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HOLIDAY FEAST HELP
With the holidays coming up and Thanksgiving in less than a week the question may arise as to what challenges this will pose to your healthy eating. Thanksgiving is not famous for healthy eating. Sure the turkey is packed full of protein and there may be green beans or other vegetables. Then again there is pie and macaroni and cheese and all that other stuff that is good for your taste but not your waist. What do you do? Well you can be bold and avoid all those foods and eat clean. So while your family enjoys that entire feast you will enjoy turkey, steamed broccoli and…ok I’ll stop now because this doesn’t sound like much fun.The thing is some people can avoid all this and eat clean. They should be celebrated. The greater … Read entire article »
Filed under: NUTRITION
NOT SO DIET…DRINKS
So usually when people want to lose weight or want to avoid gaining weight they turn to diet drinks. The most popular being diet soft drinks which are in most every case sweetened with some type of artificial sweetener instead of sugar or corn syrup. This is a huge break from waist expanding sugar filled calorie bomb that soft drinks can be. However they may not necessarily be a better choice. It has long been suspected that diet drinks can actually lead to weight gain. A study put out in June 2011 by The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio found that an astonishing 70% of test subjects had a greater waist circumference than the non diet drink group. (It should be noted that this is not stating the … Read entire article »
Filed under: HEALTH
WHAT IS A VEGETABLE?
Recently the United States Congress, that group of EDUCATED lawmakers that we trust to manage our country, declared that…ready for it…tomato paste on frozen school pizza put it in the vegetable catagory. I’ll wait while you process that and utter “HUH??” Read about it here http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kristin-wartman/pizza-is-a-vegetable_b_1101433.html By the way, when you get to the part that tells you what is in the pizza sauce, NTSS stands for Natural Tomato Soluble Solids. Yummy! And these are the people we trust to run a country and conduct war. Note to Congress, this is a stupid ruling. Note to Congress, a tomato is a fruit Suggestion to Congress, Funyuns should be a vegetable too and Cherry Coke should be a fruit. … Read entire article »
Filed under: FEATURED
BREAKING THE SECRET
Go to any newsstand and check out the pop culture section. You are guaranteed to be inundated with multiple headlines about how some celebrity got in shape. “The (insert celebrity name) super diet.” Or how about “How (insert name) slimmed down.” Sadly people look up to celebrities for a variety of reasons. Some reasons are good but many more aren’t. Just like their positions, salaries and love lives, people are fascinated with celebrity diet and fitness secrets. The magazines know this and cash in. Herein lies the problem. This is all too similar to the television infomercials selling the next best fitness contraption. It is misleading and deceptive. You may be saying, “Alright but look at so and so. They’re in great shape; they must know what they’re doing.” Not necessarily, but someone … Read entire article »
Filed under: TRAINING
COTTAGE CHEESE CHILLER
Cottage Cheese Chiller When to eat: between meals as a snack or before bed to help prevent catabolism. Ingredients: 1 cup low fat cottage cheese ½ scoop chocolate whey protein (or your flavor of choice) Several drops natural vanilla extract Non caloric sweetener such as sucralose or stevia (try to avoid aspartame) Combine all the ingredients in a bowl and mix together with a spoon. Continue mixing until the whey is completely combined with the mixture. Place in the freezer for 45 minutes to an hour. The mixture should not freeze but take on an ice cream like consistency. Give it a quick stir again with the spoon and eat. Calories: 270 Protein: 40 grams Fat: 4 grams Carbohydrate: 10 grams Note: these nutrition facts are estimates. Your numbers may vary based on the brands you use. These are based on Fresh & Easy’s ® low … Read entire article »
Filed under: --RECIPES
B INFORMED ABOUT B VITAMINS
If you read my articles you’ll notice I mention a lot about supplements, including a multivitamin. Vitamins A, C, D, E and K are vital to your health. My previous article on vitamins explained what each did. However that article did not include the B vitamins. While there is no Vitamin B there are several vitamins that fall into a category called a B complex. Let’s examine them to get a better understanding. B1 Thiamine Sources: spinach, mushrooms, tuna, peas, tomato, eggplant, lentils, whole grains Functions: Necessary for energy production from food Assists in DNA synthesis Deficiency: Weakness in extremities Swelling Rapid heart rate Nausea Gastrointestinal distress Fatigue Cautions: Besides a very rare possibility of skin rash there thiamine likely has no major side effects. B2 Riboflavin Sources: mushrooms, asparagus, green leafy vegetables, eggs, salmon, almonds Functions: Helps metabolize iron Helps metabolize toxins in the liver Aides in red blood cell … Read entire article »
Filed under: SUPPLEMENTS
WEIGHING IN ON THE SCALE
When anyone thinks they may be overweight or that they want to lose weight the first thing they’ll usually do is stand on the scale. The bathroom scale is one of the most used tools in the world of fitness. Before any gym or any diet plan comes the scale. It is good to know what you weight. In fact there are times it is necessary to know. However the scale can be your best friend or worst enemy when it comes to reaching and maintaining a healthy weight. There are a couple of ways to perceive the scale. The scale is a great tool to calculate current weight. It can enable you to track your progress as you partake in any exercise routine. The scale can work against you. Not seeing the number you … Read entire article »
Filed under: HEALTH
TRAINING ICONS: BRUCE LEE
There are fitness icons and then there is Bruce Lee. You’d be hard-pressed to find someone who exemplified fitness more than Bruce Lee. The man understood and achieved things that people today barely grasp. Let’s take a look at how the biggest name ever in martial arts built one of the best physiques ever. Bruce Lee’s training differed from that of other actors. His approach to fitness was to excel and remove all limits. His mission was to get the most out of his body. Not only was he a skilled martial artist in the practice of Wing Chun he also went on to bring martial arts and Asian culture to North America and even went as far as creating his own fighting style called Jeet Kune Doo. Ironically this style of … Read entire article »
Filed under: TRAINING
HEAVY WEIGHT FOR LIGHT TIME
This was a feature today on Actor and fitness enthusiast shows a quick and intense dumbbell circuit. This workout can be done in probably 10-15 minutes.Keep the intensity high and you can get in a cardio workout as well. http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/mario-lopez-rapid-fire-dumbbell-workout.html … Read entire article »
Filed under: FEATURED
WHAT IS IT? CREATINE
After protein one of the most popular supplements in the fitness industry has to be creatine. This supplement is widely used by bodybuilders and fitness enthusiasts alike. Chances are though while the majority of weight lifters take it in abundance they may not be aware what it is. Creatine is actually a naturally occurring organic compound in vertebrates (this includes humans). Its primary biological function is to supply energy to the muscles. While it may sound like something that has just been around for the past few years it was actually discovered in 1832 by Michael Eugene Chevreul, a French chemist. It is named for the Greek word for meat, kreas (κρέας) While creatine is widely known as a supplement, creatine is naturally produced in the body by the breakdown of amino acids in … Read entire article »
Filed under: SUPPLEMENTS
HELP SAVE ANIMALS
