When a muscle contracts involuntarily and stays contracted, you end up with what’s commonly known as a muscle cramp. If you’ve ever had to stop exercising because of a muscle cramp, you know how painful these can be. The top sights for muscle cramps are the calf, hamstrings, thigh (quadriceps), feet, hands and arms. Four of …
If you took a look in my refrigerator, you’d see Friendship cottage cheese, Stonyfield Farms yogurt, organic milk, Cabot cheese, Laughing Cow light cheese and various other dairy products. The four brands mentioned are among my all time favorite brands for both taste and nutrition value. Because I don’t eat chicken or turkey every day, …
After a conversation I had with a colleague in Italy, I began to wonder if there really was something special about the compound resveratrol, found in the skin of grapes and red wine. Resveratrol serves an important function in grapes helping protect this fruit from invasion by bacteria and fungi. And, my colleague said they consider …
There are a number of studies that show the best way to produce muscle soreness and inflammation is through eccentric contractions (muscle lengthening; a good example is lowering a dumbbell after a set of biceps curls). And some soreness is natural, after all, you have to challenge your muscle tissue to get stronger and bigger. …
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Certain sports are known for their emphasis on weight – long distance running, skating, gymnastics and cheerleading to name a few. And it’s tough to convince many young females that they actually need to eat more and possibly even work on gaining weight for better athletic performance. So when I read a New York Times …
I love playing detective and sitting down with clients and figuring out what their diet is missing, what they are consuming too much of and helping them shift their food and supplement intake to meet their goals. But when it comes to women, I can sit down, look at their 3-day diet record and over …