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The Science of Canine Supplements
Bob Fritz
Human-grade dietary supplements, formerly reserved for pro athletes and hospitals, are powerful tools for increasing canine performance and health. This seemingly recent breakthrough—actually decades old—is worthy of serious examination by animal health professionals. A review of the scientific literature reveals a long, yet little known record of effectiveness.
The use of specific human-quality dietary supplements for dogs may seem new. However, this is not true. Only the widespread application of these “supersupplements” for dogs is recent. Actually, human-quality supplements have been used on dogs for many decades. For 70 years, teams of scientists at prestigious universities have established the ability of certain nutrients to enhance canine performance and health to unprecedented levels.
If such convincing evidence of the remarkable effectiveness of super-supplements exists, why haven’t you heard about these breakthroughs until now? There are two main reasons.
Reason 1, most of these studies use dogs as test subjects for humans. In other words, dogs were “animal models” for providing insights into human metabolism. Although numerous, these studies generally are hidden in obscure scientific journals. Since these journals pertain to human metabolism, some do not even use the word “dog” in the title. Moreover, some studies are so old they don’t appear on modern computer searches.
Reason 2, veterinarians, the link between nutritional research and you, are often unaware of these discoveries. Understandable when you recognize that veterinarians are rewarded for practicing medicine, not reading isolated scientific journals outside their field. With notable exceptions like Drs. Reynolds, Grandjean and others, many vets are poorly acquainted with advanced nutritional information. And for good reason—this rapidly evolving area is not taught in veterinarian school, nor is it required reading after graduation.
Although little known, the scientific development of today’s canine
super-supplements have passed though five distinct stages. MEDICAL RESEARCH (1600 until present)Since at least the 17th century, dogs have been used to study digestion and absorption.1 In 1816 the noted French scientist Dr. Magendie studied the effect of feeding sugar, olive oil and water to dogs, resulting in nutritive failure.2 Dogs have a long history of use as models for modern advances in insulin therapy, heart transplant and other medical developments.3 Significantly, much of the fundamental understanding of the metabolic alterations caused by infection, burns and trauma derive from canine models.4
Medical Foods, powerful and specialized nutritional tools for meeting exceptional metabolic demands, were first successfully tested on dogs. In 1910, Drs. Abderhalden and Loewi examined the efficacy (scientific validity) of feeding predigested proteins to dogs, decades before this was standard for stressed humans.5,6 Building on this pioneering canine work, medical notables such as Drs. Abbott and Rose continued to develop medical foods, which in time, became “defined” formulas.7
A primary organizing principal of medical foods is their predigested nature. That is, energy sources that are partially predigested into smaller, more easily usable molecular units. Predigested nutrients offer important advantages to stressed individuals.8 In addition to protein, predigested carbohydrates and fats were also tested on dogs with similarly positive results.9
The first medical food formally defined was likely by Dr. Elman in the early 1940s, and was used to boost survival rates in premature infants and burn patients.10 Medical foods have evolved into many variations used to treat conditions ranging from post-surgery to food allergies to digestive diseases.11 The primary recipients of medical foods are hyper-metabolic. In other words, individuals with abnormally rapid metabolic rates which cause wasting of muscle tissue. These individuals typically have energy and nutrient needs 30% to 200% greater than normal, but often have depressed appetites and lowered digestive capabilities.12 To these individuals, predigested medical foods are literally lifesavers.
- NASA “SPACE” FOODS (1962-1970)The next major advance occurred in the early 1960’s in conjunction with the NASA manned space program.13 At the time, space flight was unknown and terrifying. Little was understood about how the body would respond to weightlessness. Dr. Winitz and others took medical foods out of hospitals and investigated their benefits on another stressed population--astronauts. This was a major leap forward because it marked the first time medical foods were used to enhance performance and health, not fight disease or muscle wasting states.14
Results of this research were positive and highly significant. As one example, a group of 24 healthy young males, eating 2,100 to 3,700 calories in medical foods, were closely monitored. The following benefits of medical foods were noted.
