A recent report that is slated to be released in the July 2010 Consumer Reports magazine has revealed that an independent, 3rd party testing facility found copius amounts of heavy metals in many of the top selling protein powder.

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Sure, I could write this long, in-depth article about the numerous reasons why your diet may be failing you. It could be a hormonal issue or the fact that your overtraining your body (most do) or, for the most part, your just undereating. I’m going to choose the road less traveled. I’m going to present a few of the predominate issues that one faces when they are attempting to lose fat and maintain muscle mass and what the “quick” change is. Note that there is no such thing as a quick change with your diet, just a daily change.

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With the merger of supplement companies and bodybuilding information sites, consumers can find any type of protein powder that they’d like and it seems that a new protein powder comes out almost weekly that touts certain differences over competitors products. This usually brings up talks on fitness discussion forums about which product is better.

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About once a week I get approached by someone looking for beginner muscle building information. They’ve read the magazines and watched the videos online then they get into the gym to start building muscle. The problem is, they end up doing pro bodybuilding routines and overtraining quickly. After seeing this time and time again, I’ve  decided to come up with this beginner muscle building faq.

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