Super Easy Slow Cooker Roasted Chicken Prep time: 5 minutes Cooking time: 4-5 hours Serves: 4-6 Ingredients: 1 whole chicken 1 lemon, sliced 4 Tbsp of Kerrygold butter ... Continue Reading
How Safe Is Your Primal Diet?
I have a love-hate relationship with the paleo diet. On the one hand, I think it’s a cool concept to help people to have a better mental framework for a diet that is based on good, whole, unprocessed ... Continue Reading
Beetroot: A Performance Enhancing Superfood
Athletes are perpetually looking for an edge, something to give them a competitive advantage in their race, sports game, or competitive event. Performance-enhancing supplements of all types exist, from ... Continue Reading
The Only Diet That Works
Recently, I’ve been shocked to hear some of the attitudes and beliefs swirling around the news. Popular articles circulate with discouraging messages like: “Obesity research confirms long term weight loss ... Continue Reading
How Plant Protein Differs from Animal Protein
Plant protein has gained a ton of popularity lately and for good reason. More active people are opting for plant-based diets and are reaping healthier rewards for the intentional dietary shift. Plant ... Continue Reading
Digestibility, Whey Protein, and Hypertrophy: Finding Balance
According to Dr. Stuart M. Phillips, Professor in Kinesiology at MacMaster University, protein quality plays a big role in determining resistance exercise-induced muscle hypertrophy. In a recent article in ... Continue Reading
Simplicity Rules: Start Your Diet with Natural Food
In a previous article, I summarized the current state of scientific knowledge regarding individual carbohydrate tolerance. There is exciting, emerging research in this area, but from a clinician's point of ... Continue Reading
Amino Acids: The Science Behind the Labels
I have been working in the supplement industry for over ten years now, and there has never been such a push to consume amino acids as there is right now. These aminos have been flying off the shelves in ... Continue Reading
Trio of Post Workout Protein Smoothies
Protein powders are renowned for their ability to pack a lot of protein into small, mixable portions. These powders have an appropriate interest and following, particularly for bodybuilders. However, there ... Continue Reading
Debunking the Top Myths About Plant-Based Protein
There are many opinions that have formed over the years about plant-based protein. Some opinions are legit while others are flat-out wrong. The myths that plant-based protein sources are high in carbs, ... Continue Reading
Do BCAAs Live Up to the Hype?
We all want that supplement that just changes the game. Take this product, and all your workouts will double in effectiveness and recovery time will be half. Unfortunately, most supplements we consume are ... Continue Reading
Can Diet Soda Help You Lose Weight?
Diet soda seems an ideal drinking choice when trying to lose weight. It tastes almost as good as regular soda, but contains zero calories. But doesn’t that sound too good to be true? Aren’t there any ... Continue Reading
Plant-Based Protein Versus Whey for Athletes
The protein wars seem to be in full swing. Whey protein supplements have had a stranglehold on the market for decades, but other sources are cropping up for a host of reasons. From beef, chicken, and fish ... Continue Reading
Lean and Clean: 2 Meat Based Protein Meals
Athletes who are looking to build muscle or to maintain a strong, lean appearance benefit from eating meals that contain a higher ratio of protein than carbs and fats. Consuming clean, lean proteins help ... Continue Reading
Green Fuel: Walleye with Kale Bruschetta
I’m a complete sucker for locally sourced food. Fresh-caught fish and garden-grown vegetables are among my favorites, especially if that food was grown or caught with my own hands. You can’t get any more ... Continue Reading
Create Your Own Nutrition Tribe
Despite its importance, nutrition has become increasingly confusing. Why has it become so difficult? We have too many damn diets constantly thrown at us; paleo, gluten-free, high carb, ketogenic, ... Continue Reading
Emotional Eating, Part Two: Get Over It and Do Something
Ever been told, “Just get over it”? While it sounds good in theory, “just getting over” emotional eating and the diet mentality around food is not quite that simple. Ever been told, “Just get ... Continue Reading
Starving on a Full Stomach
In the modern world we eat more than ever before. But in spite of this surplus of calories, we may be functionally starving, because we may not be getting all that we need from the modern diet to truly ... Continue Reading
What Science Says About Your Carb Tolerance
A lot of my vegan friends love high carbohydrate diets. On the whole, they tend to respond really well to them. But all too often, they make the deductive leap that because it works for them, then it must ... Continue Reading
The Emotional Eating Struggle Is Real, Part One: Start With Why
When it comes to choosing between what’s healthy and unhealthy, sometimes it’s enough to “just say no,” like the anti-drug campaign of the Reagan era. But, when it comes to: Eating more chips and ... Continue Reading
Hack Your Life to Curb Sugar Cravings
Wouldn’t it be great if we all had an endless supply of willpower? No amount of temptation or distraction could throw us off course. Making a change in our habits would be as simple as deciding to do it. ... Continue Reading
Protein Is Only One Piece of the Nutritional Puzzle
It's time to dispel a lot of the media hype currently associated with protein. Everyone out there seems to think there's a new brand of protein powder that is going to magically transform them into a super ... Continue Reading
4 Food Phrases That Don’t Mean Anything Anymore
With the growing awareness of how our eating habits impact our health, more people than ever are trying to improve their nutrition. While it is great to see health becoming more of a priority, it can be a ... Continue Reading
The Fallacy of Supplements
It’s hard to watch sports these days without getting bombarded by commercials for supplements. Gatorade insists you need their products to recover. Advocare shows ripped athletes doing incredible feats of ... Continue Reading