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High nutrient density. Medical foods are extremely concentrated in nutrients. With virtually no fillers or food bulk, they are 2-5 times more concentrated than ordinary foods.15 |
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Extreme ease of digestion.Since the best medical foods contain energy sources that are partially predigested, less digestion is required. This is very important in stressed individuals who often have reduced ability to digest ordinary foods.16 |
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Greater absorption.Predigested energy sources are absorbed at high rates. And, absorption is generally very rapid, often appearing in the bloodstream within 12 minutes.17 This rapid availability of energy and nutrients is highly advantageous to stressed individuals. |
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Lowered fecal output.The “low residue” and enhanced absorption of medical foods translate into greatly reduced fecal output. The amount of feces may be decreased by half.18 This reduction is important in dogs during stress conditions. |
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Flexibility.These formulas can be easily modified and tailored according to specific needs. Portability is nearly total, and taste properties can be adjusted to please almost any palate.19 |
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Positive nitrogen balance easily achieved.Studies support the ability of the combined advantages of medical foods listed above to combine to produce a state of positive nitrogen retention.20 Positive nitrogen balance refers to the body’s status of potentially building more tissue and vital compounds than are being broken down (anabolism). Without medical foods, positive nitrogen balance is extremely difficult to achieve in hyper-metabolic individuals, and so muscular tissue wasting is common.21 | |
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| Fig. 1. Experimental setup used to study lactic acid metabolism in resting and running dogs. Fresh air is drawn through the plastic mask enclosing the animal's head, with a volumetric pump. The air is then partly dehumidified, metered, and monitored for its water content by dry and wet thermometry. A rubber drum before the dry-test meter serves to dampen pressure changes due to respiration of the animal. Three metered continuous air samples from the main duct are taken for radioactivity monitoring with an ion-chamber electrometer, for collection into Douglas bags for determination of respiratory CO2 specific activity, and for continuous monitoring of CO2 and O2 content. |
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- SPORTS SCIENCE (1920 until present) Advances in conditioning and nutrition enabling drug-free performances unthinkable just a decade ago trace much of their origins to canine research. The use of dogs to measure metabolic alterations of exercise and nutrition dates back to the earliest days of modern exercise physiology. Scientific notables Drs. A.V. Hill, Dill and others helped build the foundation of modern-day exercise physiology with canine work. In numerous studies, dogs have been used to examine general exercise metabolism, and in more specific studies, lactic acid, amino acid and fat kinetics, among other metabolites.22
Surprising to many, a significant number of today’s most efficacious and powerful sports nutrients and practices were first proven on dogs. Creatine-an important muscle energy nutrient abundant in wild diets but depleted in modern foods—is one example. Recent studies in humans show creatine supplements increase physical performance, the rate of recovery after workouts and protein (muscle) synthesis to a significant degree.23
However, it is not widely known that the first major study revealing the anabolic properties of creatine resulted from canine research. In 1923, Dr. Benedict of Cornell reported his findings on healthy dogs given creatine supplementation. They noted a sharp increase in nitrogen retention in dogs receiving a modest amount of creatine.24 Creatine is naturally found in high amounts in wild prey species, but is found in very low amounts in commercial dog foods because of processing.25
Similarly, the modern widespread use of lactose-reduced whey (lactalbumin) protein for medical foods, human athletes and infant formulas is based on dog studies. In the 1930s, investigators noted the very high biological value (BV) of whey proteins when predigested into small amino acid groups and given to dogs, which has also been found to be the case in human subjects.26
Glucose polymers and medium-chain triglycerides, the predigested nutritional forms of carbohydrates and fats respectively, have been used successfully on dogs with metabolic advantages essentially identical to that noted in human subjects.27
Important insights for optimally effective timing and use of sports supplements and foods has resulted from canine research. The beneficial use of carbohydrate supplementation during exercise has been repeatedly demonstrated in human studies.28 Carbohydrate supplements given during exercise delay fatigue, spare glycogen stores and help fight post-workout muscle breakdown. However, it is not widely known that the first study demonstrating these performance-enhancing benefits occurred via canine research.
