Category: Nutrition
Nutrition is never about food
As a personal trainer, I often found the most resistance when talking to people about nutrition. One of the first objections always sounds something like this: “How many meals…really?…how do you prepare all that food?…I’m really busy you know!” I’ll never forget the time one woman just stood up in the middle of one of my first seminars and exclaimed, “I’ve got three kids all under 8 years old, where …more
Interview with Scott Hill
I believe that nutrition is an important and often under-emphasised aspect of strength training. Fortunately I know an athlete who has been not only extremely successful as a powerlifter, but …more
What is Lactic Acid?
Many fitness-conscious people have been lead to believe that lactic acid is a vile waste product that should be avoided at all costs. However, the complete opposite is true. Lactic …more
Fructose – the Fruity Truth
If you haven’t already heard, fructose is catching a bad rap. Yes, the naturally occurring form of sugar found in fruits. It has been implicated in wrong doings such as: …more
Effectiveness of post‐exercise recover…
Introduction Athletes are more professional and are training harder then ever before as they attempt to reach their optimal potential. With this, injuries have become more apparent, and consequently there …more
8 Minute Tuna Cakes
These tuna cakes are FDN – fast, delishous and nutritous! They can be eaten hot or cold, served with salad or vegetables. Make up a large batch of these tuna …more
Moroccan Quinoa Bites
Quinoa as a ‘premium grain’. This premium grain is high in fiber, vitamins, minerals and protein. It contains an array of phytochemicals which help to maintain a healthy GI tract, …more
Fats for health recovery & fat loss…
In parts 1, 2 and 3 of this series, all of the information thus far has been on the essential fats and ways to ensure that your intake is optimum. …more
Fats for health recovery & fat loss…
Unfortunately, you cannot rely solely on plant foods to meet your omega-3 requirements. As I mentioned previously, in Part-2. the essential fat LNA is required to synthesize the more bioactive …more
Fats for health recovery & fat loss…
In Part-1 of this series, I identified the essential fat imbalance that promotes chronic inflammation which underlines a number of unrelated problems such as unwanted weight gain, poor fat metabolism, …more
Fats for health recovery & fat loss…
Ten years ago, nobody wanted to know anything about them. Health-conscious people avoided them like the plague. Now, they’ve become the latest fad. Not a week goes by without at …more
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