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"The athletes pedaled a stationary bike to a heart rate of 170 then continued until exhaustion or leg pain caused them to stop. The athletes receiving MPA were able to continue for 128 minutes, while those not receiving MPA had to quit at 85 minutes. The MPA appeared to increase the regeneration of ATP and improve the flow of electrolytes across the muscle cell membranes. Dr. Ahlborg used 1.75 grams four times daily in his study. Competitive athletes might take 3 tablets of MPA three times daily with another three tablets one hour before the athletic event." - James A. Howenstine, A Physician's Guide to Natural Health Products That Work (Get the book.)

"I've seen patients in my practice who put on substantial weight after injuries and then couldn't lose it, though they had been trim athletes at one time—albeit athletes with a food addiction. Also, if you continue to eat unhealthy foods in excess, you weaken your immune system no matter how much you exercise, and so the risk of illness increases, illness makes exercise difficult, and anytime the routine slackens, the weight returns. To lose weight for life, you need to conquer food addiction, not merely run around it. 1." - Roger Gould, Shrink Yourself: Break Free from Emotional Eating Forever (Get the book.)

"He was the Michael Jordan of mental athletes. We know that the risk of developing dementia decreases with the number of years of formal education. The lower the educational level, the greater the risk for Alzheimer's. This highlights research suggesting that mental activity throughout life is neuroprotective. Based on the enriched environment work of Cotman and Diamond, Dr. Khalsa's program includes cognitive stimulation, such as headline discussion, crossword puzzles, music, art, and group therapy. Mental training increases dendritic sprouting and enhances central nervous system plasticity." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"By supporting the production of ATP, which provides the energy foundation of life, this "awesome foursome" of nutrients can also help those suffering from chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia, as well as athletes and weekend warriors. These nutraceuticals offer an exciting opportunity to achieve optimum health and vitality, and possibly will help us regain the vigor of our youth. Physicians who embrace therapies that sustain mitochondrial defense will provide a metabolic cardiological solution for their patients." - Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.) "Lifestyle factors, such as chronic high-intensity exercise, apply to vast segments of the population and are easiest to describe. athletes place incredible strain on their muscle energy metabolism during the increased stress of high-intensity exercise. Repeated hypoxic exercise drains energy pools in their muscles, creating physiological strain and promoting free-radical production. It must be remembered that what constitutes hypoxic exercise varies from person to person." - Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.) "While trained athletes might not become hypoxic for several miles of running, swimming, or cycling, a mostly sedentary person may become hypoxic with only minor exercise, such as raking the leaves on a sunny fall day, playing golf, or participating in a weekend game of touch football. In either case, the energy reserves of the muscle are depleted and the physiological health of the muscle will suffer. Age is another consideration." - Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.)

"The analogy is the situation where the athletes are trained well and their muscles are very flexible and strong. This is not by accident. The gymnasts are endowed with what's called "refined dexterity" in movements, which requires extremely precise coordination and motor qualities. Ocular muscles need this extraordinary quality—refined dexterity—to fulfill as complex a task as focusing is. This phenomenon is underestimated, since we were born with this natural motor ability (in our eyes as well), but long, hard work is needed to become a gymnast." - David De Angelis, The Secret of Perfect Vision: How You Can Prevent and Reverse Nearsightedness (Get the book.)

"The experimental evidence suggests that those who are the most effective have trained their minds, much as athletes train their muscles, to maximize their chances of success. In order to discourage uncommitted participation, The Intention Experiment website may at times contain a complicated password comprising some words or ideas from the book (which will change slightly every few months). In order to be part of certain experiments, you will have to log on with the password and you will have to have read the book and understood it. The website (www.theintentionexperiment." - Lynne McTaggart, The Intention Experiment: Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World (Get the book.) "Rather than scrutinizing more monks or other meditation "athletes" who had devoted themselves to the contemplative life, Lazar preferred to study the effect of meditation on the millions of ordinary Americans who performed meditation for just 20?0 minutes a day. She and Benson recruited five volunteers, who had practiced kundalini meditation for at least four years. This kind of meditation employs two different sounds to focus and still the mind while observing inhalation and exhalation of the breath." - Lynne McTaggart, The Intention Experiment: Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World (Get the book.)

"In addition, athletes given ribose experienced a lower heart rate while performing a set amount of work on a cycle ergometer than when they were given placebo. Both of these findings suggest that D-ribose improved the oxygen utilization efficiency of the heart and muscles. Several important research papers were published in 2003. In the European Journal of Heart Failure, researchers at the University of Bonn, Germany, published the results of a clinical study investigating the effect of ribose administration in patients with congestive heart failure." - Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.)

