestational diabetes
-Hypertension
-Delivery complications
-Congenital malformations

"The greatest hindrance to creativity is a formula!"
-Dr. Sean Hashmi, M.D, M.S
Internal Medicine/Nephrology
www.drseanhashmi.com

We all know that mammograms are the main method for detecting breast cancer. However, mammograms are not the perfect screening tool as they do miss cases on occasions. Thus, there has been a lot of interest lately in using MRI as screening tools for Breast Cancer. Some studies have shown that MRI's can detect additional lesions that are not visible on Mammograms in as much as 27-37% of patients. 1

Good news, it may not be your fault that you have a craving for fat foods! and one day you might be able to rid yourself of it! A study done on rodents and published in Journal of Clinical Investigation showed that rats with normal taste buds show an inclination for fatty foods as oppose to rats with some of their fat receptors removed (CD36 receptor which is found in tissues that store fat). The authors of the study do NOT know if this taste bud exists in humans, but if it does, it can be one small factor in explaining why some people are more susceptible to weight gain than others.

Hey guys
Here is a fun little study.
Researchers founds that swimming with dolphins can reduce depressive symptoms more effectively than swimming alone. Okay now before you all jump in the ocean, let look at the numbers. The researchers ONLY studied 30 patients with MILD to MODERATE depression. All of the patients stopped their antidepressant medications or psychotherapy for at least four weeks before the study.
The results: 9 out of 10 patients who swam and interacted with dolphins stated improvement in their symptoms.

Hey guys
There was a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine that looked at 47,150 men over 12 years examining risk factors for gout. They found that higher levels of meat and seafood consumption were associated with increased risk of gout, whereas higher consumption of dairy products had a decreased risk.
Just another reason why whey protein (milk protein) continues to be one of my favorites.

1. Number of Americans age 20-74 yrs who are obese: >61% (110 million)
2. Rate of increase in obese children from 1960-1991: Doubled
3. Annual Deaths from obesity related causes: 300,000
4. Annual medical expenses and cost of lost productivity: >$100 billion per year
So here is an interesting way to jump start the economy. Make people lose weight :)
5. Chronic diseases associated with obesity: heart disease, type 2 DM, HTN, stroke, cancer, gout, gallbladder, genitourinary disease.