Ask Kerry - Product, Nutrition & Training Advice

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Please feel free to ask me anything in relation to CNP Products, Training or Nutrition in this section, I will be checking it regularly and will respond quickly.

Kerry

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Hi Kerry,

Quick question about Pro-Tect. I'm doing a brisk 45 minute walk to work each morning, on an empty stomach. I know before I do this I should really have a serving of glutamine (5-10g?) , but I'm a bit skint just now. I have been using pro-tect to help my sore joints but can only afford to buy this OR glutamine and having experienced great benefit in using the Pro-Tect I am hesitant to stop using it. I noticed on the nutritional breakdown that the pro-tect has almost 13g of protein per serving. If I took this before my morning cardio would this help off-set muscle catabolism while still benifting from the joint protection?

Thanks in advance

Magickaj

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Hello Kerry,

Great to see you on the forum. I am sure a lot of the members will have questions for you.

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Hi Kerry,

Quick question about Pro-Tect. I'm doing a brisk 45 minute walk to work each morning, on an empty stomach. I know before I do this I should really have a serving of glutamine (5-10g?) , but I'm a bit skint just now. I have been using pro-tect to help my sore joints but can only afford to buy this OR glutamine and having experienced great benefit in using the Pro-Tect I am hesitant to stop using it. I noticed on the nutritional breakdown that the pro-tect has almost 13g of protein per serving. If I took this before my morning cardio would this help off-set muscle catabolism while still benifting from the joint protection?

Thanks in advance

Magickaj

kk - I would not consider the protein in Pro-Tect as a primary protein for muscle repair, building or prevention of cannibalism. The protein in Pro Tect is a collagen hydrolysate which is the building blocks for the regeneration or synthesis of cartilage. It also contains glucosamine which is made by the body from L-glutomine and glucose.

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Hello Kerry,

Great to see you on the forum. I am sure a lot of the members will have questions for you.

kk - Thanks mate, I have been answering questions on Ricky Hatton's forum for a couple of years now and left our site to John, as John is not here anymore I thought I would do it.

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Thanks Kerry, looks like I'll just have to cut costs elsewhere! LOL

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: Thanks Kerry, looks like I'll just have to cut costs elsewhere! LOL
kk - who said bodybuilding was cheap!

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Hi Kerry.

Good to see you here mate. I'm a regular user on Ricky's site and i read your posts always informative.

Down to your great advice my weight lifting is going very well.

I just want to ask. How do you measure 30g of complex carbs with solid food? Protien is fine, i pretty much eat as much as i want with that. But carbs been the primary energy source i am always concerned about consuming too many carbs and increasing my body fat. So how big of a portion is 30g of rice, pasta or potatos? For example how many Potatos would equal to 30g of carbs?

I do tend to put on body fat quite easily so i am always watching my diet very carefully.

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Also. I have just had 8 weeks out of training and this is my 3rd week back. I am working on losing the body fat i gained. I weight train Monday, Wednesday, Friday and do my cardio sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays, typically 30 to 40mins cardio.

What would you recommend the daily intake of carbs should be to effectively lose body fat? I currently weight just over 12 stone but i have been as high as 13st 10lbs when in full training.

My typical diet is. (Each meal is every 2 to 3 hours)

Meal 1 Pro MR and a bananna afterward.

Meal 2 I am work and can't get away from my desk so i have another Pro MR.

Meal 3 Lunch, normally 2 ***s of chicken and rice, or pasta and chicken or a tuna pasta salad (2 cans of tuna)

Meal 4: This is normally pro recover as i train straight after work

Meal 5 : Same as meal 3)

Meal 6 : I will ever have another Pro MR or Peanut butter on wholemeal bread

My first goal is lose the body fat i gaine in my 8 weeks off but it seems to be going very slowly. My muscles are still there but are covered up right now.

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Hi Kerry.

Good to see you here mate. I'm a regular user on Ricky's site and i read your posts always informative.

Down to your great advice my weight lifting is going very well.

I just want to ask. How do you measure 30g of complex carbs with solid food? Protien is fine, i pretty much eat as much as i want with that. But carbs been the primary energy source i am always concerned about consuming too many carbs and increasing my body fat. So how big of a portion is 30g of rice, pasta or potatos? For example how many Potatos would equal to 30g of carbs?

I do tend to put on body fat quite easily so i am always watching my diet very carefully.

