Nutrition Tip: Going Gluten Free

March 8, 2010 in: Nutrition

50-60% of the population is gluten sensitive or intolerant. Try to eliminate gluten, seeds and some nuts from your diet for one week and see if you don’t function better.

Top 16 Reasons to Take Omega 3 Fish Oil Supplementation

March 7, 2010 in: Blog, Nutrition

1. Lowers one’s LDL cholesterol (the bad) and raises HDL cholesterol (the good). This will reduce the chances of plaque build up in your arteries thus reducing your chances of atherosclerosis.
2. Less joint pain and inflammation (especially EPA) by regulation the body’s inflammatory cycle, will reduce your chances of getting arthritis early and keeping arthritic [...]

Website Resource Review: FitDay

January 26, 2010 in: Nutrition

FitDay is a popular online diet and weight loss tracking journal with over 2.2 million members. It lets you track and achieve your long-term fitness goals based on your daily foods and exercises. It analyzes this information and shows your daily calorie intake (fats, proteins, carbs), weight loss from each activity, long-term diet analysis and [...]

Myfoodapedia

December 28, 2009 in: Blog, Nutrition

This is great site for nutritional breakdown information to help design diets with and dissect current diets that you might have been given as a part of your program. It is a pretty comprehensive site that still refers to the government’s antiquated food pyramid system, yet the breakdown menus are definitely helpful when one doesn’t [...]

Eat Less, More Often

November 29, 2009 in: Nutrition

Most people normally don’t eat five or more small meals per day, but instead eat two or three larger meals for the sake of convenience and tradition. Yet studies have shown that a common American “gorging” diet – in which a person obtains total calories in only a few meals per day – may lead [...]

No-Bake Protein Cookies Recipe

October 31, 2009 in: Nutrition

Ingredients: Make 4 Cookies
- 1.0 Cups Old Fashioned Oatmeal (raw)
- 4 heaping tablespoons Omega-3 Peanut Butter
- 2 Scoops your favorite protein powder (Chocolate might work better here)
- 1/4 Cup Water / Skim Milk to allow for mixing
Breakdown per cookie:
Cal: 212
Pro: 13 grams
Carbs: 18 grams (3 fiber)
Fat: 11 grams

Antioxidant Armor

October 25, 2009 in: Nutrition

Research shows that free radicals can wreak havoc on muscle tissue health, slowing recovery and impairing performance. With the right diet, athletes can take advantage of antioxidant power to ward off these effects.
By Lisa Dorfman
Lisa Dorfman, MS, RD, CSSD, LMHC, is Director of Sports Nutrition and Performance and an adjunct professor at the University of [...]

Top 10 Positive Consequences of Recovery from Food Addiction

October 14, 2009 in: Blog, Nutrition

An actual “gratitude list” from a recovering food addicted individual:
1. My clothing always fits – I’m in no danger of dying by strangulation.
2. The comments I get from people are so funny I laugh all day
3. I really love those comments from women – I never get tired of hearing “You look great!”
4. I can [...]

FatBurgr: Fast Food Restaurant Nutritional Guide

August 16, 2009 in: Nutrition

Fatburgr is a fast food nutritional guide which gives you information on nutritional content (calories, fat, carbs, fiber) of the food you order in your favorite restaurants. Currently information is available for popular restaurant chains like McDonalds, KFC, Wendy’s, Burger King etc., with new ones added daily.

Browse nutritional content of menu items by restaurant or [...]

New Diet Helper Online Database-Nutrition Toolbox

August 9, 2009 in: Nutrition

NutritionalToolbox is a comprehensive food nutritional information database which lets you look up information (e.g. calories, vitamins, minerals) on more than 40,000 foods including brand name grocery items and fast food products.

You can browse foods by categories (fish, fruit, beverage etc) or search with keywords. There is an “Add to total” button next to each [...]

Weird Nutrition Facts

August 2, 2009 in: Blog, Nutrition

1. Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attack than the Aussies, British or Americans.
Mexicans eat a lot of fat and suffer fewer heart attack than the Aussies, British or Americans.
African drinks very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attack than the Aussies, British or Americans.
Italian drink large amount of red wine [...]

Eggs… Nature’s Protein Pill

June 21, 2009 in: Blog, Nutrition

How many of you out there enjoy your eggs? Good, as a matter of fact that’s great, keep it up and continue to read on because you may very well be on the road to increasing your egg intake and thus increasing your muscle mass. But what about all you out there that are neglecting [...]

The Fizz May Taste Good Going Down but…

June 14, 2009 in: Blog, Nutrition

Carbonated beverages have been around quite a while. But the side effects of these fizzy drinks are far more than we were led to believe. I’m not a conspiracy theorist, nor do I think out government or more specifically, the FDA, is actually out to get us. I believe, they are smart enough, just don’t [...]

Avoid This Popular Diet Snack Like the Plaugue!

June 8, 2009 in: Blog, Nutrition

I was sitting here today thinking to myself, what’s the very worst food you can eat if you’re trying to lose weight, burn fat, tone up, etc?
One food that is often eaten by dieters, but ironically works against them in losing weight is rice cakes. Yes rice cakes! You are probably eating one right now [...]

Top 6 Six Simple Yet Powerful Things You Can Do To Jump Start Your Fat Loss Program

June 3, 2009 in: Blog, Nutrition

1. A Gallon of Water a Day. 128 ounces that’s all. It’s imperative that one gets plenty of the life giving substance that has so many functions that pertain to fat loss and muscle accrual that there is no room for discussion. Split the gallon up evenly as you can during the day. Don’t fret over [...]

How To Make “Cheap” Creatine Chews

May 29, 2009 in: Blog, Nutrition

Those little Creatine Chews sure are great. Makes it easy to get plenty of creatine – especially in the loading phase. But they’re pricey. So I’ve put together a recipe for creating your own creatine candies at a price that’s less intimidating. However, if you’re short on time, spending the few extra bucks for the [...]

Soy: the Toxic Health Food

May 5, 2009 in: Blog, Nutrition

It’s been spread around the world like wild fire—‘Soy is healthy and good for you.’ That’s what a billion dollar marketing campaign will do. And that’s what the soybean industry has done. They have spread the word of soy being good for you. All it would take is a quick search online and you will [...]

Muscle Recipe of the Month: Protein Waffles

April 1, 2009 in: Blog, Nutrition

Don’t knock it…till ya tried it!

2 whole eggs + 6 egg whites
1/2 cup oatmeal
2 scoops IsoPure (or any other whey)
3 Sweet & Low or Equal
**2 Tbsp peanut butter
**1 Banana
*makes 5 – 6 waffles
**can take out one of these, but have to keep one.

Muscle Buillding Breakfast Recipes

September 13, 2008 in: Nutrition

Oatmeal Mix
Time: less than six minutes
What You’ll Need:
Instant Quacker Oatmeal
2 scoops whey protein
microwave safe bowl
nonfat milk (optional)
sugar free jam (optional)
your choice of artificial sweetener
Mix oone cup instant oatmeal with 1.75 cups water in a microwave safe bowl. Miicrowave on high for 2 minutes and let stand for 30 seconds afterward. Stir in 2 level scoops [...]