For those of you who like whey protein (or for those who just need more protein in your diet), the National Dairy Council has a booklet out with recipes and more explanations about whey. You can find this at: http://www.scribd.com/doc/17433068/The-whey-to-a-higher-protein-diet-Using-whey-protein-to-help-fuel-your-active-lifestyle-
Today I was shocked, surprised, stunned, you name it. And, I have to say that happens very rarely. I’ve looked at the calories in more foods than I can name, reviewed thousands of diet records and analyzed hundreds of recipes. So I can pretty much predict the calorie range of various foods with a high …
Inflammation plays a major role in the atherosclerosis process – from the development of plaque to it’s rupture. It makes sense then, to measure inflammation in the body and for years, physicians have done just that with C-reactive protein (CRP) (http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4648). However, a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA; …
What’s the absolute best formula for gaining mass and/or strength? (these are two different things actually, especially in women who just can’t gain the mass that men do). There’s a ton of marketing hype out there combined with incorrectly information in magazine articles about how to gain muscle mass. And, even if we find something …
I’ve seen many people grab their excess fat tissue on their abs, thighs, hips and even butt to show me what they want to lose. They often view fat as just dead weight that sits there and doesn’t do anything. I only wish that was the case. Unfortunately, fat tissue is very active…but not in …
In search of the next best thing (or just supplement variety), many athletes ask me about Nitric Oxide products. Anecdotally, many report a power boost from taking them. But the research is equivocal, at best. Nitric oxide is short lived in the body, 6-10 seconds. It’s rate limiting substrate is believed to be arginine (turn …