Exercising is an important part of staying fit and feeling good. But you need to eat the right foods to fuel every workout and event—otherwise, you’ll be left a step behind the competition. There are literally thousands of different products appealing to every kind of athlete, from weekend runners to Olympians, all promising to enhance […]
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As with losing weight, we recommend an informed approach to weight gain that focuses on building lean muscle—by incorporating healthy nutrition and regular exercise…
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We often consume cool beverages and meals that can actually have the opposite effect on us. Skip the beer and ice cream (which slows the digestion process), and look to these other food and drink choices that are both refreshing and will keep you from overheating in the hot summer sun.
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There is a convincing case to be made that you can throw all the trendy diets out the window and eat whatever you want as long as you refrain from doing one very simple thing: overeating. It’s a pretty simple concept, really. If you reduce your caloric intake, you will not gain as much weight. […]
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Fasting influences everything from the immune system to mental health to weight loss. This may indicate that our obsession with what we eat has been misplaced. Instead, perhaps our focus should be on when we eat. Here are eight important things to know about fasting.
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For years, fat was the scourge of the dietary universe. An entire generation of overweight people trained themselves to excise all fat from their diet in hope of slimming down. The food industry was all too happy to roll out new kinds of “low fat” and “fat free” products to meet this demand. As we’ve […]
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