C. Cyborg questioned the use of contraceptives when cutting weight. (Photo: Reproduction)
one day after Chris Cyborg reveal that he still needs to lose around 11kg before his next fight, Saturday (24), at UFC Brasilia, a video was released in which the Brazilian appears to be arguing harshly with her nutritionist, George Lockhart, demanding explanations about the use of contraceptive pills in the process of losing weight. The video is part of the “Cyborg Nation” series, which follows the fighter in the week before her duel against Swedish Lina Lansberg.
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The audio of the conversation, in English, has some inaudible parts, but it is possible to understand the subject. Check out the dialogue, translated from English to Portuguese by the “Ultimato” blog team.
Cyborg: You know girls don't need to have a lot of estrogen, it doesn't help at all. He knows?
Lockhart: What you're taking is actually a natural diuretic (inaudible).
Cyborg: No, no.
Lockhart: Yes, it's an androsterone blocker, it blocks androsterone, and your doctor probably doesn't know about it because she doesn't have to cut weight!
Cyborg: She doesn't know why, because (the pill) makes you feel heavy.
Lockhart: What weighs you down?
Cyborg: Explain it to us.
Lockhart: Androsterone is an antidiuretic hormone. (Inaudible and unintelligible excerpts). When that goes up, that's what happens to your body. You start to retain water. And what you're taking now, guess what it does? It blocks androsterone, which makes cutting more efficient.
Cyborg: Okay. Have you read about the (pill) I'm taking?
Lockhart: Of course.
Cyborg: Did you see then that it was banned in the US until 2012? Banned, you couldn't use it before 2012 because it does something to your blood like... (in Portuguese) What's the name of the parade again, Rafael? Clot? Clot, you know that?
Lockhart: (Unintelligible)
Cyborg: I don't know, George, maybe you're angry, but I'm just as angry. Equal. This is my body, not yours. Everything you do for me, I understand, everything I take, I eat. But it's my body, not yours. The only question I don't know is why do I take this to reach 63,5kg? It was difficult, it was difficult, but we weighed 63,5kg. I don't need it in my body. I want to know why you gave me this.
Lockhart: I told you already.
Cyborg: Because of the diuretic.
Lockart: That's number 1. Number 2, your period, when it comes, (unintelligible), your temper goes up there, was something we needed to address. Every cut we want to improve, every cut we want to make easier, and you ask me “Why? I weighed 63,5kg, why do we need that?” We hit 63,5kg, but we don't want to hit 63,5kg every time, we want to improve every time
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