In the 1930s, Dr. Dill of Harvard used the famous “Joe” dog to determine if exogenous (extra) calorie sources in the form of carbohydrates could help support blood sugar and extend endurance capacity. Without extra carbohydrates, Joe was able to exercise about two hours to near exhaustion. But when provided carbohydrates in water every 30 minutes with a very brief break during the exercise period, Joe was able to exercise for 17 hours!29
Dr. Dill’s study results may appear to conflict with more recent findings by Drs. Reynolds and Taylor. These respected researchers demonstrated that endurance-trained canine athletes tend to perform better on high fat and protein diets, while high dietary carbohydrate intake may actually reduce physical performance. However, a closer examination of the data reveals that both the high and low carbohydrate advocates may be right.
The positive effects of high carbohydrate intake reported by Dr. Dill, and duplicated many times in human studies, resulted from providing carbohydrates during exercise periods. Carbohydrate intake during endurance activities is practiced by virtually all elite human endurance athletes, and has been repeatedly proven to enhance performance in well controlled human studies.
In contrast to feeding carbohydrates during exercise, Drs. Reynolds, Kronfeld and others provided dietary carbohydrates with meals. Additionally, these carbohydrate sources were generally ordinary dog food ingredients, not the space-age glucose polymers available today.
So it may be that dietary carbohydrates—especially older, cruder sources used in commercial dog feeds, may reduce canine performance when fed in excess amounts at meals. But it appears equally clear that as in humans, regular intake of carbohydrate during endurance exercise may help extend endurance and delay fatigue. |
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More recently, research on dogs has proved the timing of medical foods to be of extreme importance. Taking in high quality predigested medical foods after workouts—within 30 minutes-greatly increased the degree and rate of recovery in dogs after strenuous workouts lasting 150 minutes. The rate of protein synthesis (muscle repair and growth), generally depressed after exercise, was 30% greater in dogs taking in medical foods immediately after workouts.30 This study confirms earlier research on rats and human subjects.31,32,33 |
- CANINE RESEARCH (1900 until present) The canine body has not fundamentally changed in a very long time. However, the understanding of the canine body is undergoing a modern revolution.
This major breakthrough in understanding stems from two main areas of investigation. First, a fresh recognition of the evolutionary food habits of dogs has contributed enormously. The second contribution comes from discovering the many parallels between human and canine exercise metabolism.
The common denominator to these seemingly unconnected discoveries is what scientists refer to as a “unifying theory”. In other words, a new way of looking at old information that suddenly helps make sense of it all—helps explain “why” things are. The unifying theory for dog nutrition may be as old as dogs themselves. It comes from answering a seemingly simple question: |
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In other words, through merciless “natural selection” over eons, what food preferences and traits have dogs evolved to enable their survival? This is not merely an academic question. Until the recent ascent of man destroyed habitats and natural food chains, wild dogs covered more of the world than any other land predator. Clearly, wolves and wild dogs are one of nature’s best-selling genetic designs for survival, and therefore discovering what and how they eat is important.
To understand this eating behavior, a brief review of the biological evolution that’s resulted in modern wild and domestic dogs is in order. Anthropologists generally agree that the ancient lineage of dogs can be traced back to a little creature called a Miacid.34 This small, meat-eating mammal is thought to be the precursor (ancestor) of cats, dogs, bears and related species. Miacids were highly carnivorous, a fact borne out by their teeth and skull remains. However, somewhere about 5 million years ago, dogs began to diverge from this family tree, becoming more generalized in feeding as evidenced by evolving dental features.