Also. I have just had 8 weeks out of training and this is my 3rd week back. I am working on losing the body fat i gained. I weight train Monday, Wednesday, Friday and do my cardio sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays, typically 30 to 40mins cardio.

What would you recommend the daily intake of carbs should be to effectively lose body fat? I currently weight just over 12 stone but i have been as high as 13st 10lbs when in full training.

My typical diet is. (Each meal is every 2 to 3 hours)

Meal 1 Pro MR and a bananna afterward.

Meal 2 I am work and can't get away from my desk so i have another Pro MR.

Meal 3 Lunch, normally 2 ***s of chicken and rice, or pasta and chicken or a tuna pasta salad (2 cans of tuna)

Meal 4: This is normally pro recover as i train straight after work

Meal 5 : Same as meal 3)

Meal 6 : I will ever have another Pro MR or Peanut butter on wholemeal bread

My first goal is lose the body fat i gaine in my 8 weeks off but it seems to be going very slowly. My muscles are still there but are covered up right now.

kk - An average cup of oatmeal is about 60grams of carbs, pasta 55grams, brown rice 160grams, a new potato about 10 grams these are all approx and are a full cup (a type your granny would give you a cup of tea in)

The diet you are eating, you should be losing plenty of body fat as the Pro MR's will give you plenty of protein so you will not lose muscle but they will also keep your digestive tract working well so you should have a flat stomach (see post pregnant bodybuilders).

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Thanks Kerry.

The body fat is slowly going but it seemed before i was to lose quicker than i am now. Maybe i put more fat on than i thought?

I will stick to the same diet but gonna lower my carb intake per meal.

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Thanks Kerry.

The body fat is slowly going but it seemed before i was to lose quicker than i am now. Maybe i put more fat on than i thought?

I will stick to the same diet but gonna lower my carb intake per meal.

kk - If the fat is coming off slowly then lowering the carbs should (all things being equal) make you lose a little bit faster. I'm not sure whether you are saying the fat was coming off quicker on a previous diet or it was coming off quicker earlier on in this diet, if you are stating the second then on all diets you sometimes get diminishing returns. Lets say your metabolism requires 2500 kcalories and it is split up and you are eating 4,5 or 6 meals a day and taking those kcalories in properly in the right ratios and you cut back to 2250 kcalories, then your body will lose weight which means it will get smaller but as it gets smaller and cathes up to its metabolic needs 2250, you are obviously going to stop losing fat. At this point you have got to cut back to 2000 kcalories or add extra aerobic activity which will make you energy requirements more.

Be careful not to cut back too quickly as this will slow down your metabolic rate.

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Hi

Im just wondering if you could help me on what type of exercise i would need to do to improve my abs and get rid of the layer of fat covering them. Im around 15% body fat, would it take a lot of cardio for me to drop that percentage?

Thanks

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Im just wondering if you could help me on what type of exercise i would need to do to improve my abs and get rid of the layer of fat covering them. Im around 15% body fat, would it take a lot of cardio for me to drop that percentage?

Thanks

kk - A lot of people see a great set of abs on other people and obviously think, I want that. They then normally go about it totally the wrong way. They start a regime of sit ups, leg raises etc. Obviously this will firm your abs up but if those abs are covered by a layer of body fat, you will never see them. The only way to see that 6 pack that everybody wants is to lose body fat and the only way to lose body fat is to be deficient in kcalories. Body fat is stored energy that you have not metabolised (used) as you didn't use it, your body put it there for future use, when you are deficient in kcalories (energy).

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Hi,
I'm sure this question has been answered before, however I've serached the forum and haven't come up with the answer. What is the ratio of micellar, whey and egg white in pro-peptide? I read that it is formulated to closely match human mothers milk with 50-50 ratio of micellar to whey. I'd appreciate your advice, many thanks.

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Hi,
I'm sure this question has been answered before, however I've serached the forum and haven't come up with the answer. What is the ratio of micellar, whey and egg white in pro-peptide? I read that it is formulated to closely match human mothers milk with 50-50 ratio of micellar to whey. I'd appreciate your advice, many thanks.


kk - 6% of the total powder is egg white which is added to enhance the very important amino acid cystine. The rest of the powder is made up from peptide bonded glutamine and an equal amount (50-50) of undenatured miceller casein and whey.

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Thats a good ratio of proteins.

I have read that whey is high in cystine from one brand is this correct? Or is it just that egg white contains more?

