Energy Drink Sugar Overload If an energy drink is part of your everyday routine, STOP! These sugary concoctions overload your bodies ability to break down the sugars into glycogen(your bodies energy source), and instead promote fat storage. Yeah! Energy drinks like the regular Rockstar (62 grams of sugar) do a great job of flushing the body with [...]
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How to Prepare the Perfect Dinner Plate
Tips for eating the right foods and preparing the perfect dinner plate Making the perfect proportioned plate can be simple, just think about Punching a Mercedes-Benz! Follow these three simple rules to ignite your metabolism, fuel your body and become a healthier person. 1. Proportioned Plate- There isn’t a person who can’t draw the [...]
Example Muscle Meal Plan for a 200 LB. Man
Meal Plan for a 200 LB Man This example meal plan is designed for a 200 LB. man(or looking to achieve this weight). If you are serious about your training and want to gain muscle and increase strength all while losing fat, you must look at your food as a means to an end. Its [...]
Portion Distortion
Portion sizes for meats, starches, and desserts have quadrupled in the past 20 years. Between 1984 and 2000, there was a greater than 15 percent increase in the average daily caloric intake per person in the United States. A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that Americans are consuming 10% [...]
Fats are NOT created Equal
Stay away from Trans fats Trans fats are made when manufacturers add a hydrogen to vegetable oil, a process known as hydrogenation. This process increases the shelf life and flavor stability of foods containing this product. Trans fat can be found in vegetable shortening, frozen foods, packaged foods, fast food, cookies, snacks foods or foods [...]
