Healthy Eating
Creatine Supplements – Protein Boost or Waste of Money?
Creatine is a naturally occurring amino acid found in some foods and also created in the human liver, kidney, and pancreas. Its most common dietary sources are lean red meat, game meat, salmon, tuna, and herring. Creatine is stored in muscles and converted to ATP, an energy source for short duration exercise such as weight-lifting…
Read MoreSteaming vs. Roasting Your Veggies
There are many ways to prepare vegetables. One popular method is oven roasting, another is steaming. While roasting broccoli takes up to 20 minutes, steaming is 3 times faster. If you think about the temperatures involved, this may seem counter-intuitive. Oven temperature when roasting (450 degrees) is much higher than steam (boiled water is 220…
Read MoreKettlebell Workshop
Now is your chance to really be challenged. You’ve seen them in the hands of everyone from fit moms to buff people at your gym — yet you’re still hesitant to pick one up. While kettlebells have become a go-to piece of workout equipment for many, they can be tricky to master — and even…
Read MoreHow To Add High-Quality Protein To Your Diet
How to add high-quality protein to your diet Eat plenty of fish, chicken, or plant-based protein such as beans, nuts, and soy. Replace processed carbohydrates from pastries, cakes, pizza, cookies and chips with fish, beans, nuts, seeds, peas, tofu, chicken, dairy, and soy products. Snack on nuts and seeds instead of chips, replace baked dessert with…
Read MoreWhat Are Healthy Carbs and Unhealthy Carbs?
What are healthy carbs and unhealthy carbs? Healthy carbs (or good carbs) include whole grains, beans, fruits, and vegetables. Healthy carbs are digested slowly, helping you feel full longer and keeping blood sugar and insulin levels stable. Unhealthy carbs (or bad carbs) are foods such as white flour, refined sugar, and white rice that have been stripped…
Read MoreHow Fiber Can Help You Lose Weight
How fiber can help you lose weight Since fiber stays in the stomach longer than other foods, the feeling of fullness will stay with you much longer, helping you eat less. Fiber also moves fat through your digestive system quicker so less of it is absorbed. And when you fill up on fiber, you’ll also…
Read MoreWhat Greens and Vegetables should I eat?
Try to eat a rainbow of fruits and vegetables every day as deeply colored fruits and vegetables contain higher concentrations of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. Add berries to breakfast cereals, eat fruit for dessert, and snack on vegetables such as carrots, snow peas, or cherry tomatoes instead of processed snack foods. Greens. Branch out beyond lettuce.…
Read MoreBreakfast – to Skip or Not to Skip?
Is breakfast really the most important meal of the day? For people trying to lose weight, the automatic answer is yes. The logic is simple – skipping breakfast will lead to extreme hunger a few hours later, and thus to an uncontrollable binge before noon. Eating a good filling breakfast, on the other hand, will…
Read More“Moderation” is Ineffective for Weight Loss
One of the most misused and least understood messages when it comes to weight loss is “eat in moderation”. A recent study concludes that moderation is not effective in helping people lose weight. To kick off, there is no standard definition of moderation as it pertains to food consumption. Moderation is a relative term, and…
Read MoreForskolin, the Belly-Fat-Burning Scam
There is no magic cure for obesity, no secret food or pill that will burn your fat off, and no shortcut to take in order to lose weight. Despite this, every few years, a new magic spell is cast on gullible dieters, often aided by charismatic presenters and slick marketing. One recent example is Forskolin,…
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