Tooth structure and features help experts determine how animals make their living and what they eat. For example, cats, which feature almost exclusively sharp tearing and puncturing teeth, can live their entire adult lives on meat and water meeting all their needs.
In contrast, dogs have much more generalized teeth; powerful and sharp in the front, broader and grinding in the back. Unlike cats, dogs can survive on almost anything, or almost nothing. Not just meat as with cats, but dogs can also supplement the diet with bugs, berries, roots, old road-kills, whatever. Dogs can survive on food items that more specialized cats would not touch.
Dogs are carnivores. However, this catchall phrase is more often used to sell dog food than to provide clarity. Like cats, bears, hyenas and others, dogs belong to the order Carnivora.35 But there are degrees of carnivorous behavior, ranging from pure eaters like cats to much more opportunistic, omnivorous feeders like bears and dogs.
Grizzly and related Brown Bears are the largest land predators. These remarkably powerful animals can weigh up to ¾ of a ton, and have awesome teeth and jaws capable of quickly killing any animal in their world. Yet television wildlife specials reveal that for much of the year, these large animals forage on berries, roots and whatever food sources are available. Similarly, Russian scientists have reported that Polar Bears, which under ideal conditions will consume 200 pounds of seal per day, can resort to eating seaweed rather than starve when times are tough.36
What do dogs eat in the wild? Equally important, how do they eat--in what order do they feast on the different body parts of prey species? And what do these food preferences mean to today’s dogs and medical foods? Ironically, the two groups with the most light to shed on what wild dogs eat--native people and wildlife biologists--have been ignored.
Native peoples throughout the world have lived around wild dogs for millennia. Their intimate knowledge of what and how wild dogs eat has been passed though their folklore for countless generations. Yet because they typically lived in relatively simple cultures, experts considered their observations tainted with mystic significance, and so generally disregarded their valuable insights.
Wildlife biologists are another group with in-depth knowledge of wild dog food habits that are also largely ignored. In general, observations from native peoples and wildlife biologists are in agreement regarding food habits of wolves and wild dogs.
If fortunate enough to make a large kill, wolves and wild dogs frequently follow a stereotyped pattern of opening the lower body cavity, often before consuming internal organs or muscle meat.37
From the stomach and upper intestines, they may extract the partially digested grasses and vegetable matter (digesta) eaten by the prey animal. Since prey species are generally herbivores that can be browsers or grazers, this digesta covers a wide range of grasses, sedges and other vegetable matter.
When they eat small prey such as mice, lemming or even larger fare like hares and rabbits, they generally “wolf” prey items down, generally whole.38 In this way, wolves and wild dogs also tend to consume the stomach contents of the prey animal.
Seen through the lens of “evolutionary adaptation”, a preference for digesta may make survival sense. Inside the intestine and plant matter is a wide array of nutrients including vitamin C, FOS and trace minerals among other nutrients.
Wolves and wild dogs obviously enjoy and benefit from eating meat. Nutrients in meat that promote canine survival and health include amino acids, carnitine, creatine, vitamins and minerals.
But wolves and wild dogs may well have evolved to seek and benefit from the consumption of non-meat dietary components derived from wild diets. |
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H.I.T. AND RUN YOUR AGILITY
DOG TO SUCCESS
By Bob Fritz
As canine nutrition emerges from the Dark Ages, today's dogs are now able to attain major improvements in health and performance. It's not an exaggeration to observe that if you study hard and do the homework, your dog can get the same enormous nutritional benefits enjoyed by today's Olympic and professional athletes.
But canine physical conditioning lags far behind these modern nutritional advances, limiting dogs from reaching their true potential. While training, like operant conditioning and obedience work, has become quite sophisticated, physical training remains rooted in myths that hold back canine performance.
New discoveries into the nature of the canine body, coupled with recent advances in human conditioning, offer an exciting new method of workouts enabling agility dogs to attain higher levels of performance. This method is called H.I.T., short for High Intensity Training. H.I.T. empowers dogs to reach higher levels of canine fitness, increased performance and reduced fatigue. And as a side benefit, H.I.T. workouts take much less time and reduce the chance of injury.