"It soon became widely used in Russia as a diagnostic tool for many illnesses, including cancer and stress,28 and was even used to assess athletic potential—to predict the psychophysical reserves in athletes training for the Olympics and the likelihood of victory or exhaustion from overtraining.29 Eventually, some 3,000 doctors, practitioners, and researchers worldwide came to use the technology. The National Institutes of Health got interested and funded work on the "biofield," which employed Korotkov's equipment." - Lynne McTaggart, The Intention Experiment: Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World (Get the book.)

"The core component of our approach was born from a program originally developed for elite athletes, but you certainly 131 don't need to be an athlete to derive benefit from the program. In fact, the approach can be adjusted to meet the needs and fitness level of anyone, from elite athlete to out-of-shape couch potato." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.)

"However, in our mythical race, the "Go" command, which would launch the athletes into action, never comes. The athletes are left in the starting blocks, their blood coursing with adrenaline, their bodies fatiguing with the strain of preparing for the race that never comes. No matter how toned their physique, within seconds, these athletes will physically collapse from the strain. We live in a "Get set" world and an increasing body of research suggests that our hyper-vigilant lifestyle is severely impacting the health of our bodies." - Bruce H. Lipton, The Biology Of Belief: Unleashing The Power Of Consciousness, Matter And Miracles (Get the book.)

"This is an area that is likely to develop rapidly over the next few years as athletes try to increase the effectiveness of their training. References 1. Mokdad, A. H., Marks, J. S., Stroup, D. F., and Gerberding, J. L. (2004). Actual causes of death in the United States, 2000. JAMA 291, 1238-1245. 2. Applegate, E. A., and Grivetti, L. E. (1997). Search for the competitive edge: a history of dietary fads and supplements J. Nutr. 127 (5 Suppl): 8605-8685. 3. Loucks, A. B. (2004). Energy balance and body composition in sports and exercise. Journal of sports sciences 22, 1-14. 4." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "Nationwide survey on nutritional habits in elite athletes. Part II: Mineral and vitamin intake. Int. J. Sports Med. 10, SI 1-S16. 5. Dahlstrom, M., Jansson, E., Nordevang, E., and Kaijser, L. (1990). Discrepancy between estimated energy intake and requirement in female dancers. Clin. Physiol. 10, 11-25. 6. Jeukendrup, A. E., Craig, N. P., and Hawley, J. A. (2000). The bioenergetics of world class cycling. J. Sci. Med. Sport. 3, 414-433. 7. Brouns, F., Saris, W. H. M., Stroecken, J., Beckers, E., Thijssen, R., Rehrer, N. J., and ten Hoor, F. (1989)." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "Introduction to menstrual disturbances in athletes. Med, Sci. Sports Exerc. 35, 1551-1552. 13. Nybo, L. (2003). CNS fatigue and prolonged exercise: effect of glucose supplementation. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc. 35, 589-594. 14. Noakes, T. D. (2000). Physiological models to understand exercise fatigue and the adaptations that predict or enhance athletic performance. Scand. J. Med. Sci. Sports 10, 123-145. 15. Bergstrom, J., and Hultman, E. (1967). A study of glycogen metabolism during exercise in man. Scand, J. Clin. Invest. 19, 218-228. 16. Bergstrom, J., Hermansen, L., Hultman, E." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "These studies are of two general types: comparisons of bone mass of athletes to that of sedentary controls, and descriptions of associations between level of physical activity and bone mass within a general population. The first type of study generally considers only very active or sedentary individuals, and hence extreme differences in activity are represented. In the latter case, a broader range of physical activity is examined." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"Many athletes are anxious to be stronger and able to perform longer. Previous attempts to accomplish this with high doses of synthetic androgens have caused grave health problems, including liver damage, heart attacks, high blood cholesterol and triglyceride levels, androgen rage and atrophy of the testes. In 1968 a renowned physiologist, Bjorn Ahlborg, demonstrated that 5 grams of Potassium Magnesium Aspartate given in divided dosage, with one dose given one hour before exercise, could increase the endurance of well trained athletes by 50% on a maximum stress test." - James A. Howenstine, A Physician's Guide to Natural Health Products That Work (Get the book.)

"Paivio s model has been largely adapted to help athletes with motivation or in learning or improving a certain skill set.7 The techniques involved in mental rehearsal have been exhaustively studied and written about in scientific literature and popular publications,8 and their credibility was given a further boost in 1990, when the National Academy of Sciences examined all the scientific studies to date on these methods and declared them effective.9 Athletic mental rehearsal has been incorrectly considered synonymous with visualization. " - Lynne McTaggart, The Intention Experiment: Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World (Get the book.)

