What are these Low Glycemic Foods? If I eat these foods will I be skinny?

March 5, 2009

What are these Low Glycemic Foods? If I eat these foods will I be skinny? by: Jayson Hunter Registered Dietitian, CSCS First let discuss what low glycemic is before we decide if it will help you with your weight loss. Low glycemic foods are foods that when consumed do not dramatically elevate your blood sugar [...]

Bodybuilding Supplementation Basics

December 30, 2008

Bodybuilding Supplementation Basics By Hugo Rivera CFT, SPN, BSCE. www.losefatandgainmuscle.com What Nutritional Supplements Should I Use? When it comes to gaining lean muscle mass, most people think that bodybuilding supplements are the most important part of the equation. However, this could not be any further from the truth. Supplements are just additions to an already [...]

Characteristics Of A Good Nutrition Program

November 28, 2008

Characteristics Of A Good Nutrition Program By Hugo Rivera CFT, SPN, BSCE. www.losefatandgainmuscle.com Nutrition is what gives us the raw materials for recuperation, energy, and growth. Without a good diet, your dreams of achieving your ideal body will never be reached. We’ll now discuss the characteristics of a good nutrition program and we’ll also go [...]

Q&A : Supplements For Teens

November 21, 2008

Q&A : Supplements For Teens By Hugo Rivera CFT, SPN, BSCE. www.losefatandgainmuscle.com [Q] I’m 16 years old and have been thinking of taking bodybuilding supplements such as protein powders as I feel doing so will benefit me in building my muscles. The question is, which bodybuilding supplements are best suited for me? I have read [...]

Movement Sufficiency NOT Calorie Deficiency

November 18, 2008

Movement Sufficiency NOT Calorie Deficiency By David Grisaffi www.FlattenYourAbs.net Do you want to reduce your body fat? If so, then you must focus on getting a sufficient amount of exercise rather than only decreasing your food intake. This is critically important! Studies published in Internationally recognized scientific journals as well as my own personal experience [...]

Fiber, All About Fiber

November 6, 2008

Fiber, All About Fiber By Vince DelMonte If you are trying to create a healthy diet for yourself, you cannot overlook the importance that fiber will play. The main benefits you’ll receive from dietary fiber include improvements in the cardiovascular and digestive system along with providing a high degree of satiety. Unfortunately, in today’s world [...]

Why Some People Can Drink Alcohol Without Getting Fat

October 10, 2008

Why Some People Can Drink Alcohol Without Getting Fat By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS www.BurnTheFat.com Alcohol has been implicated as a factor that may hurt your efforts to lose body fat. Whether alcohol is “fattening” has been a very controversial subject because technically speaking, alcohol is NOT stored as fat; it is oxidized ahead of [...]

How Liquid Calories May Be Making You Fat… Even Your Favorite Protein Drinks!

October 3, 2008

How Liquid Calories May Be Making You Fat… Even Your Favorite Protein Drinks! By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS www.BurnTheFat.com At least 7 scientific studies have provided strong evidence that energy containing beverages (i.e., “liquid calories”) do not properly activate the satiety mechanisms in the body and brain and do not satisfy the appetite as well [...]

Top 55 Lean-Body Foods to Build Muscle and Lose Body Fat

October 1, 2008

Top 55 Lean-Body Foods to Build Muscle and Lose Body Fat by Michael Geary – Certified Nutrition Specialist, Certified Personal Trainer In most of my Lean-Body Secrets Newsletters, I like to provide a healthy snack or meal recipe that not only is delicious and healthy, but also helps to get you closer to that hard-body [...]

Is It Better to Skip a Meal Than to Eat Unhealthy Food?

September 4, 2008

Is It Better to Skip a Meal Than to Eat Unhealthy Food? By: Marc David www.nobullbodybuilding.com Imagine your in a situation (work, plane, train, automobile) where you just didn’t prepare any healthy foods. Maybe you are in a situation where the only choice to eat something is junk food. I’m sure this doesn’t happen to [...]