H.I.T. is not obedience or other type of training. Instead, H.I.T. is a physical conditioning program to make the other training dogs do more productive and effective. H.I.T. builds high level fitness so your dog fatigues much less during training, meaning his focus and concentration are improved. In turn, reduced fatigue translates into improved agility performance and reduced chance of injury.
The only downside to H.I.T. workouts is that they require a little more attention to detail and observation of your dog. And H.I.T. workouts are most productive with the use of an electric treadmill, which admittedly, can be a fairly expensive purchase. But the small amount of added work and cost is far outweighed by the rapid gains in health and performance H.I.T. provides.
H.I.T. workouts are increasingly popular with serious human athletes. A recent study showed H.I.T. workouts increased metabolic rate and calorie burning for an incredible 15 hours after workouts, compared to just 2 hours for aerobic conditioning.
WHY H.I.T. WORKOUTS?
The dog is the ultimate land aerobic athlete. In their ability to utilize oxygen during long-term running, wild canines like wolves beat them all. And as research by the late Dr. Taylor of Harvard and others has shown, domestic dogs share this remarkable aerobic capacity. In fact, canine athletes have over twice the capacity to produce energy aerobically than even the best Olympic marathon champions.
Because of the ultra-high aerobic capacity of canines, most dogs never reach their true potential. That's because dogs possess so much inborn aerobic endurance that almost any exercise increases their fitness to levels far above humans. And that's accepted as OK, even at top level agility competition. But because canine fitness gains seem so easy, few dogs are taxed to upper the levels they are capable of, never developing their true potential.
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Sport scientists typically use heart rate measured in beats per minute as an indicator of how hard an athlete can and should exercise aerobically. There is an optimal "training zone" which is generally between 50-75% of the maximum heart rate. In humans, the maximal heart rate is about 220 beats per minute, so the training zone is about 150-175, depending on the age of the individual.
Problem is, dogs have maximal heart rates far above humans and far higher than most fanciers are aware of. During exercise, the canine heart can beat 300 beats per minute, which would prove fatal to any human athlete. At 300 beats per minute, the canine heart pumps several times every second! By the time your own feet begin to hurt and you're running out of air, your dog is actually just getting warmed up.
In reality, dogs have to work very hard to reach the upper levels of their training heart rate zones. Workouts that are taxing for humans exert the dog much less. For example, running at a rate that exhausts humans is far below even the lower range of the canine training zone for a fit dog.
H.I.T. is the ideal method of achieving the higher heart rates needed to induce higher level fitness in Agility dogs. Ordinary conditioning techniques fall short of achieving the upper levels of heart rate and subsequent fitness gains that H.I.T. provides. In the 21st century, H.I.T. will become a common conditioning strategy for entering the winner's circle.
H.I.T. WORKOUTS
H.I.T. basics are simple. The opposite of aerobics, which are done at a constant speed, H.I.T. workouts involve periods of hard running, immediately followed by a recovery period sufficient to let the dog "catch his breath". Then, the dog runs very hard again, rests again, runs, rests, etc. This work and recovery cycle is repeated multiple times during the workout, raising the heart rate in the high canine training zone where real improvement occurs.
H.I.T. workouts are ideally done no more than 3 to 4 times per week. Any more than this, overtraining tends to occur.
How hard and how long each run lasts, coupled with the amount of rest time taken to catch a dog’s breath between each run, is what makes H.I.T. different from other types of conditioning.
PART 1: HOW HARD AND LONG A DOG RUNS
There are two main factors determining running intensity. First, is the rate-in other words, how fast the dog runs. Second, how long this speed is kept, the duration. Generally, H.I.T. running speed ranges between 2 to 12 miles per hour. The greater the speed, the faster the dog fatigues.