Cheers John.

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kk - This is a very complex subject so I'm going to give you my answer and also one from Phil Connolly (The Gifted One).

KK's answer - Egg albumen contains high quantities of the essential amino acids methionine and cysteine, both of these play critical roles in the immune system and in tissue growth. The sulphur aminon acids are among the rarest of the necessary amino acids to be found in foods. Egg albumen contains the highest quantities of these important amino acids. It is important to only use low heat processed egg proteins.

The Gifted One's (Phil Connolly) Answer - Whey protein has a decent amount of cysteine content but egg white contains more cysteine per 100 grams than whey protein. It is important when talking about cysteine to distinguish between cysteine and cystine. Cysteine is the undenatured form of the amino acid as it is found in native, non-heat treated proteins.With egg white and whey protein, however, the heat treatment can cause the cysteine on the protein molecule to lose its sulfur group (liberating sulfur into the atmosphere and causing a sulfur odor) and then two cysteines from various molecules (or within the same molecule) will bond together to form a cystine-cystine complex (this is known as cross bridging and cross bridging is a denatured form). In whey or egg protein, you have a certain number of glutamine-cysteine sequences (known as glutamyl-cysteine residues). These sequences are valuable for the body to make glutathione and our bodies will specifically digest egg or whey protein to make these residues intact for absorption into the bloodstream. When the cysteines denature to form cystine-cystine, the body has no mechanism to digest (break apart; hydrolyze) the cystine-cystine bond. Instead of absorbing the bioactive precursor cysteine-glutamine into the bloodstream (as would be done when undenatured whey protein is consumed), the body absorbs cystine-cystine into the blood. The cystine-cystine can be converted back to cysteine and cysteine in the cell so that the body can make glutathione- but it is a complex reaction and requires glutamine and methionine (an amino acid that is always in short supply). It's better to eat those proteins that have glutamyl-cysteine residues intact so that the body can easily manufacture glutathione as needed.

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Many thanks for your answer and "the gifted one's" that explains it

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What would you recommend for the best 'pre-bed' meal, snack or supplement?

At the moment im eatting egg whites and around 190grams of steak half an hour before bed which im finding lasts me through the night. But i have tried many slow digesting protein supplements in the past including Pro-Peptide but find im waking up around 2am hungry, so liquids arent good for me.

what would you recommend for 'pre-bed'?

Cheers

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What would you recommend for the best 'pre-bed' meal, snack or supplement?
At the moment im eatting egg whites and around 190grams of steak half an hour before bed which im finding lasts me through the night. But i have tried many slow digesting protein supplements in the past including Pro-Peptide but find im waking up around 2am hungry, so liquids arent good for me.

what would you recommend for 'pre-bed'?

Cheers

kk - I honestly believe Pro Mr is perfect this will drip feed quality amino acids into your system for 7 hours so that you are not lacking those important amino acids for your bodies requirements. Having said that, your problem is you wake up in the middle of the night hungry, I would still have the Pro MR and have a couple of egg whites when you wake up.

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How much of the protein in a ProMR is casein, and would adding say 10grams of peanut butter slow digestion down further?

Also, what would you recommend i use to mix such products like ProMR with? I usually always mix my protein supplements with water, avoiding the high sugars of milk. Would i still use just water for a ProMR if using it for a 'pre-bed' supplement?

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kk - Yes, definitely ONLY use water with Pro MR. Depending upon how much carbs you can afford in your diet, you can always drop a weetabix or shredded wheat (thicken it up) into the blender and this might help through the night.

6% of the total powder is egg white which is added to enhance the very important amino acid cystine. The rest of the powder is made up from peptide bonded glutamine and an equal amount (50-50) of undenatured miceller casein and whey.

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top notch, cheers bud.

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whats your view on HMB Kerry?

Ive heard and read many reports concerning HMB and most point out that it is only effective when taken in large quantities, more than the recommended 3grams per day?

if HMB is an effective amino acid with anti-catabolic and anabolic qualities, have CNP considered adding this to any of their protein blends? I see alot of supplement companies are now producing a 'pre-bed' formulas or the likes with high L-Glutamine & HMB amounts included.

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kk - It all depends on your budget, there is no doubt and evidence supports this that HMB works and if you can afford it, use it like an insurance policy especially if you are dieting.

