How To Get the Biggest Bang for Your Fitness & Nutrition Buck
The busy days of late summer and early fall have a way of exposing all the cracks in our hectic lifestyles. If you’ve been barely getting by in your...
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21 Factors that Affect Your Blood Glucose
Your blood sugar numbers are great, right? Most people that answer “Yes”, may base this on a fasting glucose test performed as part of a yearly checkup. Unfortunately, this test is far from comprehensive and doesn’t show you a full picture of how you’re managing glucose on a daily basis. …
7 Strategies to Break Your Bad Nutrition Habits
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 …
Does Sugar Weaken Your Immune System?
The bottom line: Yes, sugar intake weakens the immune response and impacts your overall health through a complex interplay of hormonal, metabolic, and immunologic processes.
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A Day of Functional Fueling® with Lauren Papanos
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5-Minute Shredded Pulled Pork Tacos with Pineapple Salsa
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Nutrient Timing and Food Rotation for Blood Sugar Regulation
Being a full-time chiropractic student and business owner gives me very little room for error when it comes to time management for my own meals. I am a huge believer that as a coach and future healthcare practitioner we need to practice what we preach and...
How To Carb Backload with Metabolic Meals
Carb backloading raises your metabolism and helps you sleep better. By consuming a measured amount of carbs later in the day, the added glycogen can lower cortisol, ramp up your metabolic rate and help you sleep deeper. Carb backloading also gives you many of the...
5-Minute Shrimp & Vegetable Fried Rice Recipe
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10 minute AMRAP: Animal Walk
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Get Strong Glutes and Hamstrings With This 12 Minute EMOM
What does EMOM mean? EMOM means "Every Minute On the Minute." Every time a new minute starts, you must try and complete the amount of reps prescribed within the min. If it takes you 20 seconds to complete the reps, then your rest will be 40 seconds. These circuits...
How to Make Healthy Eating Part of Your Workday
If you work in an office, you’re likely to experience stress that can impact your appetite. Stress triggers the release of adrenaline and cortisol that can ramp up your appetite or kill it altogether. The effects of stress combined with temptations like happy hours and potlucks can make or break …
How to Perform a Sumo Deadlift and the 3 Most Common Mistakes
Sumo deadlifts are an incredible exercise for strengthening the glutes and hamstrings. They may also be a safer alternative to conventional deadlifts depending on your body type. First made popular throughout the powerlifting community, sumo deadlifts are now a...
