Category: diet
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Dieting: Where you are determines what you need to do
I’ve been interviewing some fitness and figure competitors as well as some bodybuilders and people who coach these types of competitors for their shows. After speaking with many of these people I’ve started to realize that there is a fundamental disconnect between the idea of ‘fat loss’, ‘muscle building’, and obtaining a particular look. For…
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Weight Loss…Every Little bit Counts
I was looking at the calorie counts on a few baked goods at panera bread the other day while trying to decide on what to eat. Many of the items were within 50 calories of each other but there were some big calorie bombs in there that were 200-300 calories higher. A 200 or 300…
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Fish Oils to the Rescue
It’s been approximately 16 months since I last had my blood tested and I just got my test results back today. Everything checks out A-ok. Last time my HDL numbers were a little low, so I took a fish oil supplement which brought my HDL up nicely into a cardio protective range. If I didn’t…
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Foods you are “Allowed” to Eat
I was recently browsing some diet/health headlines…in one of the opening blurbs to a post I read the following words “vegetables that are ALLOWED on this diet…” Allowed? When was the last time you were in a position to have an allowance? Maybe when you were 8 year old. The idea of having things that…