The lure to eat certain foods can be very difficult to resist and once you give in to temptation, it’s almost impossible to stop after just one bite. Here’s why.
If your goal is to get lean, it’s wise to limit your fruit intake due to the sugar content. Consume fruit primarily on workout days: Stick with low-glycemic choices like berries, tart cherries, and grapefruit before training, and go with high-glycemic fruits like bananas, pineapples, and figs after training. Watermelon is another fruit that you…
Have you ever wondered how your food is made? Think of the contents of a continental breakfast, for example. Typically, there’s bread, rolls, muffins, pastries, and other baked goods as well as margarine, jam, and various spreads that go on them. Of course, there’s coffee or tea along with sugar, whitener, and artificial sweeteners. Before…
Back In Your Mother’s Arms Don’t underestimate the value of sleep. Whether you’re trying to recover from microtrauma induced by a heavy workout or macrotrauma from an injury, you need sleep and lots of it. Set your alarm clock for 10:00 p.m. and as soon as that thing goes off, go to bed! Whatever you’re…
If you haven’t read Shawn Buckley’s article The Taxation of Supplements, do yourself a favour and check it out. Buckley makes some excellent points in that piece, such as the following: “We don’t pay to see our medical doctors, but we pay to see natural practitioners.” “There is no GST [tax] on prescription drugs, but…