Your question goes into the all in one debate, we were the first company to do undenatured fast and slow proteins (Pro MR, Pro Peptide) that will release protein into your system for 7 hours and we recommend you take Pro MR before you go to bed.

You can look at my views in all in ones on the all in one thread.

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Hey kerry,
Ive just had my pictures put up on the you and cnp gallery. Ive got the npa north west coming up in under five weeks and im struggling to get my quarter turns right. Any advice?

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kk - You look in good nick mate. Teaching somebody to do their compulsories/quarter turns is impossible on a forum, I suggest you go to as many bodybuilding shows as you can or watch DVD's, even better, find someone who has competed and ask them for some one on one time.

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Cheers mate
Am going watching my mate in southport this sunday, so i should see how it is done then. An i will be coming to betta bodies on saturday, do you no anyone i could ask while im there?

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kk - Yeah, you will learn a lot at southport but unfortunately I am away for the weekend so won't be at Betta Bodies or Southport.

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No worries mate
thank for the advice

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hi kerry would greatly appricate it if you could have a look at my contest diet. doing a 15 weeek diet planning to show at the west mids champs on sep 21. Started the diet at 15 weeks out weighing 101.5 kg, stand at 5ft 7 inch, want to compete in the intermidate over 80kg class, this is my secand show the first was mansfield in 2005 in first timers placed third. This is my current diet at 11 weeks out. thanks for any advice.



Cup black coffe

35 min cardio

meal 1

100gms porrigde oats 1 hole egg and 5 egg whites, 50gms whey, 10gms glutamine.

chrom pic. 2gm omega oil blend



train

post training.

50gms whey, 10gms glutamine.

chicken breast, 1 sweet potatoe.

meal 3

chicken breast, sweet potatoe.

meal 4 50gms whey. 10 gms glutamine

meal 5 5 egg white omelette mushrooms or brocillie

meal 6 50gms whey 10gms glutamine.

water at this point is 5ls aday, also on 1gm vit c in the morning. weighing in at the minute at 94.9 kg. Many thanks and look forward to your tips.

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Hi mate I know you are dieting but your PWO shake should have some carbs in it. Just whey and glutamine doesn't cut it.

I would replace this with Pro-Recover which will provide you with fast acting carbs and protein in a 2-1 ratio.

Carbs at this point will not store as bodyfat so don't worry about that mate.

Another point to make is to take your glutamine away from your whey about 10 mins would be goodas they may compete for absorption.

Whey is a good protein but you would be better off with a blend such as Pro-peptide which will give you fast/slow proteins and glutamine in peptide form along with other key ingredients.

So Pro-Peptide and Pro-recover would be the two supplements you could get to replace your whey.

You could eat more variety of proteins such as lean fish as well as chicken.

Good luck mate

I am sure Kerry will answer anything else to do with the rest of your diet.

John.

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thanks john, will switch over to recovery and pep. wasnt aware that the glutamine and whey would compete for absorbtion. Was planing to swap over to fish( cod, haddock) at about the ten week point. Thanks again for the tips

Mat

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No probs Mat

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kk - Well answered John.

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Thanks KK, John

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Kerry, i know its a hard one to call as everyones bodies & diets are different, but would you recommend is a good amount of egg whites to eat before bed is?

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kk - I think too many egg whites can upset your stomach because your body has to work hard to break them down, there is a specific enzyme (I forget the name) that as we get older, our body no longer produces it, you will find people who used to eat eggs with no problem, as they get older, eggs upset their stomach.

You should always aim for about 40 grams of protein per meal, that in egg whites would be 13-14 egg whites, are you sure you want that before bed. A Pro MR would be far better, the proteins are more bio available and timed released, perfect before you go to bed.

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cheers for the reply.

at the moment im using a full serving of Pro-Peptide, 2 scoops, aswell as having a handful of boiled egg whites, usually around 4. Think i'll swtich from Pro-Pep to Pro-MR for a change after my 5lb bags ran out.

thanks for the advice.

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Hi Kerry,

Please help. I’m fmale weigh 10st7lbs. I’m training for kick boxing, train 3-4 times per week on pads and cardio. I only do weights as and when I can as my day is already packed. I’m unsure of what supplements to take as I don’t want to get too muscular. I eat oats for b/fast, 4-5 portions of fruit and veg and day love my carbs and try to eat a portion of clean protein a day. If I eat within 3 hours of training I feel really sick and get a stitch, (I train at chemas-microsoft-comfficemarttags" />7 till 8-9ish) but by that time I’m hungry. After training I’m so awake I can’t sleep but I’m exhausted. I know I’m not eating at the right times and struggle to eat after training (which I know I need to for protein sparing). I work long hours and my timing of eating is causing my training to suffer. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks lot.

