Part 2: ‘Calories Out’. By John Berardi Ph.D. and Helen Kollias Ph.D. Think meticulous calorie counting means knowing exactly how much breakfast you’re burning during exercise? Unfortunately, it’s more complicated than that. Here, 4 reasons why daily activity tracking and exercise counts can be problematic. We…
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Part 1: ‘Calories In’. By John Berardi Ph.D. and Helen Kollias Ph.D Most people who count calories for weight loss or weight management assume it’s an exact science. It’s not. Here we outline 5 reasons calorie counting (i.e. logging your food to calculate intake) is…
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Continuing with our Nutrition 101 series, today we’re talking carbohydrates! Love ’em or leave ’em (personally, I’m a fan), carbohydrates are found in pretty much everything – fruits and vegetables, grains, nuts and seeds, dairy, sweets, soda, the list goes on. It’s a good thing…
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Try eliminating processed foods from your diet first, then add a few fermented vegetables or a good probiotic. Quite often that’s all that is necessary. Give your gut some time to adjust to real food again and you’d be a mazed at the difference in…
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Exploring the truths and fallacies of ‘metabolic damage’. By Brian St. Pierre There’s a lot of discussion in the fitness industry about whether crash dieting can cause metabolic damage. In this article, we’ll take on this interesting topic and separate fact from fiction. We’ll…
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My quest to understand the real tradeoffs of alcohol consumption. by Camille DePutter In my mind, Friday = cocktails. If I quit drinking, would it mean better health and ripped abs? Or is that end-of-week Old Fashioned actually good for me? Want to listen instead…
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Weight lifting improves blood pressure By Helen Kollias A program of regular weight training decreased blood pressure in middle aged hypertensive men. Consider exercise before you rush to medicate yourself. Ask your doctor what activity improves your health — whether that’s losing weight, fixing your…
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5 strategies that helped me ditch the bingeing, guilt, and extra weight. By Krista Scott-Dixon In my world, weekend overeating (and over-boozing) was ‘just what people did’. But when I let go of weekday food rules, the cycle broke. I dropped the guilt, improved my…
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