Everyone loves sandwiches. They are convenient, portable and can pretty much be customized with any mix of ingredients that suits your fancy. However, over the past few years breads have gotten a pretty nasty reputation as a physique wrecker and deservedly so. Whether the drawbacks are because of gluten intolerance or just simple over-consumption, eliminating [...]
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Recently, we looked at some research that supported the observation that despite hours of exercise each week, many people do not transform their physiques for the better. This observation formed the basis of Reality Check #1: Exercise Alone does NOT produce weight loss. Subsequently, we had to question why bother with [...]
One of the questions I get quite often is “How much exercise should I be doing?” Unfortunately, the answer to that question, like so many others in nutrition and fitness is: it depends. Are you exercising to maintain health? Trying to lose weight? Wanting to gain muscle? Or are you training for high performance sport? [...]
One of my buddies recently requested that I comment about the “Broccoli: Miracle Food” campaign. If you haven’t caught the commercials just yet, here is one of them.
Broccoli Miracle Commercial
These commercials are definitely entertaining, but are they accurate? Is broccoli truly a miracle food? Well let’s take a look.
Nutrition Facts (per cup, uncooked)
Calories: 31
Protein: [...]
Q: How do you turn an ineffective, weight-loss program into a fat incinerating activity?
A: Couple exercise with the correct nutritional intervention!
Increasingly, researchers, as well as the lay public, are recognizing that fat-loss programs consisting of exercise alone are remarkably ineffective. Recent studies have shown that even after three months of 4-5 hours of [...]
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