PART 2: THE REST INTERVAL BETWEEN RUNS
The length of the rest period is important. The time must be sufficient to recover enough for the next run. Generally, rest intervals range from 30 seconds to 5 minutes, depending on the intensity of the run (above) and the dog's physical condition. As dogs become fitter, they recover faster.
Human athletes increasingly use electric treadmills for H.I.T. workouts, and these machines are also ideal for conditioning. Today's electric treadmills enable you to control speed and rest intervals exactly, so you precisely tailor workouts to your dog's current ability and goals. Electric treadmills are useful during bad weather, offer safety advantages and are durable and well made.
| SAMPLE H.I.T. WORKOUT |
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2 MPH |
| #1 Run |
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2 Minutes |
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8 MPH |
| Recovery Walk |
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2 Minutes |
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2 MPH |
| #2 Run |
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2 Minutes |
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8 MPH |
| Recovery Walk |
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2 Minutes |
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2 MPH |
| #3 Run |
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2 Minutes |
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8 MPH |
| Recovery Walk |
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2 Minutes |
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2 MPH |
| #4 Run |
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2 Minutes |
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8 MPH |
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2 Minutes |
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2 MPH |
So there's an effective H.I.T. workout. In about 30 minutes, your dog reached the heart training zone needed to build higher levels of power, endurance and performance. In the process, you've helped develop an enhanced ability to clear lactic acid, stimulated hard to reach explosive fast twitch muscle fibers. Plus, you stimulated the metabolic rate and help burn fat.
SIDEBAR
- H.I.T. is best done at end of training session, after obedience and other work.
- 3-4 times per week of H.I.T. is sufficient, more leads to overtraining.
- As the dog's fitness increases, increase the speed and/or time of the runs,
or shorten the rest interval.
- Use H.I.T. to gradually build fitness over time-do not rush it.
SUMMARY
Almost any performance-bred dog beginning with good health and reasonable fitness can make major gains from H.I.T. H.I.T. is increasingly popular with human athletes because it augments aerobic and other training, while taking little time. Yet, H.I.T. delivers enormous payoffs. After you use this scientific conditioning program, you'll see why you can now H.I.T. and run your dog to agility success.
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- Proven Effectiveness Two decades of unparalleled success in Olympics, pro sports, police dog and other grueling arenas prove our formulas the gold standard to which others are compared. Each strengthens metabolic weak links for a specific stage of life. New natural healing formulas rival prescription drugs.
- Natural Ingredients Beyond natural, beyond organic are “evofoods” that recreate evolutionary diets. In 1981, we originated evofoods and have improved them to a higher degree than anybody. Incredible smell and taste from the finest whole foods and extracts are unrivaled in the industry. No artificial colorings, flavorings or preservatives.
- Recyclable Packaging materials are blends of recycled and/or recyclable, biodegradable materials. Food ingredients are from sustainably grown, renewable stocks. We never knowingly use depleted, high conservation or endangered sources.
- State-of-the-Art Science For 20 years, we’ve created-then improved-the most advanced products in the world. Scientists help scan hundreds of medical journals for new breakthroughs in natural medicine, sports science, etc. to make products evermore powerful and cost effective.
- Clean Production We go the added step to produce under strict GMP standards. We believe you should not feed your pet any ingredient you would not eat yourself, or from a packaging facility you would not eat in.
WE MAKE NATURAL AWESOME
NATURAL USED TO MEAN LAST PLACE. When I began creating human and canine foods, natural was code for “ineffective”. Natural nutrition just wasn’t effective; natural athletes lost to druggies. Natural bodybuilders looked like scrawny kids next to druggies. In drug tested contests, performance levels fell dramatically.
To insiders, natural was a joke.
22 years later, natural foods I helped develop make today’s human and canine athletes leaner, faster and stronger. Improvements in power, strength and endurance are almost beyond belief. These products allow athletes to train harder, more often. The day to day difference in accelerating recovery and reducing muscle damage exceed even performance drugs. As proof, natural athletes tested for drugs actually beat drugged athletes and shatter old drug records.
