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The Two Things That Make You Fat
There are two main causes of all of today's obesity problems. These two evils are sugar and saturated fats. Sugar is extremely sweet, and therefor addictive and easy to eat a lot of. When you eat sugar, your body digests it so quickly that your insul ?more
What You Should Eat For Optimum Health
We often wonder what we should eat for optimum health and even the government has recently flip flopped its food pyramid which you can see at MyPyramid.gov. Heres an overview of the 2005 dietary guidelines from the government. First off, according to ?more
Nutrition - Veggies: The Miracle Food
Continuing our series on healthy eating, this seems to be the perfect time to talk about fruits and vegetables and how critical they are to our health. WHERE WE ARE TODAY: The sad truth is that we (Americans) are just not eating enough vegetables. Th ?more
Eat Your Way to Increased Energy
It's a well-known fact that you are what you eat -- as far as your physical health goes. But it's so easy to get off the track and fill up on empty calories instead of eating wholesome energy-packed foods. For example, how many times have you heard c ?more
Grow Your Own Superfood
Wheat grass has become one of the more popular "go green" dietary supplements. You find it offered at premium prices in juice bars, health shops, and many restaurants. It can be purchased in juice, salad, smoothie, pill, and powdered form. So, what's ?more
Lose Weight with Proper Nutrition
If your mission, goal, resolution or whatever you are calling it, is to lose weight, then there is no better, more sure fire way to burn that fat then to implement a proper nutrition program. Before you start panicking and thinking you will be eating ?more
Is Health Food Really Junk Food In Disguise?
Walk into any health food store, grocery store, or mass merchandiser store and you'll surely find a vast assortment of healthy nutritional bars somewhere in the store. They claim to pack a nutritional punch and give you the necessary nutrition and nu ?more
High Fructose Corn Syrup Lies
First, what High Fructose Corn Syrup is is a syrupy liquid created by processing corn starch with different kinds of enzymes to make glucose, and then later add fructose. You can see the total process by Google-ling 'high fructose corn syrup process' ?more
2nd Most Important Meal of the Day-Post Workout Nutrition
The second most important meal of the dayPost Training, or Post Game, Post-Practice, Post Workout, Post Activity. During activity the body is stressed physically, mentally, and emotionally. Your muscle glycogen stores (stored carbohydrate) in the mus ?more
Some Fats Are Good-- Don't Avoid These Super Healthy Fats
The word 'fat' has a negative connotation in society. It's not a good word at all. Which is probably why a lot of people avoid it in their diets like the plague. Avoiding some fats like trans fats and saturated fats is a good thing. Those fats can ca ?more
The Rule of 90%
If you have been reading my newsletters you know I place a lot of emphasis on nutrition for achieving the body that you want. The way I see it, to get optimum results nutrition is 45%, rest/recovery is 35%, and exercise is 20%. Yup, I place exercise ?more
Papayas: A Powerhouse Of Digestive Enzyme Nutrition
Sweet and succulent, this elongated, pear shaped fruit is loaded with more vitamin C than an orange. It has a velvety soft, almost buttery-like, texture which Christopher Columbus described as "fruit of the angels". Once considered quite rare and exo ?more
5 Super Healthy Foods You Probably Aren't Eating
There are a lot of different foods out there that pack a nutritional punch. Most people tend to stick to the usual suspects when it comes to tasty nutritionsuch as apples, oranges, bananas, broccoli, spinach, and tomatoes. But variety is the spice of ?more
How To Get Nutritious Fast Food
Ok, a meat slicer is not the most thrilling subject to write an article on but you would be surprised how important they are to people! We certainly take it for granted that we can reach into the fridge and pull out a few conveniently sliced pieces o ?more
Carbohydrates, Proteins And Their Benefits
High protein foods consist in whole or in part, of milk products, eggs, meats, poultry, fish, spinach, soybean, shellfish, edible crustacean e.g. shrimp, crab, lobster, etc; also less obvious sources of high protein are legumes, whole grains, rice, c ?more
