nutrition

When was the last time you counted the number of servings of fruits and vegetables you consumed in a day? Do you know how many an average adult should be consuming? Does the 5 a Day campaign ring a bell? ... Continue Reading

When it comes to foods as basic and healthy as fruit, it seems to be a no-brainer to recommend them for health. Perhaps the simplest and best all-around nutritional advice you could receive is to eat a ... Continue Reading

Athletes talk a lot about macronutrients. From the ideal macronutrient ratio to the role of protein in muscle development, you hear a lot about the best way to eat to gain muscle, avoid fatigue, and ... Continue Reading

Too often nutritionists, coaches, and athletes can get caught up in a nutrient focus. They may be so focused on getting some nutrient, like protein, that they will only eat high-protein foods at the cost ... Continue Reading

It was 3:54pm. The dim fluorescent lights of Whole Foods bathed me in their gloomy light. People walked past, acting as if they hadn’t noticed my despair and torment. I sat, knees drawn into my chest, ... Continue Reading

Most of us spend a lot of our time thinking about how our training and diet affect our muscle power, but for many of us brain power is important too. I've always been interested in the idea of a ... Continue Reading

As the paleo diet grows in popularity, we will see more and more clinical use of the diet as a treatment for disease. Any diet that claims to be superior for health will ultimately have to put its ... Continue Reading

I’ve recently moved from a sub-tropical climate to a place known for snow sports, so you’d expect the food available to me would have changed significantly right? Well, surprisingly, not really. Thanks to ... Continue Reading

Do you ever exercise for one, two, or even three hours at a time? If so, then you can benefit from drinking carbohydrates while you exercise. An upcoming study in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning ... Continue Reading

I love the amount of discussion recently around the concept of eating for performance. Fuelling your body to be the best athlete you can be, whether you’re just starting out or a regular athlete, is a much ... Continue Reading

Most of the readers of Breaking Muscle are concerned about health and actively do something about it. There is perhaps no single better way to stay healthy than a good diet. While this is common sense, the ... Continue Reading

When we exercise, damage is done to the muscles in the microscopic scale. People who exercise regularly can sometimes take this for granted, but whenever a routine is changed the reminder of the muscle ... Continue Reading

Years ago, I knew a nutrition teacher who was overweight - very overweight, in fact. He would actually bring it up on the first day of class because apparently it was a question he got on a regular basis. ... Continue Reading

There’s been a lot of dogma over the years about the health benefits of vegetarianism. For decades a vegetarian diet has been associated with better health and longer life. The problems of confounding ... Continue Reading

What do you think of when hear the word diet? The first word that springs to my mind is restriction, closely followed by hunger and hard work. Generally not something anyone is too excited to embark upon; ... Continue Reading

If you start drooling when you hear the word "cacao," you're in for a treat. Here are 7 articles that explain why real chocolate is actually good for you - plus a few products you've gotta try if you call ... Continue Reading

You may not know that in the first part of the twentieth century there was such a thing as vitamin P. Not only that, but vitamin P helped to reduce blood sugar, improve insulin resistance, reduce lipids, ... Continue Reading

It can be difficult to tell what your supplements are doing. You might be throwing your money away or paying for a benefit too small to be concerned with. We all read the claims, but claims are all they ... Continue Reading