Nutrition is about how to eat, when to eat and what to eat for best results and staying healthy.
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This is a question many of us have grappled with. Should you drink a coffee or an energy drink to get that boost you need? Well, as I sit here tired as hell and ready to learn the answer myself, we’ll discuss that today. And as you can probably guess if you’ve read a few […]
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What is a Very Low Calorie Diet A very low calorie diet plan or VLCD, is a diet plan consisting of 800-900 calories a day or less. A VLCD plan will still be balanced and usually they last for a short period of time. Why Use a Very Low Calorie Diet Plan? These plans are
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Doctor’s office visits are always a little bit funny to me. Over the years I’ve learned that I must be halfway a hypochondriac, but I’m never entirely wrong. It may be true that the reason for my visit may be actually nothing, but there’s usually something else, something more minor, that I should be taking care of.
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I’ve always had a pretty strong resting heart rate. I probably owe that to my years of sports, and just remaining generally active at all times. But that’s not enough to ease my mind, since my family has quite a history of heart problems. From stints to heart attacks, you name it we’ve had it.
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Now, I’m not normally one who is really big into fads. And when I say fad, I mean a fitness trend that shows up, and then goes away just as quickly. Things like crazy diets or workout gear (shakeweight anyone?) that are just quick, gimmicky cashcrabs that don’t do anyone any good. But when it
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Well, Summer’s back in Florida. Actually, it’s only spring, but it may as well be summer from now until October. I was out walking my little boston terrier today and as I felt the heat beating down on me it brought a question to mind. How much does walking actually help? Well, as it turns
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I just finished my squat workout today, and after I took a bite of one of my Cliff Bar Peanut Butter Banana flavored energy bars. And then as I was walking my way inside, I was surprised at how quickly the protein bar was gone. In fact, I actually had to double check that I
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There are many different studies and opinions out there about carbs. So today, I’m going to go over some of the basic differences between simple and complex carbs. Studies have shown that low-carb diets are effective for weight loss, but that doesn’t mean that eating carbs makes you fat. In fact, there are plenty of
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I love breastfeeding. Breastfeeding is natural. Breastfeeding my daughter on demand helped us establish a loving trusting relationship that will last a lifetime. But, I had extreme anxiety about breastfeeding in public. I know I’m not alone as a mother that has fears about breastfeeding in public, or even around unsupportive family members. It’s my
Breastfeeding Basics for Beginner’s 101: Normalize Breastfeeding in Public Read More »
I consider myself a pretty fit person. I’ve competed in contact sports since I was a pre-teen, and I’ve always been above average in both strength and conditioning. But that’s not always because I’m doing everything right, sometimes I’m these things in spite of what I’ve been doing. Like my terrible habbit of eating too
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