Lean Dreams™

by ALR Industries

60 Capsules

Why Lean Dreams™?

Come on now, anyone who has experienced the fat loss and appetite modulating results from the new over-the-top energy phenomenon Hyperdrive 3.0™ knows the need for a Night-Time Formula that will continue to modulate fat oxidation, yet support relaxation. You simply cannot stay wired 24/7.

Sleep and Natural GH Production!

Sleep is possibly one of the best natural tools for recovery we can maximize due to a very healthy increase in GH release, IGF-1 conversion and a period where glycogen stores can be replenished to a point of fueling tissue regeneration. Over half of our natural daily GH secretion occurs while we sleep….and we can produce more. In short, we heal the damage we did during the day best while we sleep and burn fat for fuel (cool deal, huh?), if we can create the right environment.

There are a few problems, of course, that commonly hinder real progress in optimal fat loss and lean tissue retention during sleep:

If we sleep too little, recovery sucks, GH release is blunted and fat accumulates.
If we eat enough food to support full recovery, we hinder GH release and increase Insulin release…which means more fat storage while we sleep.
If we eat too little we enter a catabolic state that does result in greater fat loss…but also results in hard earned lean muscle loss too.

Why Is Healthy GH Modulation Paramount?

GH is anti-catabolic meaning it protects against lean mass loss.
GH facilitates recovery for hard working muscles, bones and connective tissue.
GH increases fatoxidation and utilization as energy or for heat production.
What if We Could Modulate Fat Oxidation and Recovery …While aiding Relaxation?

For many years hard-core athletes have used prescription drugs like Clonidine to increase nocturnal growth hormone release 200% and more. Though Clonidine is prescribed to treat high blood pressure (hypertension), misuse for GH stimulation and induced relaxation/sleep has been well noted. Though this has been reported as effective, it is dangerous as well. The use of anti-hypertension drugs when one has normal blood pressure can be disastrous.

The key to this GH releasing/relaxation action is triggering the central cholinergic system, mainly through the presynaptic mechanisms.

Cortisol Eats Lean Tissue …and Promotes Fat Storage

Several hormones and hormone-like-substances trigger catabolism or muscle wasting. Glucagon does so by setting into motion a series of metabolicevents that result in the release of fatty acids, amino acids, and glucose/glycogen from body tissues to restore blood circulatory glucose and energy substrate levels. However, the group we are most concerned with are called corticosteroids or glucocorticoids.

This is a group of steroids that originate at the adrenal cortex of the adrenal glands (above your kidneys). The most commonly discussed hormone of this group is cortisol. When a cortisol molecule merges with a muscle cell cortisol receptor-site, it triggers the release of amino acids from the cell. That probably does not sound like a big deal until you realize that these amino acids come from the breaking down of the muscle cell proteins. This of course means all of that hard earned lean mass tissue begins to waste away and become energy, heat or toilet trash.

Cortisol levels are elevated as a result of stress. Unfortunately, the body views stress stimuli, such as increases in muscle tissue mass, training, sickness, dieting and the spouse or semi-spouse in a bad mood, as reason to increase circulatory cortisol levels. Cortisol production can also inhibit endogenous GH and testosterone production while fueling pathways that allow fat accumulation.

Several studies have now validated that a main factor in fat storage (mostly around the waist and upper thighs) is increased cortisol production. As a result, the amount of fat we add to our waist daily can be favorably altered with a little control. Naturally, relaxation and sleep are paramount, but decreasing total cortisol production alone has a profound affect upon body composition.