When aiming to lose weight, it’s crucial to focus on fat loss rather than just overall body weight. Opting for fat loss is key to achieving better health outcomes and improving body composition. By adopting targeted practices in your weight loss approach, you can...
Summertime is full of “beach body” marketing and quick fix gimmick diets, and while fat loss is a great goal it’s High HRV is associated with better overall health, including greater cardiovascular health, improved mental health and less inflammation in the body....
Summertime is full of “beach body” marketing and quick fix gimmick diets, and while fat loss is a great goal it’s not necessary to take an extreme approach. Lay the groundwork of healthy habits you can maintain beyond the summertime with these tips and a sample...
Carb cycling is a method of manipulating caloric intake by restricting carbohydrates on some days and reintroducing them on others. Unlike other forms of intensive dieting (in which weight drops quickly and immediately yo-yos back up once the diet is over),...
ARTICLE AT A GLANCE We've teamed up with our friends at Lift-STL to bring you a day of eating and movement for fat loss. The philosophy, simple rules to follow, how to do the math for your personal calorie and macro needs, as well as a sample day of eating are all...
When I think of cheat meals, my first thought is of Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson. He is known to share his weekly cheat meals on social media, often consisting of massive stacks of pancakes, an entire XXL pizza to himself, or a pyramid of mouth-watering brownies. His weekly nutrition regimen …
We eat the way we do for a myriad of underlying reasons, and many of these factors weren’t necessarily in our control when our behavior development around food started. Some human eating behaviors even come from our remote ancestors and instinctual survival needs! With habits being so deeply rooted, they …
Calories are the foundation of nutrition. They are units of energy we consume and burn off all day, every day. They are listed at the top of every nutrition label, and they are the notorious defining variable of several diets. But how important are calories to your success?
This article isn’t about magic pills or 7 day detoxes. We’re going to focus on action items that will improve multiple aspects of your health. Some of these tips may be new to you and as the title suggests - you will probably consider them unconventional.
Carb cycling is an excellent strategy for women who want to optimize their body composition while maintaining their exercise performance. However, the typical approach of alternating almost daily doesn’t match with female hormone cycling. The ideal approach for women is to plan for 2-week cycles of high and low carb …
Most of us would love to whittle away the stubborn belly fat that circles our waists, either for health reasons or to just feel better about our bodies, but few people understand what it takes to drop excess weight. And it doesn’t matter if you need to lose 10...
Most people recognize the connection between high blood sugar, diabetes, and increased health risks. That’s why fasting blood sugar (FBS) tests are so common — they can gauge the risks of developing diabetes or prediabetes. But FBS tests are nearsighted and can...
HOW TO ADDRESS TODAY’S MODERN NUTRITIONAL PROBLEMS In a recent article, Kris Gunners of Authority Nutrition wrote about “Everything that’s wrong with the Modern Diet“. We do tend to agree with many of Kris’s points and thought we would list them, while also showing...
1) Eat Real Food Unfortunately food quality has taken a nose dive over the last 50 years in favor of processed foods with 1-3 year shelf lives. Preservatives and food additives have been linked in multiple studies to cancer, hormonal irregularities and...
HOW METABOLIC MEALS TRANSFORMED MY BODY AND MY THINKING I have trained for 25 years as a bodybuilder, powerlifter, Olympic-style weightlifter and strongman competitor. Progressions in weight, reps and muscle mass are the benchmarks of a job well-done. Can’t say...
