[John]

You will get into this material in the “bulk, cut, recomp” lecture. A main driver behind this issue is systemic inflammation, localized within liver, and leading to some insulin resistance.

So we have a few things to manage systemic stress and inflammation:

Sleep (poor sleep increase insulin resistance)

Stress management (cortisol increases visceral fat)

Don’t overfeed excessively when massing, also limit overfeeding on added sugars and saturated fats.

Limit cheat meals

3-4 servings fruit and veg per day

3g omega3 per day

Limit all Oral AAS

Have times of decreased AAS usage to normal physiological levels

Implement Metformin year round (personally I uses 500mg daily with last meal)

Keep body weight and body fat lower, this is a big one.

[John]

Hey Pavlos, those specific supplements the absorption won’t get impeded by food. I would still take them with the meal to limit any GI upset though.