All Entries in the "DIET & NUTRITION" Category
Diet and Mood Changes
What you decide to eat can play an important role on your emotional state of mind. Research has revealed that what you eat and when you eat can help to determine how you feel throughout the day. People consume food for a variety of reasons. While the primary reason we eat is to provide caloric [...]
How to Properly Implement a Low Sugar Diet
One of the biggest reasons many people find themselves having health problems later in life has to do with the amount of sugar in their diet. A diet that contains a lot of sugar can end up causing a multitude of different diseases, such as diabetes or simple obesity. Someone with a high sugar diet [...]
Is Sugar Really That Bad for Me? Why?
We are constantly being urged by fitness experts, nutritionists and doctors to avoid sugar, because it is really so bad for us and our health. So why is sugar, commonly found in every kitchen, added to countless food items and drinks and used by most of us quite freely, so very bad? Firstly it is [...]
What to Cut Out and What to Include in Your Six Pack Abs Diet?
While exercises are important for those ripped six pack abs, what is also vitally important is an appropriate six pack abs diet which will help you lower the body fat percentage and add definition to the underlying muscles of the abdomen. Here are the things that you should include in your diet to get six [...]
Best Protein for Gaining Muscle Mass
Protein is essential for anyone who is trying to gain muscle mass. During resistance training, tiny tears form in your muscles. Eating protein helps to repair these tears and also aids in gaining muscle mass. This is why protein is vital for the ultimate health of your muscles. However, there are different types of protein [...]
Chocolate Milk after Workout
Along with the proper amount of exercise, diet and nutrition are essential components of any serious fitness program. An important part of a well-rounded fitness program will also include a post-workout nutrition plan. After strenuous exercise, it’s essential that your body gets the nutrients that were lost during training. After exercise, your muscle’s glycogen stores [...]
The Mediterranean Diet Plan
The term “Mediterranean Diet” refers to foods that have been traditionally associated with people that live near the Mediterranean Sea. Although there are several different countries located around the Mediterranean, research has shown that the traditional diet contains many foods that may lead to a healthier lifestyle. The Mediterranean diet incorporates the fundamental concepts to [...]
Breakfast – Is it Really That Big of a Deal?
Nutritionists have long been telling us that breakfast is the most important meal of the day and that you should have breakfast like a king, lunch like a commoner and dine like a pauper. For long the position on breakfast has been that if you are trying to lose weight then you must have breakfast [...]
Effects of Caffeine on Your Fitness Routine
Nowadays it is a well known routine to hit the coffee shop before going to work or having a cup of coffee before leaving home. Just as any other thing in life, coffee has both upsides and downsides. It has been documented that caffeine that is found in coffee has positive effects on the performance [...]
The HCG Diet – Is It Worth the Risk?
Among the many fad diets that periodically do the rounds is the HCG diet, and like all fad diets it works beautifully for some people but can, at the same time, be dangerous. In this diet, the hCG hormone is injected into the dieter who then eats only 500 calories each day, for 40 days [...]
