The 4-Hour Body - An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman - Timothy Ferriss
protein production. There is evidence that growth factors are triggered by cell volume
regulating elements (CVRE) that, in e ect, tell DNA to replicate when intracellular hydration is
optimal. If that weren't enough, as Dr. Doug McGu has pointed out, when the water-containing
interior of the cell is maximally hydrated, receptors for hormones, "sitting as they do on the
surface of the cell membrane, become maximally convexed into the environment where the
hormones are circulating, thus allowing for maximal hormonal interaction with the receptor
sites."
Just water. Bah.
Second: the sarcoplasmic volume increase is not just a uid (water) increase. It also
corresponds to more mitochondria, more glycogen, and larger stores of both adenosine
triphosphate (ATP, the energy currency of cells) and phosphocreatine (PC, a high-energy
reserve)