In my last article, I began to dissect the American dietary guidelines. We uncovered the importance of eating nutrient-dense foods. In this installment, we will take a closer look at the myth that fats are ... Continue Reading
Had Enough of Kale? Try These 5 Powerful Leafy Greens Instead
Clients often ask me, “What’s the one thing I should be doing to improve my health?” My answer is always the same, “Eat more leafy greens.” There’s absolutely nothing controversial about eating boatloads ... Continue Reading
4 Supplements That Are Good for Your Life, as Well as Your Lifting
Pick up any bodybuilding or fitness magazine and you’ll be bombarded with a plethora of supplements to buy and take. Some of them work well, and they’re popular in gyms around the globe. Many are marketed ... Continue Reading
New Research Uncovers the Role of Omega-3s
The saying “You are what you eat” rings true, despite the silly images it can conjure up in the mind. The foods you eat are broken down in your digestive system and repurposed in your body to fulfill more ... Continue Reading
How Creatine Improves ATP Synthesis for Both Brain and Body
There is no doubt that creatine is one of the favorite tools for building more muscle and increasing strength. Many college level and professional athletes utilize creatine for improving the performance of ... Continue Reading
High Protein Diets Correlate With Lower Rates of Frailty in the Elderly
Getting plenty of protein is important for athletes. This is something we all know, but as we age the usefulness might be more important than we realize. In a study this month in the Nutrition Journal, ... Continue Reading
What Our Dietary Guidelines Should Be
In What Is Healthy Eating? Turning the Food Pyramid Upside Down, I explained the story of Dr. Louise Light and how the recommendations she originally submitted to the USDA for the food pyramid got shot ... Continue Reading
Recipe: Power Breakfast – Overnight Oats
Oh, no! Your alarm didn’t go off and you’ve accidentally slept in. You’ve now got fifteen minutes to get yourself together and rush out of the house to make it on time for work. What do you do for ... Continue Reading
Fast Food Is Only Part of the Picture
We all love to criticize fast food. Nothing is easier than taking a quick shot at McDonald’s and its assumed role in the obesity epidemic. Even the person who downed a Big Mac for lunch is going to nod his ... Continue Reading
What Is Healthy Eating? Turning the Food Pyramid Upside Down
Amidst a snowstorm here in Massachusetts, I decided to grab a cup of coffee and crack open a new book. I have been a longtime follower of Denise Minger at Raw Food SOS and I was excited to begin reading ... Continue Reading
Top 10 Nutrition Articles of 2013
The subject of nutrition tends to be a minefield of information, and it can be difficult to find a trusted resource in the field. We have assembled a team of nutrition experts, each with different ... Continue Reading
Enough Is Enough: Stop Picking on Mutivitamins
You may have noticed a stir in the past week regarding multivitamins, which I will refer to as “multis” in this article. For whatever reason, this commotion has been fraught with a lot of hyperbole and ... Continue Reading
BCAAs and Taurine Reduce DOMS
Delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) is the pain you feel the days following a new or particularly intense work out, and it has been a hot topic in the literature lately. Not only is it uncomfortable, but ... Continue Reading
7 Tips for Busting Sugar Cravings During the Holidays
Ah, the holiday season. Time to buy presents, spend time with loved ones, and deal with being surrounded by endless amounts of baked goods, sweets, and candies. Any office this time of year is starting to ... Continue Reading
Is the Anabolic Window a Myth?
Have you heard of the anabolic window? Supposedly, it’s a period of time after your training session when your body is particularly primed to accept food and shuttle it towards lean muscle mass. ... Continue Reading
Strong, Healthy, and Vegan? (Yes, It Can Be Done)
I’ve been vegan for fourteen years. Not “I’m vegan except for milk.” Not “I’m vegan except sometimes I eat fish.” Not “I’m vegan except when it’s not convenient.” I’m a hardcore, strict, and no eggs, milk, ... Continue Reading
Ketogenic Diet Considerations: Do We Need Carbs for Performance?
I recently came across this study in the International Society of Sports Nutrition Journal.This study took eight elite gymnasts between twenty and 26 years old and placed them on a ketogenic diet. They ... Continue Reading
What’s The Best Diet and What’s Bunk? (And the Real Deal on Fasting)
Most diets, I submit, work on the same level of faith healing, and the best diet - I am almost 100% sure of this - is the one that appeals most convincingly to your imagination. Wizards, sorcerers, ... Continue Reading
4 Under-the-Radar Natural Performance-Boosting Foods
If I were to tell you that you could include certain things in your diet that would markedly augment your performance in the gym, track, or trail, and that the only side effects were that you’d be ... Continue Reading
How to Stay Healthy and Lean During the Holidays
With the holidays fast approaching you may be thinking on how to maintain your healthy eating and lifestyle that you worked so hard at throughout the year. There are a number of roadblocks we encounter ... Continue Reading
Alternate Day Fasting Reduces Body Fat and Cholesterol
Have you heard of alternate day fasting? It’s a type of fasting that uses feeding days and fasting days alternated every other day. Nutrition Journal recently published a study on this method of fasting. ... Continue Reading
Anti-Inflammatories: Green Tea, Ginger, and the Athlete
I’m sitting down to write this in my living room and, as long as I’m conveying extra details to you, it is worth noting that I’m sitting on a 3.5” massage ball in an attempt to loosen up my piriformis. You ... Continue Reading
How to Stay Plant-Based and Survive the Holidays
You barely sleep due to the anxiety of having to wake up at an ungodly hour. The terminal is already packed when you get to the airport and the three people in front of you in the security line act like ... Continue Reading
10 Ways to Go Gluten-Free, Get Lean, and Stay That Way
Unless you have been living under a rock unplugged from the world for months you have heard the term “gluten-free” or the phrase “I am eating gluten free.” However, some of you might not know exactly what ... Continue Reading
