No. Thats like saying that diabetics can eat as many carbs as they want, they will just need to pump a little more insulin.

Besides there is still more to the story than just omega-3’s, that was just the point of this blog. Grass-fed meat has 500% more CLA, higher glutathione content, higher vitamin A and vitamin E content, higher antioxidant content, no antibiotics or hormones and they consume pesticide and herbicide-free grass. Want me to keep going?

There is also a limit to how much fish oil you should consume. Polyunsaturates are far less stable and much more prone to oxidation, so you are better off consuming less total polyunsaturates with a higher percentage from n-3’s, rather than consuming more and just off-setting the increase in n-6’s with some more n-3 tabs. Omega-3 supplementation is actually more effective when omega-6 intake is at or below 4% of calories.

Make sense?

Thanks a ton for responding so quickly and thoroughly. I really appreciate that you’d take the time do do that. My mind has been enlightened.

Rob

I hope you will answer this question of mine too! I’m 19 years old, 5′6 and about 16% body fat. I want to lean out and get ripped and I’ve come across several aggressive diet plans that I really like. There’s Lyle McDonald’s protein-spared modified fast, John Berardi’s Get Shredded diet and Shelby Sharnes’s carb cycling diet. I’ve chosen the PSMF approach but am a bit concerned as I usually engage in soccer on Saturday mornings and am not sure if I’ll be affected by the severe caloric and carb restriction. Do you think I should carry on with the diet but add in a refeed every Saturday where I consume more carbs but keep calories at maintenance?

On this diet, I’ll be strength training 3 times a week using stronglifts 5×5 and eating pretty much the same foods:

Breakfast: 5-egg-white-and-2-egg-yolk omelette, 1 apple.

Lunch: 8oz chicken breast, 1 cup broccoli

Dinner: 2 cans tuna, 1 cup pumpkin

That’s about 800kcal. Do you think mercury poisoning is a risk with eating so much tuna? Granted, it’ll only be a 12-day experiment to start…

(((c)))

As someone who lifts weights and does various other types of exercises that Tracy opposes, I’ve seen how these types of buzz words affect women’s views on exercise. Bulking is a very subjective term, and what I view as bulky, someone else might not agree, and vice versa. One thing I have noticed about women and their views on bulk is that a lot of women fear even the slightest sign of muscle showing. This has to do with the fact that most of them are look up to the skinny runway model ideal of what is an attractive body.

I remember reading a poll about what is considered bulky on a woman, and surprisingly, Jessica Biel was the most popular response. I always thought her body was something to marvel at, but I guess my perspective is based on the fact that I don’t fear muscle and am not striving to look like Kate Moss.

I also hate this lean muscle crap that is often advertised (and not just by Tracy). Muscle is muscle, period. I think when most women say that prefer lean muscle, they are saying that would be lean looking, with little to no muscle.

I also find it funny that when Tracy Anderson is airbrushed in promotional photos, muscles are almost always added in, making her look almost “bulky”. In real life, she doesn’t have that much muscle mass, but I find it amusing how she looks on DVD covers and in magazines how a woman in real life would look by doing weight training.

Another interesting observation I noticed is how Tracy has said she hates six-packs on women, but promotes the V-lines on the lower abodomen. I think the V-lines is more masculine than a six-pick, personally. I find it to be one of the sexiest parts on a MAN’S body, but not a woman’s. My friend and I call it the “f–k me” bone because of what it is pointing to.

I’ll admit that Tracy is good at marketing herself and has come up with a fun product. To each is own when it comes to exercise.