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Hi Phili,

Don't be afraid of getting "to muscular" as you are female you won't produce enough testosterone to get like that. Weight training is great for women as it will help you tone up.

Glad to hear you get the 4-5 portions of fruit and veg a day as a lot don't

Try to eat protein at most of your meals too with your carbs instead of just one portion a day. EFA's are also important to add to your diet. Aim for 5 small meals a day and to eat every 3 hours. This is the best way to stay lean as it will keep your metabolism nice and fast.

Regarding supplements Pro-Recover is a great supplement to take after your training either after weights or kick-boxing. Then eat about 90 mins later.

kerry will answer, so see what he says.

Good luck.

John.

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Thanks John, im trying to eat 5 times a day but still stuggle with the sickness feeling before training. Ill try and eat more protien and give pro-recover a try. My biggest problem that training late (for me anyway) im wide awake all night long and getting about three hours sleep but I know im shattered and should be sleeping. Silly question I know but will pro recover be good just before bed unlike a meal of carbs.

Thanks alote
Phili. x

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Hi Phili,

Try to eat only small about 1 hour or more before you train. Pro-Recover does contain high GI carbs in the form of glucose, so it may not be the best thing to take just before going to sleep. How long do you have after training before you go to bed? Also you should eat about 1 hour after taking it.

Just before bed a slow digesting protein such as Pro-Peptide would be the best option.

John.

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That a quick response John, thanks. Well im a bit of a light weight and struggle with anything past 10 so Iv only at the very max hour and half to chill before bed. pro peptide sounds good. is there something I coulld have one hour before training about the hour you said as ive worked out anymore than a couple of biscuits and im in trouble just wana throw up.
Thankyou kindly. I know im sounding a whimp sorry.
phili. x

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kk - Topman has given you good advice but I want you to consider this:-

Any athlete, you can split fitness into 2 catagories, the first, Cardio Vascular, which is the bodies ability to recover from the oxygen debt of the workout. In other words, if an athlete is breathing extremely heavily from a small workout, he is not fit, if an athlete is not breathing heavily from a big workout, he is fit and most athletes are cardio vascularly fit.

The second catagory is muscular fitness, how many times have you seen a boxer going back to his corner and he is not breathing heavily which means he is cardio vascularly fit but his muscle are heavy (he can't keep his arms up, what they call dropping his arms) which means he is not muscularly fit.

When you train and use your muscles, especially when you over load them, you do that for a reason and that reason is to send a signal to those muscles that they are inadequate for the workload you are putting on them. You do this so that they will compensate and get bigger, stronger or faster. Lets call the training number 1, and lets call the body getting fitter, stronger, faster, number 3. In between is recuperation and recover from the trauma of number 1, we will call that number 2. The more you pay attention to you nutrition, the shorter number 2 is so that you can get to number 3 quicker making you a more efficient athlete. The less attention you pay to your nutrition, you will make number 2 a lot longer, and then if you carry on training, say the next day or 2 you may not even get to number 3 which we would call over training. One of the signs of this is lack of sleep (which you say in your original post) and the most important nutrient for number 2 (and of course number 3) is protein especially bio available protein (Pro Peptide, Pro MR, Pro MS).

When you use your muscles (number 1) your body is designed to compensate by using protein to make those muscles more efficient and as you have used those muscles (especially if you train) you have overloaded them, sometimes you end up with micro tears (this is the soreness the next day), you also need protein to repair those micro tears. if you don't eat enough protein, how can your body get the building blocks for numbers 2 and 3. You must eat protein and pay attention to it as much as carbohydrates.

You can split your nutrition into 2 catagories, macro nutrients (carbs, fats and protein) and micro nutrients (vitamins, minerals, fibre, water) they are both equally important. The vitamins and minerals are chemicals derived from your fruit and veg and the solvent to make all metabolic reactions in the body work is water and obviously the fibre makes your digestive system work properly and help undulate the food through your digestive system. Most people don't pay enough attention to micro nutrients and if you don't your body does not metabolise macro nutrients (protein, carbs, fat) as efficiently as it could, in other words micro nutrients are like the key the switches the ignition (your metabolism) on.

