It’s no secret how easy it is to get matched on Tinder – “swipe right” to like. Meal planning can be this easy too. Swipe to accept the meal suggestion, or you can swap it out for another meal or even swap out just one ingredient. This is meal planning[…]
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You want to change your body. You’ve lost weight in the past but it was short-lived. You just can’t figure out how to do it and keep it off. I mean, how many times are you going to lose those same 20 lbs.? Now, almost begrudgingly, you are thinking about[…]
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Social media has created an environment where everywhere you turn, someone has “the best” piece of fitness advice for you. It also has apparently become irrelevant if the source of this so called “new and improved method” doesn’t hold any fitness-related degrees or certifications, hands on experience, or even know[…]
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We as consumers are becoming smarter. We read nutrition labels and choose our foods based on calories and macronutrients – protein, carbohydrates, and fats. Carbohydrates, in the simplest of definitions, are the main source of energy for our bodies. There are three main types: sugar, starch, and fiber. What is[…]
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You might be expecting me to tell you the lessons I’ve learned in the gym are that I know how much weight I can squat or bench press. Or that I like free weights more than machines. Or that I prefer high intensity interval training over steady cardio. Or that[…]
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Natural peanut butter is superior to every other type of peanut butter. What is natural peanut butter? Natural peanut butter contains one or at most two ingredients: dry roasted peanuts or dry roasted peanuts and salt. If there is any other ingredient, such as sugar, monoglycerides or diglycerides, or molasses,[…]
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Is it for breakfast, to start your day strong? Or should you have one an hour before you workout? Maybe it should be your post-workout meal? To give the best answer to this question, it is better to first briefly talk about a more important topic – the nutrition of[…]
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While it is becoming easier to get protein as a vegan, there is still a lot of misinformation that can cause confusion and will result in poor nutrition. Nuts, grains, and legumes are touted as protein sources but often times you must eat a really large amount of each to[…]
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There is a new corporate wellness expectation that has in part come about as a result of covid-19, and it affects our health and as well as our behaviors. A Brief History of Workplace Wellness 1760 – the Industrial Revolution began and employers were not bound by laws governing the[…]
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It seems that meatless products are gaining a lot of attention in the news. But why? What are the advantages of plant-based protein? The answers to this question fall into two categories – health and environment. What are the health benefits of plant-based protein? Lower saturated fat than meat-based protein[…]
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