Natural is no longer a joke.
Literally millions of athletes have set new levels of
personal performance using these breakthroughs.
How did these products grow to eclipse drugs and power virtually every modern athlete? Renowned scientists from local universities Stanford and Berkeley helped. So did pro athletes and dogs to test on. But the real key to ongoing innovation of these natural products was not science, but Nature. Unlocking more hidden genetic potential required a fresh look at the evolutionary design of humans and canines.
By coaxing Nature’s DNA secrets from the human, canine and equine body, my past products have changed the rules for drug-free performance. But my newest products surpass everything that’s gone before, in my opinion. These formulas contain power and safety impossible just a few years ago. Since increased performance is founded on health, overall health is raised.
And my new therapeutics make natural healing a reality. Until now, natural remedies for pets were even more of a joke than nutrition used to be. A nice idea that just did not work.
My new healing formulas rival prescription drugs
effectiveness, yet are 100% natural…and cost less!
22 years ago, I transformed natural from a joke into a revolution, changing sports forever. It’s hard to find a serious athlete who has not raised performance and health through the use of these products. Everyday, throughout the world, Professional, Olympic and other athletes use these formulas to compete against—and beat—drugged athletes.
Below is a partial list of these landmark products.
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
UNIPRO: Marketing Manager, November 1982 to January 1987.
1982
- AMINO 1000™ First sports nutrition application of milk protein peptide-free
form amino acids mixtures.
- Created Professional and Olympic Athlete Research Program.
1983
- CARBOPLEX™ First sports nutrition application of glucose polymers.
- LIPOPLEX™ First sports nutrition application of MCTs (medium-chain triglycerides).
- OXYGIZER™ First American sports nutrition application of alpha ketoglutarate
(PAK: Pyridoxal 5 phosphate alpha ketoglutarate).
1984
- BCAAS™ First American sports nutrition application of branched-chain
amino acids (L-Leucine, L-Isoleucine, L-Valine)
- CREATINE 1500™ First American sports nutrition application of creatine.
1985
- JOURNAL OF SPORTS SCIENCE First sports science abstract review for non-scientists.
- First sports nutrition advisory board of multi-disciplinary front-line researchers.
- First American research study of PAK: co-design of experimental protocol.
1986
- High school football workout book with Howie Long and Lyle Alzado, 39 pg.
- PAK study presented at ACSM (American College of Sports Medicine).
CHAMPION NUTRITION: Director of Sales and Marketing,
January 1987 to January 1990
1987
- MUSCLE N2ITRO™ First American sports nutrition succinate application;
Point of sale literature, print ad.
1988
- POWER PASTA™ First sports nutrition application of protein/carbohydrate
enriched pasta. Label, point of sale literature, print ad.
- METABOLOL II™ First L-lactate enhanced Optimizer: research, label and ad copy.
- CYTOMAX™ STUDY # 1 Co-design of experimental protocol.
- METABOLOL II STUDY # 1 Co-design of experimental protocol.
1989
- CYTOMAX STUDY # 2 Co-design of experimental protocol.
- METABOLOL II STUDY # 2 Co-design of experimental protocol.
- CYTOMAX™ First sports nutrition application of concentrated L-lactates.
- CYTOMAX STUDY # 1 Presented study at International Sports Congress,
Leningrad, USSR via Dr. Thomas Fahey.
ABR/APRL: President, January 1990 to 2000.
1990
- METABOLOL II STUDY # 1 Presented study at ACSM via Dr. Fahey.
- METABOLOL II STUDY # 2 Presented study at ACSM via Dr. Fahey.
- PEAK PERFORMANCE™ First commercial canine sports nutrition supplement.
- STEROIDS AND DOGS HANDBOOK Academic review, 50 pg.
