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I would just like to second Jiberish's suggestion to read Wahaika's thread from BEboard or Nbelab. That thread is awesome, and I honestly believe everyone doing any kind of NBE should read it. It doesn't only apply to people who are following Wahaika's recommended program. I may not agree with everything Wahaika says about NBE, but there's no question in my mind that his thread is by far the best overview of the subject. That doesn't mean that every last detail in the following thread is necessarily correct. You can and should come to your own conclusions about the exact details. Everyone should be willing to do their own research. I know it's been said a million times, but it's also worth restating, if only to remind myself.

When I'm not feeling stupid and lazy, I try to identify the specific claims made and then go to a site like pubmed to find human in vivo studies supporting those claims. I always regret it later when I fail to do the footwork. Of course, sometimes the studies are inconclusive or nonexistent, in which case you have to look to the experiences of people with successful programs who included important info about weight gain, growth retention, age etc. Articles are helpful, but they should have references, otherwise there's no way to know whether the author's opinions are really supported by evidence.

Now that the disclaimer is out of the way, here's the link, if you haven't seen it already (the second post is the one about positive/negative feedback loops): http://beboard.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=Routines&action=display&thread=3029