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What You Need to Know about Pork

If visions of mistreated animals injected with a continuous supply of hormones and antibiotics leave you feeling confused and terrified about your food choices—this post is for you. I’m cutting through many myths about how pork is produced, so you can rest assured you are making the right choices. For this post I interviewed Wanda Patsche, a pig farmer from Minnesota. Aren’t big farms owned by big agriculture companies? Wanda: Family farmers own 97% of pig farms. Some farms are …

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You Booze, You Lose. How Alcohol Can Wreck Your Athletic Performance

It’s called a beer gut for a reason. But, over drinking will do more than just cover up those abs you’ve been working so hard for. Take a close look at how it will wreck your athletic performance: Athletic Performance & Recovery Alcohol has a number of effects on the body that can impair performance and delay recovery by: Impairing muscle growth in the short-term – decreasing gains you’ve worked for in the weight room and on the field Disrupting …

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