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Using Goals to Motivate Clients

Using Goals to Motivate Clients After a fairly intense workout, Bruce, a relatively new client, looked at me and said, “I do not like doing this kind of thing.” Trying not to take his disapproval with my program design personally, I began to offer my usual pep talk about how much

Non-Dairy Milk That Tastes Good

Looking for a non-dairy alternative for optimal health and performance? Whether you make smoothies on a regular basis or enjoying a morning bowl of cereal, you’re probably using dairy or non-dairy milk. Nowadays it is common to see in the grocery many different types of milk besides just dairy and soy.

Sleep Techniques for Optimal Muscle Growth

Along with proper training and nutrition, your sleep technique can influence optimal muscle growth! You and your training partner carefully measure the protein intake for the “max” in optimal muscle growth response. You both take the exact same anabolic state-of-the-art supplements and follow the same “perfect” workout dictated by your aggressive,

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5 Things That Mess with Your Gym Confidence When you walk into that shiny lobby, membership card in hand, the gym seems like an endless world of possibilities. Once you’ve spread out your mat amidst the sea of spandex-clad people, however, the gym can be a major confidence-drainer. After all,

Gluten-Free? Surprise! 30 Foods That Contain Gluten

If you have celiac-disease, gluten-sensitivity or for some other reason you’re not eating gluten—the protein found in wheat, rye and barley—your probably aware of avoiding the obvious offenders like bread, pasta and baked goods. But you may be surprised to learn of certain foods that contain gluten. Below is a listing

Blood Type Diet Review

The book, Eat Right for Your Type, makes the astounding claim that people with different blood types should eat different foods. Type O’s are supposed to be like the hunter and eat a lot of meat, whereas people with type A blood are supposed to eat less. A systematic review of the evidence supporting blood […]

Doctors’ Lack of Nutrition Knowledge

 The World Health Organization blames literally millions of deaths every year on inadequate fruit and vegetable intake. Almost as deadly as smoking. So if we care enough about ourselves and our families to not want to die a horrific death from smoking, we should put the same effort into eating more fruits and vegetables.

Paleo Diet and Paleolithic Lessons

Paleo Diet and Paleolithic Lessons An evolutionary argument for a plant-based diet is presented, in contrast to paleo fad diets. A review published recently made an evolutionary argument for a plant-based diet, given the fact that we apparently evolved eating huge amounts of whole plant foods. 200,000 years ago it’s estimated that

What’s new about dieting in 2014

What’s new about dieting in 2014 More than two-thirds of adults in the U.S. fall within the obesity radar — a grim notion for a country that is also known for its cardiac and diabetic issues. Good health is intrinsically linked to good a body-mass index and a balanced weight that naturally

Breast Cancer and Wine

After diagnosis, women with breast cancer may cut their risk of dying nearly in half by just instituting simple, modest lifestyle changes—5 or more servings of fruits and veggies a day and walking 30 minutes a day, 6 days a week. But what about preventing breast cancer in the first place?