Macro nutrients - Most people don't get enough protein for the repair from the trauma of training and not enough protein for the body to make itself fitter stronger faster and more importantly, bio available protein, you can read more about our proteins here http://www.cnpprofessional.co.uk/forum/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=26359

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Try Pro-Peptide before bed. It will lie on your stomach better than food and it has Pro-biotics in it for better absorbtion. I take it mins before bed and have no probs.

You could have some low GI carbs such as oats and a Pro-Peptide shake about 90 mins before you workout. This will provide you with energy and protein needed for your workout. Or at least some carbs better than biscuits

Kerry has written sound advise, follow what he has said and you won't go far wrong.

Good luck.

John

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Thank very much for both your advice. It v.nice for people(especially as busy as you both)to help people out. I will def give it a go.
Have a nice day, thanks again.

Phili. x

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Kerry

I started boxing again after 4 years and have just turned professional. I am training 2 hours mon, wed & Friday, runnin Tuesday and Saturday and swimming Thursday and Sunday. I have been training for 5 weeks and have lost 8lb from 10st 8.

I am 5ft 7 and weigh 10st. My trainer says i need to get to 9st, my body fat is 17%, what supplements/diet could you reccommend are best for me to acheive this.

Cheers

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kk - I have the question on a previous post as follows :-

kk - Anything you injest (protein, carbs, fats, alcohol) contain kcalories, a kcalories is not a nutrient, it is a measurement of energy. We have all got a metabolism and our metabolism (metabolic rate) requires kcalories for our bodies to survive.

If you eat more kcalories than your body needs, you will gain weight, if you eat fewer kcalories than your body needs you will lose weight. The type of weight you gain or lose is determines by what type of kcalories you eat.

Your body normally uses carbs and fats for energy (it can use other nutrients in certain circumstances) and if you eat too many carbs and fats your body will store the kcalories from them as body fat so simply put, body fat is energy (for future use in times of need) that you have not metabolised. If you had metabolised (used) it, it wouldn't be there. As body fat is stored energy normally from carbs and fats, muscle is stored protein from the protein you have injested.

To lose weight (on the scales) you only want to lose body fat so you should only be deficient in energy foods, normally carbs and fats and definitely alcohol as there is no nutritional value in alcohol. The kcalories from alcohol are known as empty kcalories. If you are deficient in protein as well your body will cannibalise muscle to make up its deficiencies so you can have an example as follows:-

You cut back on your energy foods and protein and you start to lose weight on the scales but you can go from 90 kilos to 80 kilos and not look any better as all you have done is photostatted yourself smaller. If you took a photograph at 90 kilos and 80 kilos, put the together and you might not see any visual difference as you've lost muscle and fat.

If you cut back on your energy foods and keep your protein to 1.5 grams per pound of bodyweight (3.3 per kilo) your body will only cannibalise body fat. Why should it cannibalise muscle? as you are injesting enough protein. this way if yo ugo from 90 kilos to 80 kilos you will only lose body fat so if you take 2 photograph you will see a dramatic difference, you will look more muscular as you have dropped the outer layer of body fat that was hiding this effect.

Cutting back on your food this way which will visually retain more muscle will also keep your metabolic rate higher as muscle requires more kcalories than body fat. When you cut back on your energy foods you must avoid cutting back dramatically as this can slow down your metabolism (your basic metabolic rate). Or keep your energy foods reasonably constant but increase the amount of energy you use by doing a lot more CV work or preferably a bit of both. Another good trick is to avoid simple carbohydrates which are carbs that get absorbed into the blood stream fast. They are normally anything that is processed, eating simple carbs will elevate your blood sugar levels very quickly and as your body does not like high blood sugar levels it releases a hormone called insulin which takes all that sugar out of the blood but as that sugar is energy (and your body will never waste energy) its lipogenic which means it converts that energy to body fat. you can have a scenario where you are not eating a lot of carbs but the carbs you are eating are processed and ending up as body fat.

Your metabolism is how many kcalories you can metabolise per meal NOT per day. You need to drip feed your metabolism (the old saying eat small and often) this is the only way to keep your metabolism at its best. Lets pretend that we know exactly the correct amounts of macro/micro nutrients that your metabolism needs and lets pretend that that is 3000 kcalories of protein, carbs, fats, vitamins, minerals, fibre, antioxidants and water. We have worked it out scientifically and it is exact, taking into account your workload (energy in - energy out) but you only eat 2 or 3 times a day.