1991
- HOME ANABOLIC KIT™ First sports nutrition application of Nitrogen
Balance testing. FDA approved, patented.
- MUSCLE CHEM™ Advanced Optimizer.
- MAXIMIZE™ Advanced Amino Acid.
- STEROID ALTERNATIVE HANDBOOK Co-author with Dr. Thomas Fahey, 197 pg.
1992
- WEIDER HOME ANABOLIC KIT Second generation.
- PRE FLEX HYPERDRIVE™ First effervescent version of L-lactate supplement.
- N2ITRO FIRE™ Nitrogen balance optimizing powder.
- POST FLEX PM™ Pre-sleep anti-catabolic formula.
- HOME ANABOLIC KIT STUDY #1.
1993
- ELITE ATHLETE TESTING SERVICE First mail-in steroid hormone lab testing.
- Developed 7 Products for GEN LINC.
1994
- POWER JERKY™ First USDA approved, all natural nutritionally fortified jerky for athletes.
- PEAK CONDITION Sports supplement for dogs.
1995
- CORT BUSTER™ First commercial sports nutrition application of
phosphatidylserine as oral cortisol antagonist. Patent pending.
1996
- PEAK GROW™ First commercial reproduction of canine bitch milk.
1997
- POWER MEAT™ First commercial mixture of USDA human grade wild meats and PEAK 2.
- PEAK STRIDE™ Joint mobility canine enhancer.
- PEAK SENIOR™ Anti-aging canine formula.
- FAST TWITCH™ Sprint dog (greyhound) formula.
1998
- PEAK EQUINE™ Race horse supplement.
- PERFORMANCE DOG MAGAZINE Magazine devoted to performance dogs.
- MUSCLE MILK™ First human bodybuilding product based on human milk profile.
- ENDOCRE3™ First endogenous creatine formula with glycocyamine.
ANIMAL NATURALS, LLC CEO 2002 to Present.
- MUSCLEJACK™ First commercial use of Longifolia.
- EVOBODYBUILDING™ Natural diet and workouts based on the
inner cavemen in modern humans, 116 pages.
- CARNIVORE COOKIES TM Fortified gourmet “superbiscuit” using
Rhodiola and other functional foods.
- FEEL FULL™ Appetite suppressant using nutrients to raise body’s own feel full hormone, CCK.
- SHOW & GO™ Performance and appearance natural equine product.
- JOINT RE-GEN™ First human commercial activated glucosamine topical spray.
- COOL SPOT™ First 100% natural commercial spray to guarantee total recovery from hot spots.
NEW PRODUCT CATEGORIES HELPED CREATE
- Amino Acids (Whey peptide/casein free-form).
- BCAAs (Branched-chain amino acids).
- Complex Carbohydrate Powders (CARBOPLEX, etc).
- MCTs.
- Alpha KetoGlutarates.
- L-lactate Polymers (CYTOMAX, etc).
- Home Anabolic Kits.
- Defined Predigested Meals for Dogs.
- Mail-In Hormone Tests.
- Sport Jerky (POWER JERKY, etc).
- Drug-Free Cortisol Antagonists.
- Glucose Polymer/Amino Acid Fortified Pasta.
- Human Grade Canine Metabolic Optimizers.
- Human Breast Milk Analogs (MUSCLE MILK).
- Endogenous Creatine Synthesizer (ENDOCREATINE).
- Freeze dried raw meat with daily RDAs (POWERMEAT).
- Super fortified gourmet meat dog biscuits (CARNIVORE COOKIES)
- Longifolia testosterone prohormone. (MUSCLEJACK).
- Topical hyaluronate spray (JOINT RE-GEN).
WRITING
- 50 + National articles.
- 7 Newsletters.
- Publisher, PERFORMANCE DOG
- 50 + Brochures.
- 75 + National print ads.
- 3 radio ads.
- 4 Books.
- 1 Infomercial, LEAN SOLUTION.
PATENTS
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