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kidneys' weren't designed to consume "low" levels of protein. humans always ate high protein diets until the advent of agriculture a few thousand years ago.

i usually eat my beans in burrito form. the tortilla shell is wheat so i believe that combination provides all the eaa. i also add some cheese, chili pepper, cumin, salt, and garlic, to taste.

its probably related to the saturate fat. also large amounts of calcium can in hibit vitamin D from being converted to the active form, which is protective against cancer.

no, you can buy either brown or white rice in bags. its dry. then you add water and cook it, and it becomes larger and softer, but it stays white or brown, depending on what you bought. turning brown to white rice is a process that is done in the factory, not your kitchen.

brown rice becomes white rice with processing. you can't process wild rice into anything. wild rice is the seed of a grass. but i don't know the GI of it however.

calculators are a rough estimate of calorie needs. adjust your intake based on how your weight is changing so you lose a pound or two a aweek.

doesn't matter. just have a good breakfast and some slower protein before bed, as well as pre-and post workout nutrition.

really intense cardio that would put tension on the muscles should be avoided. light cardio is ok.

if you grind up 1 cup of flax seeds, whatever you end up with will have the same info as the 1 cup.

http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/

nuts are also quite easy

i don't see what you're getting at. i think my workout is pretty standard and it only takes 30-40 minutes.

1-3 grams (of EPA+DHA, not total oil in the cap) is a good daily dosage.

negatives (or eccentrics) is the phase of a rep where the muslce is lengthening against the weight. for example, in a curl, when the dumbell is moving toward the ground. it can also refer to sets where the concentric portion of the rep is in some way "helped." this could be with a...

i don't know of the ideal ratio, but generally to improve bp you would like more potassium and less sodium. here is a link to a page iwth foods that are high in potassium. http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=nutrient&dbid=90 i think you can alos find salt that has both sodium and...