Those 3000 kcalories, we blend in lets say the 4 litres of water a day that you consume and we've got the perfect jug of nutrition. Imagine on a table there are only 2 or 3 mugs (these mugs represent your 2 or 3 meals). We now pour that perfect daily mug of nutrition (3000 kcalories in the correct nutritional ratios) into the mugs but when we pour it, it doesn't fit, it overflows. This means 1) We are not metabolising some needed nutrients and it was the perfectly measured jug of nutrient we are now deficient in some nutrients and 2) Those nutrients that we have not metabolised (not used them) your body will not waste them, so they get conveted to future energy which is body fat.

Lets repeat the process but this time put 5 or 6 mugs on the table which represent eating small and often, approximately every 3 hours, that perfect jug of nutrition gets poured in to those 5 or 6 mugs, this time it fits in meaning you get all those nutrients and there is no waste, no body fat.

What I am trying to say is not everybody with body fat is a glutton, they just eat the wrong carbs (simple) or try and eat too many kcalories per meal not per day. They don't eat enough protein and cut back dramatically sommetimes on their carbs which slows down their metabolism.

Now I will answer your question:-

Do plenty of CV work this will use energy.

Eat a minimum of 5 times a day, always try and make those nutrients clean, no sugars, no sauces.

Have 1.5 grams of protein per pound of body weight (3.3 per kilo) spread over those 5 or 6 meals this way all the protein you injest will be metabolised (used by your body).

Try all these tips and let me know how you go on.

There are plenty of dieting tips on the CNP website and plenty of information on the protein

http://www.cnpprofessional.co.uk/blog.php/why-cnp-professionals-pro-peptide-pro-mr-and-pro-ms-are-better-than-all-other-protein-powders-blog-431.html?

http://www.cnpprofessional.co.uk/download-training-plans.php

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Hi Kerry,

I'll be coming off a cycle in the near future and have purchased some Pro-GF, aswell as other items, to help maintain some size and strength over the weeks to come.

My question is when would be the best time to consume Pro-GF? I would have this 45mins before my workout on an empty stomach, but, i have to have a pre-workout meal consisting of Low-GI products washed down with a cup of black coffee as i just cant train without some solids inside me. I just ground to a halt on an empty stomach.

Was thinking of taking a Pro-GF serving early morning, maybe 5am'ish on an empty stomach, then going back to bed for an hour or so before having breakfast?

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kk - When we say empty stomach we mean with no protein, you say low GI which suggests you are only taking carbs, Pro GF would be ok with this.

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yeah thats correct, usually consume 3 slices of Low-GI Burgen bread etc.

another thing Kerry, and you've probably answered this so many times before, but when is the best time to take L-Glutamine? I'll be taking around 20grams a day in 2x servings to help with recovery aswell as help repair some old injurys. Ive heard L-Glutamine must be consumed on its own as it can counter-act other things including Creatine?

Thanks again for the advice

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kk - You need to take Lglutamine on an empty stomach (wow, when does this empty stomach exist). Once you have taken it, just wait 10 minutes and then consume what you want.

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Hey kerry,

im new to the site; and slightly new to taking protein supplements, i have dabbled in and out of it before and never found anything stable that i liked, i did make a go of it with maximuscle but found it too expensive and didnt have the right diet plan in place to make much use of it. Now, back for serious gains i have invested in CNP Pro mass, i am 155lbs and 6'2 so im thin and lanky, very hard-gainer! But CNP looks like its the real deal and cost effective too! I also have a decent diet plan in place, im eating 4 meals a day and plan to fit in 2x CNP's to make up 6 meals, i expect good gains this time! However, as part of a special offer with my purchase (bought from another website before finding this one...) the CNP Pro mass came with a power/strength supplement "Not made by CNP" called "Anabol Max", i have checked websites and found that its a fairly cheap supplement and resembles anabolic steroids, but everywhere i look tells me that its a natural and legalised varient; its all very attractive but im slightly cautious of why something that boasts such potential has such a minimal cost. Id also like to mention that my training is tailored towards endurance; as i plan to join the army in a few short months, however will using something like that hinder my chances by showing up on a drug scan?? And are there any health risks i am not being made aware of? Please help me, i will list the ingredients of the supplement below;


D-Ribose

Chrysin (5,7-dihydroxyflavone)
HMB

Creatine Ethyl Ester CEE HCL

5-Methoxy-7-Methoxy-Isoflavone - METHOX




I realise some of these ingredients are already in some of the products that CNP sell, however it is the 5-Methoxy-7-Methoxy-Isoflavone and Chrysin which i know most little about.





