High Protein Chocolate Bars Ingredients: 1/2 cup organic cacao butter 1/2 cup organic virgin coconut oil 1/2 cup organic cocoa powder 1/2 cup organic maple syrup 1/2 cup organic goji ... Continue Reading
What to Know Before You Can Lose Weight
Before embarking on a weight loss journey, many of us already look for potential negatives. One of the most frequent comments I hear is “I don’t want to lose weight too fast." A great way to find answers ... Continue Reading
Tracking Macros: Does Your Nutrition Fit Your Body?
When it comes to eating for your body, your health, and your goals, there’s a lot of talk out there about what you should and shouldn’t do. You've probably heard stuff like: You should eat 1200 ... Continue Reading
The 1 Week Meal Plan for Rowers
The following sample meal plan is based on the diet of a person rowing or training 60 minutes per day, six days per week, and performing an additional two weight-training sessions per week. Every ... Continue Reading
Meal Timing: Fasting and Frequency Is Not an Exact Science
When I started out in practice, around twenty years ago, a few things were tantamount to being sacred in nutrition. One was that you must eat breakfast, another was that you must eat at least five small ... Continue Reading
Eating Disorders: More than a Young Person Problem
Eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia nervosa affect millions of people in the U.S. alone. The South Carolina Department of Mental Health estimates the number to be around 8 million, but the number ... Continue Reading
The Dangers of a Gluten Free Diet
Gluten is the latest food to be demonized by both popular culture and the media. Millions of people have developed gluten allergies and intolerances in the last decade—both the autoimmune disorder that is ... Continue Reading
Competitors: Don’t Start Eating Clean for the CrossFit Open Now
(Source: Bev Childress) It’s a funny time of year, if you’re a CrossFitter. All day Thursday (or Friday, depending on where you live) is filled with trepidation and a bit of a cold sweat, wondering ... Continue Reading
Taking 10 Steps to Eating Disorder Recovery
There’s not a playbook out there when it comes to recovering from an eating disorder. Unlike the thousands of programs and protocols in our culture for losing weight, shedding body fat, and getting ... Continue Reading
The 8 Principles of Your Daily Diet Checklist
Dieting doesn’t have to be hard. So many of us look at constructing a sensible and effective eating plan much like we view going to the dentist; we dread it and don’t want to go through with it. Do you ... Continue Reading
Stop Cheating On Your Diet Through Strategic Indulgences
Have you ever watched a NASCAR race? The supercharged cars, driven by the best in the world, zoom around the track at lightning speeds. Of course, the cars can’t go forever—they have to take a break and ... Continue Reading
Fuel to Be Strong: Nutrition for Strength Athletes
Let’s face it: most of the quality nutrition information comes out of the bodybuilding community and is aimed at bodybuilders. And that makes sense. Nutrition plays a huge role in improving body ... Continue Reading
Is Vitamin D Deficiency a Performance Blocker?
The strongest man in the fictional universe, Superman, derives his power from the sun. Chances are you’re not a superhero, but this phenomenon isn’t purely science fiction. In fact, it imitates your own ... 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
3 Things a Nutrition Coach Can’t Do for You
Nutritional coaching has been upwardly trending in recent months, with thousands of recreational athletes signing up for online nutrition coaching packages from start-ups like Renaissance Periodization and ... Continue Reading
Sometimes You Need a Vacation
Vacations and travel have the tendency to pull you out of your comfort zone, especially if leading a healthy lifestyle is one of your top priorities. I used to be that girl. That girl who was ... Continue Reading
Do You Have Low Stomach Acid?
There is a good chance your digestion sucks. Mine did for a long time but I thought it was normal. People have come to believe that issues like indigestion, heartburn, upset stomach, gas, or bloating are ... Continue Reading
The Gaps in Your Training Aren’t in the Gym
When it comes to training, people are always convinced they need to do more. In a way, they are right. But what almost all athletes need significantly more of is not the cool stuff that gets retweets. It’s ... Continue Reading
Savor the Summer: Time-Saving Grocery Store Meals
As the days get longer and hotter, the slow cooker goes in the cabinet and the outdoor grill gets cleaned off. When you'd rather spend time lounging at the pool and less time slaving away in the kitchen, ... Continue Reading
10 Universal Truths in Fitness and Nutrition
Over the last few weeks we’ve observed a few similarities between the nutrition industry and British politics. The political atmosphere in the UK has been dominated by conflicting agendas for some time ... Continue Reading
Are You Eating Enough Fiber?
If you want to improve your performance and health while aging without disease then you need to eat fiber. Unfortunately, we live in a fiber-deprived world. The processing of our food removes valuable ... Continue Reading
Real Food Isn’t Complicated
Most of what people eat doesn't qualify as real food. Real food is nutritious. It should help the body repair itself and supply energy. It should taste good. Simply put, real food comes either from ... Continue Reading
Meat-Free Mexican: Walnut and Lentil Tacos
I used to eat a lot of meat, at least a couple times per day, and it took a large toll on my digestive system. Since then I have cut down on my meat consumption and integrated more vegetarian meals into my ... Continue Reading
Intuition in the Kitchen: Are You Listening?
We were born with an innate wisdom to listen to our bodies. That gut feeling you just can’t ignore. But for a society that is so hyper-connected, we are incredibly disconnected from the world around us, ... Continue Reading
