Diet and Nutrition

3 Steps to Weight Management – Lose Weight – Gain Weight

September 16, 2011

Everybody should eat healthy foods, how much we eat and what type of food varies from person to person. Additionally, food sensitivities and genetics are factors as well. With this in mind, what works for one person, may not necessarily work for you. The same thing applies to our daily activity level, daily fitness routines, and [...]

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9 Foods Not to Give Your Kids

September 8, 2011

If you’ve followed the news on childhood obesity lately, you know the state of affairs is pretty grim. Childhood obesity rates have tripled over the past two decades, and most signs point to the next generation being the first whose life expectancy will be shorter than their parents’. Much of the blame for this trend [...]

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3 Important Facts about Fat

August 8, 2011

Sometimes a piece of chocolate cake, a brownie, a bowl of ice cream sure does taste great! Sometimes just the thought of greasy fried chicken, McDonald’s french fries, and a tasty burger makes your mouth water. The super bad news…. those fatty foods taste great, but are no where near good for you–especially if we [...]

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5 Simple Tips to a Healthy Diet

July 27, 2011

Almost everywhere we go we’re reminded that we need to eat better. We can’t take a trip to the grocery store, read the paper, or browse the Internet without being reminded that we’re getting fatter and less healthy, and how we need to change our diet habits. Along with this obvious information, we’re also given [...]

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P90X Peak Recovery Formula, Do You Need It?

July 14, 2011

Like lots of others, you may have become interested in P90X Peak Recovery Formula while doing the P90X workout program. Trainer Tony Horton discusses it during the workouts. It’s also described in the P90X materials. The P90X Formula was created to give your body the fuel it needs to recover from P90X’s challenging workouts. It [...]

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Healthy Meal Plans and Why You’ll Love Them

July 8, 2011

If you’re trying to lose weight, get ripped, or maintain your current level of fitness, what you eat is just as important as exercise. If not more so. Look at it this way. You exercise for about an hour a day…. but you eat (or should eat) 5 – 6 times per day. Reaching your [...]

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Goodbye Food Pyramid, Hello MyPlate!

July 6, 2011

In their continued quest to be a relevant source of information regarding the American diet, the USDA retired their food pyramid earlier this month, replacing it with MyPlate, the new, improved—not to mention circular—representation of how they think the general public should eat. The recommendations really didn’t change from the 2010 food pyramid revamp, but [...]

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34 Healthy Summer Foods!

July 1, 2011

Here they are, 34 healthy foods for summer! Ah, summer! The word conjures up images of warm, lazy days sunning on the beach, running through sprinklers, and reclining in a hammock in the shade catching up on a good book. The start of summer is also good news for those of us who want to [...]

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9 Weight-Loss Rules that Work

June 28, 2011

Special thanks to Thomas Incledon over at Men’s Health for his time and research on this article. While most of these weight loss tips are heard often, I have to give props to Thomas for putting it all together. As a general rule, I’m always on the look out for solid information on Diet & [...]

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