Get this, you can eat your beloved carbs and lose weight! Did you know that a higher carbohydrate consumption was associated with a decreased risk of obesity according to a recently pubished study in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association? The media picked up on this study and rapidly concluded that heck, carbs really …
Last year a good friend/colleague of mine fed me Q-chews, the warfighter’s candy for helping soldiers (real soldiers not the kind Destiny’s Child sings about). Q-chews were developed for the military to help ward off illness and physical stress while helping them maintain mental focus. Because let’s face it, the military on the front line …
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 …
Months ago I posted www.goodfoodnearyou.com (great for those with a GPS on their blackberry or iphone). You can search by distance, lowest fat, lowest calories or lowest carbs. I don’t recommend distance unless you are so hungry that your shoes look appetizing – apparently the best thing closest to me today is the jelly donut …