Daily Q&A

• May 13, 2008
  There is absolutely no truth to this statement about pyruvate inhibiting muscle cell growth. It is scientifically and physiologically impossible to inhibit muscle growth with pyruvate.



• May 12, 2008
  Depending on your weight and overall activities, you should see a significant increase in your daily burn, but not 400-500 calories unless you are very large or start moving more based on feeling an increase in energy.



• May 11, 2008
  Since 1994 with the incorporation of the Dietary Supplement Health Education Act (DSHEA) dietary supplements, including herbal manufacturers became responsible to police themselves.



• May 10, 2008
  Absolutely, in fact you can deliver your fluid/water needs anyway you like: diet drinks, tea, milk, coffee, plain water, etc. It's always best to fulfill your fluid needs with as few calories as possible because caloric fluids do not satiate as well as the same amount of calories from foods.



• May 09, 2008
  Generally, you should not use bodybugg for the purposes of weight loss while pregnant because you will have to gain weight in order to healthily support the development of the fetus. If you hope to continue a weight loss program during your pregnancy, you must clear it with your physician.



• May 08, 2008
  We have formulated all of our bars and cookies to contain as little hydrogenated oil as possible, which is very close to zero. While we are seeking ways to reduce the trans fatty acids (TFA) in our products to absolute zero,



• May 07, 2008
  No, there are no known safety issues with Pyruvate, but we prefer you only use it until you reach your goal or simply to hasten progress in the beginning so that you stay motivated.



• May 06, 2008
  There are a few things you can do. You may have noticed that on days when you are not at work (sitting) your daily caloric expenditure is significantly higher than on days when you do work. This can help you balance out your total burn for the week . . .



• May 05, 2008
  The bodybugg is only designed to be worn on the back of the upper right arm (tricep area), touching the skin. When the armband was in development all of our studies and tests were conducted on the upper right arm.



• May 04, 2008
  What matters is your surplus at the end of the day.



• May 03, 2008
  The weight control equation is as simple as consuming fewer calories than you expend, and anyone can do this.



• May 02, 2008
  All muscle gain depends on experience, genetics, and gender. A novice at any age can acquire muscle tissue. However, as a person ages, the amount of hormones the body produces lessens, making muscle gain slower and more difficult.



• May 01, 2008
  As you know your body is always using calories (for producing movement, replacing old tissues, continuous cellular energy, etc.) and not all from incoming food.



• April 30, 2008
  The Apex team thinks very little of vitamin water and most other new "vitamin spiked" foods or fluids--primarily because people who consume these products end up with no idea as to their daily total intake of vitamins and minerals (VM).



• April 29, 2008
  Alcohol cannot be converted to blood sugar, instead it must be processed as fat in order to be used as energy. And it must be used because there is no place in the human body to store alcohol like we do with excess foods (fat and glycogen stores),



• April 28, 2008
  If fat loss is the primary goal then it's a simple formula: the more work you perform, the more calories you will burn--the work being a combination of time and intensity.



• April 27, 2008
  Sweating is a function the body performs in order to cool down as temperatures within the body begin to rise.



• April 26, 2008
  It really doesn't matter. Your goal is muscle gain, therefore you'll be averaging a calorie surplus each day.



• April 25, 2008
  Only if the beer was all you consumed following a workout . . .



• April 24, 2008
  The Apex team believes this myth started during the Tab/saccharin diet drink era of the early 70s (probably initiated or perpetuated by the sugar industry) and although this myth continues to survive it's not nearly as widespread as it once was.