bodybuilding diet health risks

hey, what’s going on guys? sean nalewanyjhere, seannal.com, bodytransformationtruth.com and enough people have asked me about it.so, here it is marijuana and bodybuilding. does smoking pot affect muscle growth or fatloss? now, two things first before i continue. number one; this video is specifically addressingthe effects of marijuana consumption on building muscle or burning fat. so, is there any directconnection between the two? whatever other negative or positive effects that it mighthave on someone’s health, that’s not the topic here. that’s a massive subject. andyou can research on your own to weigh out the benefits and drawbacks for yourself. andsecondly, this is a completely unbiased video where i’m just presenting the facts thatare available as i see them. i’m not advocating

smoking pot or not smoking pot. i could careless whether you do it or not. it’s totally your choice. so, i’m going to attempt -- keywordattempt to keep this concise. that usually doesn’t happen, but let’s try. so, thetypical response that you’ll usually get when it comes to the issue of marijuana andbodybuilding is usually something along the lines of, you know, if you smoke weed, then,you’ll just end up lazy and unmotivated. you’ll skip workouts, you won’t trainintensely, you’ll get the munchies and over eat, you won’t be able to focus, so on andso forth. and i personally think that’s just kind of a lazy almost clich㩠answerat this point, because it doesn’t say anything at all about the dosage and the frequencyinvolved, individual differences that might

come into play or what the actual researchsays on the issue. so when it comes to weed and bodybuilding, the main issues of concernare basically hormonal. so, the way that it affects levels of testosterone, growth hormoneand estrogen. and i have reviewed the research that is available. and as far as i can tell,there are no studies, currently, that show that moderate marijuana use has a significantlong-term effect on those hormones that would cause you to gain muscle or burn fat lesseffectively. at least not to a degree that would be noticeable. so, with testosterone,you basically see small short-term decreases after smoking, which then go back to baselinefairly quickly afterwards. and even when test levels do drop, they still stay within thenormal range. heavy use might be a different

story. but again, the studies are still mixed.some show lower levels, but again, still within the normal range. and other show no real differenceat all. and again, remember that the simple act of increasing or decreasing testosteronelevels that really doesn’t say anything on its own, because in terms of it affectingmuscle growth, those levels have to be raised or lowered, and to a significant enough degreeand then sustained over prolonged period in order for it to really matter. so, after testosterone,you have growth hormone. in this area, you only see decreases when very large doses ofpure thc are given. and even then the decrease is pretty minor and it’s temporary. andone study even showed an increase in growth hormone. and when it comes to estrogen, again,mixed results. i’m not going to go into

all the details here. some in-vitro research.so, basically test tube studies that were done on rat cells. those have shown an estrogenlowering effect. but then the research that was done on live rats, couldn’t replicateit. and research -- some research has shown a negative effect, but only at very high doses.and i will provide some references in the description box below, if you do want to checkthem out. so, based on the studies that i’ve seen as well as just general anecdotal evidence,i personally can’t see any good reason to tell you that moderate use of marijuana wouldslow down your rate of muscle growth or a fat loss. and even if it did, it probablywould be very minor and you probably wouldn’t even notice it. now, that obviously assumesthat your overall training and your diet remain

exactly the same. if marijuana use causesbehavioral changes, which is then carry over to your bodybuilding program, that’s obviouslya different story. for example, if it causes you to significantly over eat on a consistentbasis, because of increases in appetite, then of course, that’s going to have consequenceswhen it comes to fat gain. or if you consume it close to your training sessions, and youfind that it lowers your workout quality or either you end up skipping all together, obviously,that’s not a good thing either. but again, those are behavioral changes that are withinyour control. and they aren’t a direct result of marijuana itself, physically lowering yourbody’s muscle building or fat burning capability. now, what about frequent heavy use? my stancethere is just that i don’t see enough information

for me to comfortably say that that’s notgoing to have any effect. it very well might not have an effect, but i just don’t knowfor sure. so, if you’re someone who is using it daily or multiple times a week, again,it might be totally fine. i don’t know. but i would say to just take the facts thati’ve given into consideration. do some research on your own. and then, weigh it off againsthow it affects you personally, and what you’re fitness goals are and then just decide foryourself. as for moderate use, so maybe once a week or less, again, i’m not advocatingthat you smoke or don’t smoke pot, but from a pure bodybuilding perspective, i reallycan’t see it being a problem. it’s possible that there are other health reasons why youshouldn’t smoke it. but that’s beyond

the scope of this video, and it’s somethingthat you’ll just have to research and decide for yourself. so, thanks for watching guys.i hope that was an unbiased evidence-based answer to the question. i know that some peopledo get flustered by this topic. but it’s 2015, alcohol is a drug, the stuff in yourpre-workout is a drug. there are a lot more serious things to worry about in my opinion,than if someone smokes a bit of pot here and there, just my opinion. feel free to sharethe video. if you enjoyed it, hit the like button, comment and subscribe. if you wantto check out my complete step-by-step body transformation blueprint system that showsyou how to maximize your muscle-building and

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guides, then you can click here or you canvisit bodytransformationtruth.com. the link is in the description box. and my officialwebsite is seannal.com, where you’ll find plenty of other free tips and useful information.talk to you guys again soon.