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#1. Water – Studies recommend that for every 20 pounds one is overweight, they need to add 8 more oz water to their daily regimen for fat loss #2. Calorie Intake – Make sure you consume enough calories – no less than 1200 for women and at least 1800 for men (yet,1600/2100 are more appropriate [...]

#1. Those who ate the high-protein breakfast reported they felt more full and satisfied for a longer period #2. Research reviews shows that protein-rich breakfasts will be arousing and improve motivation and reaction time because of how the protein affects chemical transmitters in the body #3. What you eat for breakfast sets up your entire [...]

#1. For stronger biceps, train your legs-The best way to develop more strength in your arms is to train them together with a large muscle groups #2. The brachioradialis muscle is not recruited at slow speeds during a biceps curl, but it is recruited at fast speed #3. Take time and do your forearm work. [...]

#1. Sleep: Most people need 7-9 hours of sleep every night, uninterrupted. Waking up to quickly isn’t a bad thing, but continuous breaks of more than a few minutes during the sleep cycle will surely disturb the process. Those of you that “feel fine” after only 5 hours per night, take a good look at [...]

Researchers found that in nearly 5,000 adult Americans, greater urinary BPA levels were associated with a much higher body fat percentage and greater risk of obesity. It’s a FACT! If you’re having more trouble losing body fat and you’re doing all the correct things and its still not coming off, this could be a huge [...]

Cells need oxygen to metabolize minerals and vitamins to survive and thrive. When cells cannot use oxygen to metabolize, they resort to fermenting glucose for their energy. That’s what cancer cells are about. That’s why anything that oxygenates cells works to cure cancer, and that’s why cancer patients should avoid sugar. The paradox of cellular [...]

by Keith Devlin – NPR The BMI Formula BMI = weight in pounds/(height in inches x height in inches) x 703. The 703 is to convert the index from the original metric version of the formula. CDC Recommendations: Below 18.5 = Underweight 18.5 to 24.9 = Ideal 25.0 to 29.9 = Overweight 30.0 and above [...]

1. A mix of two food components may have a double slimming effect in the body. According to a test tube study done at the University of Georgia, a mix of quercetin and resveratrol stops growing fat cells from taking up more fats. And the mix kills fully-grown fat cells too. 2. Resveratrol, a compound [...]

Meats 1. American Bison 2. Antelope 3. Barbary Sheep 4. Bighorn sheep 5. Bushpig 6. Camel 7. Capybara 8. Caraba 9. Caribou (reindeer) 10. Cattle 11. Dall Sheep 12. Deer 13. Domestic Goat 14. Domestic pig 15. Domestic Sheep 16. Eared seal 17. Earless seal 18. Groundhog 19. Guinea pig 20. Hare 21. Ibex 22. [...]

People in their seventies who take an extra 4 g leucine with every meal synthesise more muscle mass. Nutritionists at the University of Texas discovered this when they did a small study of eight healthy elderly people. Leucine is an amino acid that gives muscle cells’ anabolic machinery a boost. Leucine – or one of [...]