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Simple Ingredient Substitutions for a Healthier Year

Do you need to recover from weeks of overeating during the holiday season? If so, I am sharing some of my favorite ingredient substitutions with you. Turkey Meatloaf Ingredients: 1 lb. ground turkey 4 large egg whites or 2 whole eggs 4 oz. uncooked Old Fashioned oats (measure on a scale) Vegetable soup mix 1 cup chopped onions 8 oz. mild salsa 2 cloves minced garlic Directions: Mix turkey meat and egg whites until mixed throughout. Add salsa, onions and garlic. In …

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Pre-Workout and Post-Workout Meal Ideas

You’ve seen them. The people who faithfully go to the gym day after day and spend quality time on the cardio equipment and in the weight room. Yet their bodies never seem to make any visible changes. They are training. But they aren’t training smart with a plan that is specifically designed to meet their goals, lifestyle and current state of conditioning. A plan that helps them progress and not just maintain. But, even with the best training program, a …

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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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UGA vs. Georgia Tech – Tailgating with Georgia’s Finest Foods

UGA vs. Georgia Tech is one of college football’s most intense rivalries, dating back to 1893. It has been described as Clean Old-Fashioned Hate complete with taunting, pranks and a sea of gold, navy, red and black. But, you can do even more to show your school pride by choosing Southern foods from each side of the football battleground. Just follow these 3 easy tips I discussed on CBS Better Mornings Atlanta. You can see the video by clicking here. …

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Four Fast Breakfast Ideas

Breakfast may be one of the most important meals of the day because it provides energy for your morning and spikes muscle protein synthesis (when you wake up after an overnight fast your body is breaking down muscle tissue until you eat a protein-rich meal). Include at Each Breakfast Meal: High Quality Protein. Choose a breakfast that contains at least 30 grams of protein if you are over about 25 years of age or want to lose weight. Research shows that consuming …

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The Great Gluten Debate

Get two passionate Italian scientists in the room and you are in for a show. If the nitty gritty details about mucosal villous atrophy sound about as exciting as reading a manual on how to fix your vacuum cleaner, at least you’ll be entertained by the Cramer Mad Money Style voice inflections, common pop culture references and overly expressive hands gestures that put a non-verbal exclamation point on every sentence!!! The Great Gluten Debate Face-off between two world renown scientists, Stefano …

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