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did some research come out saying that
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whey protein causes lower testosterone
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what came out recently was a
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meta-analysis that's a combined study of
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27 different studies that was looking at
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the effects of a low carbohydrate and
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high protein diets and what effect they
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had on testosterone what it found was
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that the really really high protein diet
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had an effect on reducing testosterone
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in the long run okay two things really
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really important to remember here one
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these were all diets people who are
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dieting are going to see a drop in
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testosterone it is perfectly normal it's
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not a good thing but it does happen with
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extended dieting another thing to bear
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in mind is that the higher protein diets
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seem to have a greater effect on
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reducing testosterone one possibility
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for that is because a higher protein
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diet is going to result in more weight
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loss because we know high protein diet
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do that that's why is it possible to
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spot reduce body fat so is it possible
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to reduce body fat in specific areas of
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the body like in the belly or in the
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love handles unfortunately the answer is
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when we lose weight we lose weight or
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body fat from our body fat stores which
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cover our entire body now where that
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goes from first is very very much
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dependent on your genetics some people
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store body fat more easily around their
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chest for example some people around
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their belly their love handles some
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people around their waist their legs
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their hips there is nothing you can do
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to change that if you are trying to lose
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body fat in a particular area that is
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known as a problem area the only thing
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you can do is continue to lose body fat
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until eventually you lose it from that
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area which may take quite a while
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unfortunately eating loads and loads of
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protein eating loads of calories but not
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gaining any muscle what's going on
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here's the thing okay you can eat all
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the protein in the world but it is not
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going to cause you to build more muscle
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unless you are training in the gym the
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main stimulus for building more muscle
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comes from weight training okay anything
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you do outside of that is only
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supplementary so if you want to build
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muscle you need to train the right way
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in the gym and then you can make that
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muscle grow even more by taking more
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protein but if you want to build muscle
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you need to hit the gym eating more
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protein is not going to do it for you
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are there any side effects if you stop
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taking creatine after you've been taking
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it for a few months here's the thing
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after about three or four weeks which is
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the amount of time it takes for the
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creatine levels in your muscles to go
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back down to your normal Baseline levels
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you may notice a little bit of a drop in
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weight but you'll only notice that if
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you notice an increase in weight when
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you started taking the creatine and you
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may notice a slight drop in strength
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from not having the creatine and the
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effects that it gives you on improving
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power and performance in the gym and
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that is it can you mix and take creatine
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with other supplements probably one of
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the most common questions I get can you
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mix creatine with protein powder is that
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okay in a shake yes absolutely then that
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majority of supplements you can take
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creatine with no problem do you want to
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make some of the protein shake
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absolutely fine do you want to add in
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some BCAAs that's absolutely fine as
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well if you want to take it with a
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calcium supplement that's okay the only
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supplement that I would consider
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potentially not taking creatine with is
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maybe caffeine if you're taking it in
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high doses that's because both creatine
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and caffeine in high doses can cause
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stomach upsets if you take it together
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there is a little bit of evidence to say
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that it might cause a stomach upset for
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you but if you know already that that
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doesn't happen then you're absolutely
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fine so yes you can take creatine in
