All Entries in the "DIET & NUTRITION" Category
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 [...]
Cocoa Milk is the Top Post Workout Drink
The history of the cocoa cultivation began in Central America. The Aztecs knew the plant from the 14th century when it was sacred to them. Then they looked at the Cocoa as a gift from Gods, that’s why the cocoa was much appreciated. The grains derived from its fruit were used not only for ritual [...]
Wheat and the Healthy Diet Elements
It is a fact that the people consuming regularly whole cereal such as wheat have a lower risk of getting a heart disease, diabetes or obesity. Wheat has been known to man for over 10.000 years on the current territory of Iran and it is considered to bring a lot of benefits to the human [...]
7 Foods that Help in Weight Loss and Enhance Fitness
You may not have associated cheese with weight loss, but there may be some surprises in this list of 7 foods to help you lose weight and keep fit- 1. Full fat cheese can help you lose weight because of its linoleic acid content that helps give a boost to the metabolism. 2. Almonds may [...]