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The Two Things That Make You Fat
There are two main causes of all of today's obesity problems. These two evils are sugar and saturated fats. Sugar is extremely sweet, and therefor addictive and easy to eat a lot of. When you eat sugar, your body digests it so quickly that your insul ?more
What You Should Eat For Optimum Health
We often wonder what we should eat for optimum health and even the government has recently flip flopped its food pyramid which you can see at MyPyramid.gov. Heres an overview of the 2005 dietary guidelines from the government. First off, according to ?more
Nutrition - Veggies: The Miracle Food
Continuing our series on healthy eating, this seems to be the perfect time to talk about fruits and vegetables and how critical they are to our health. WHERE WE ARE TODAY: The sad truth is that we (Americans) are just not eating enough vegetables. Th ?more
Eat Your Way to Increased Energy
It's a well-known fact that you are what you eat -- as far as your physical health goes. But it's so easy to get off the track and fill up on empty calories instead of eating wholesome energy-packed foods. For example, how many times have you heard c ?more
Grow Your Own Superfood
Wheat grass has become one of the more popular "go green" dietary supplements. You find it offered at premium prices in juice bars, health shops, and many restaurants. It can be purchased in juice, salad, smoothie, pill, and powdered form. So, what's ?more
Lose Weight with Proper Nutrition
If your mission, goal, resolution or whatever you are calling it, is to lose weight, then there is no better, more sure fire way to burn that fat then to implement a proper nutrition program. Before you start panicking and thinking you will be eating ?more
Is Health Food Really Junk Food In Disguise?
Walk into any health food store, grocery store, or mass merchandiser store and you'll surely find a vast assortment of healthy nutritional bars somewhere in the store. They claim to pack a nutritional punch and give you the necessary nutrition and nu ?more
High Fructose Corn Syrup Lies
First, what High Fructose Corn Syrup is is a syrupy liquid created by processing corn starch with different kinds of enzymes to make glucose, and then later add fructose. You can see the total process by Google-ling 'high fructose corn syrup process' ?more
2nd Most Important Meal of the Day-Post Workout Nutrition
The second most important meal of the dayPost Training, or Post Game, Post-Practice, Post Workout, Post Activity. During activity the body is stressed physically, mentally, and emotionally. Your muscle glycogen stores (stored carbohydrate) in the mus ?more
Some Fats Are Good-- Don't Avoid These Super Healthy Fats
The word 'fat' has a negative connotation in society. It's not a good word at all. Which is probably why a lot of people avoid it in their diets like the plague. Avoiding some fats like trans fats and saturated fats is a good thing. Those fats can ca ?more
The Rule of 90%
If you have been reading my newsletters you know I place a lot of emphasis on nutrition for achieving the body that you want. The way I see it, to get optimum results nutrition is 45%, rest/recovery is 35%, and exercise is 20%. Yup, I place exercise ?more
Papayas: A Powerhouse Of Digestive Enzyme Nutrition
Sweet and succulent, this elongated, pear shaped fruit is loaded with more vitamin C than an orange. It has a velvety soft, almost buttery-like, texture which Christopher Columbus described as "fruit of the angels". Once considered quite rare and exo ?more
5 Super Healthy Foods You Probably Aren't Eating
There are a lot of different foods out there that pack a nutritional punch. Most people tend to stick to the usual suspects when it comes to tasty nutritionsuch as apples, oranges, bananas, broccoli, spinach, and tomatoes. But variety is the spice of ?more
How To Get Nutritious Fast Food
Ok, a meat slicer is not the most thrilling subject to write an article on but you would be surprised how important they are to people! We certainly take it for granted that we can reach into the fridge and pull out a few conveniently sliced pieces o ?more
Carbohydrates, Proteins And Their Benefits
High protein foods consist in whole or in part, of milk products, eggs, meats, poultry, fish, spinach, soybean, shellfish, edible crustacean e.g. shrimp, crab, lobster, etc; also less obvious sources of high protein are legumes, whole grains, rice, c ?more
The Six Benefits Of Eating Oatmeal