"The coach of these Chinese athletes attributed those results to the athletes regular use of a Cordyceps-based tonic. Because Cordyceps helps increase stamina, energy levels, and endurance, it has become one of the top-selling sports supplements among the worlds' elite competitive athletes. In traditional Chinese medicine, C. sinensis is considered to benefit the lung and kidney channels. It is commonly used with the elderly in China as a type of "super-ginseng" for rejuvenation and stamina." - Mark Stengler, The Health Benefits Of Medicinal Mushrooms (Get the book.)

"I've watched lovely natural little athletes turn into stationary lumps in just a few short years because many schools do not incorporate enough physical education classes or offer enough healthy options for lunch and snacks. The twenty-first-century lifestyle compromises the human body by forcing it to always run at half capacity (as it expends energy on processing junk through the digestive system) and consequently does ongoing harm to the physical and mental development of a growing child. We need to reverse this trend and treat ADD/ADHD and other behavioral issues as a medical emergency." - Jay Gordon, The ADD and ADHD Cure: The Natural Way to Treat Hyperactivity and Refocus Your Child (Get the book.)

"The medical industry goes to great lengths to cultivate relationships with these experts, in the same way that athletes are recruited for product endorsements. For example, Pfizer, the manufacturer of the best-selling cholesterol-lowering statin drug Lipitor, sponsored a special meeting of leaders in the field of cardiology—doctors who could influence other doctors' prescribing patterns. The meeting was held in Sydney, Australia, and happened to coincide with the 2000 Olympic games." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.)

"VIRGINIA SATIR (1916-1988), American psychologist SIX Options Prepare yourself for the world, as the [Grecian] athletes used to do for their exercise; oil your mind and your manners, to give them the necessary suppleness and flexibility; strength alone will not do. -the earl of chesterfield (1694-I773) Some time around the year 500 BCE, Lao-tzu, father of Taoism, said, "Whatever is flexible and loving will tend to grow; whatever is rigid and blocked will wither and die." This is especially true when it comes to Brilliant Health." - Rick Foster, Greg Hicks, M.D., Jen Seda, Choosing Brilliant Health: 9 Choices That Redefine What It Takes to Create Lifelong Vitality and Well-Being (Get the book.) "Research both on injured athletes and stroke victims indicates that using imagery after injury significantly speeds a return to full physical functioning. Your use of imagery isn't limited to imagining physical performance, however. It can also take you far beyond. MONKS, PIANISTS, AND DIRTY OLD MEN At eighty-nine, Jaime, a retired endocrinologist, imagines performance of a different sort. His roguish glory days from the 1940s, along with the women who accompanied him, remain very much alive in his brain. And he's more than happy to recount them at a moment's notice." - Rick Foster, Greg Hicks, M.D., Jen Seda, Choosing Brilliant Health: 9 Choices That Redefine What It Takes to Create Lifelong Vitality and Well-Being (Get the book.)

"This is most often seen when growth hormone is abused by athletes or bodybuilders, who have normal levels of growth hormone to start with. In such instances, you may actually see signs of acromegaly, or growth hormone excess, with enlargement of the nose, chin, jaw, hands, or feet. Growth Hormone Controversy Growth hormone injections may be considered controversial, but they have an excellent track record for safety." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.) "Siberian ginseng {Eleutherococcus senticosus) is energizing and particularly good for physical stress. athletes in training and adrenal-depleted walking wounded often use it. • Korean ginseng [Panax ginseng) is similar to Siberian ginseng in that it is good for physical stress and it will improve exercise capacity. It is considered a sexual tonic in Asia, improving erectile function and libido. • Indian ginseng, ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) is calming. It is useful if you have anxiety or insomnia; and oddly enough, it also helps if you have fatigue." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.) "High-performance athletes and marathoners are prone to low DHEA levels, as are busy executives and overworked moms. Because DHEA can convert into other hormones, you need to keep an eye on your metabolites via twenty-four-hour urine tests. Your doctor can help you to understand how DHEA is working in you. Possible side effects of DHEA are greasy skin, acne, oily hair, an increase in facial or body hair, hair loss, or excess body odor. These side effects are caused from DHEA converting into androstanedione and are usually not seen until after many months of use." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"That's the whole idea of a simulation—it's supposed to be so real that we can use it to master our skills as pilots, athletes, or creators just as if it were the real thing. So, if we were in a virtual simulation designed to mimic a higher dimension, or heaven, here on Earth, would we ever even know it? Is Life Real, or Is It a Dream? Can We Tell the Difference? When something is true, it's not unusual to find that the truth shows up in a number of different places and in varying ways. Our experience of beauty in others is a perfect example." - Gregg Braden, The Spontaneous Healing of Belief: Shattering the Paradigm of False Limits (Get the book.)

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