Any help would be much appreciated!! Thanks

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kk - Posted at 01.16am!! If you are going to put weight on, you should be in bed asleep mate at 1am. :-)

I appreciate your compliments about CNP (I really do) but I cannot and will not comment on any product made by another company, which apparently makes outrageous claims (and is cheap).

In general, I have worked in the supplement industry for many years and you can get many grades of materials so just because it says "X" is in the product, doesn't mean that "X" is of a quality grade.

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Haha yeah, thats half the issue with me! Too much caffiene in my diet. Late nights!

Thats fair enough, but in relation to CNP then, how about creatine estha and terristus teri...(help me out here with the spelling?) the later sounds like a similar compound, with a more wholesome pricetag which leads me to believe it does what it says on the bottle. But would taking something like that inflict upon my chances of getting into the army? E.g. showing up on drug-testing etc? Im only interested in legalised and low-risk supplementing so im not into any of this steroid-taking larky, but if its drug-free and safe then i see no reason not to give it a whirl! Whats your advice mate?

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kk - CNP do only one product that will fail a drug test, which is Sida Cordifolia, which we clearly label on the lid and website so that people (who may not read the whole label) can clearly see.

Don't worry about anything else, you will not fail a drug test.

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Hello Kerry,

I have just started boxing after three years off and i am three stone over my old fight weight and i would like to get that down so i can start competing again. I am 14 stone at the moment but would like to get down to 11 stone.

Would you say to follow the diet and take the supplements on the CNP website for advice to boxers to get my weight down? And because i am still a amateur do i still follow the weight training advice on your website or will it be diffirent from that one?

If you could let me know what you think with a bit of advice please because it would be a great help, because i am a bit stuck in relation to my weight loss, weight training and supplements.

Many thanks

The fury

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kk - Yeah the diet is designed for boxers, giving you an insight into weight control. The weightlifting regime is important to any athlete but it also depends on your commitment time and energy. As an amateur, your boxing is not as physical (pushing and shoving) as a professional but weight lifting will build strength and a strong muscle contracts faster giving you speed which is very important to amateurs. All the best. KK

http://www.cnpprofessional.co.uk/blog.php/advice-for-boxers-blog-13.html?

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Hi Kerry,

I used to use CNP products about 2 years ago whist I was boxing to keep me in shape and I found them great. At this time I was weighing 14 stone. I then got injured, got a 9-5 job and believe it or not I am now up to over 18 stone.

Can you advise me on what I should be doing and using to get this weight off and back down to 14 ish stone. My problem is I only have the evening to do cardio, I am a terrible cook so rely on tesco's round the corner whilst I am at work and need what ever I eat to be quick and easy. I tried using Pro MR as a lunch replacement but started to find it difficult without solids. I still have a box of Pro MR and a tub of Pro Vital from nearly a year ago where I started to slim down.

Any advice will be much appreciated.

Dan

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kk - I have answered this question a few times, and here is the link

http://www.cnpprofessional.co.uk/forum/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=26893

You say you are using Pro MR as a Meal Replacement but you were finding it difficult without solids. Sorry mate, it's supposed to be difficult, if it wasn't, why would your body cannibalise body fat? Body fat is very important to your body, it is your reserves and it will not let go of those reserves unless your are deficient in energy.

We all find it difficult but do the cardio whenever you can. You must be spending a fortune going to Tesco's round the corner and the nutritional value will not be good. Look at the cost of a Pro MR against the cost of some of the food that you are buying.

Blend a Weetabix or Shredded Wheat into your Pro Mr, that will thicken it up a bit, which might help.

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hi kerry,

When is cnp planning to launch new flavors for cnp products? Recently you had a spawned a thread for discussing this. I would love to see some new flavors for CNP pro-mass.

rgds
anil

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Hi mate.

The new flavours of Pro-MR and Pro-Peptide will be launched next year sometime.

As for Pro-Mass I am not aware that there are any plans for new flavours, but that would be nice.

John.

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kk - Phil Connolly "The Gifted One", is flying in to the UK on the 9th of November spending 4 days here and on the agenda is the new flavours.