Category: Nutrition

Calculate Your Caloric Needs for Muscle Growth

How to Calculate Your Caloric Needs for Maximum Muscle Growth

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Understanding how to calculate your caloric needs to reach your goal – such as muscle growth – can help you to best understand how to give your body precisely what is required to get there.  That said, it’s not uncommon to forget about this step. Controlling your calories is important to losing weight. If you do not control your calorie intake, you will not be able to burn fat. That said, your food calories are also the energy your body needs for growth in areas well beyond stored fat.

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20 Foods Highest in CLA

Top 20 Foods Highest in CLA

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The foods highest in CLA also happen to be the foods many dieters avoid. Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) has become one of the most important ingredients in the health and wellness market, particularly when it comes to losing weight. While supplements help many people to make sure they receive a consistent dose of CLA every Read more about Top 20 Foods Highest in CLA[…]

watermelon for bodybuilding

Watermelon for Bodybuilding and Weight Loss

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Are you seeing a lot of watermelon for bodybuilding products popping up everywhere you look? Are you finding claims about these melons at your health food store? Is your gym adding this ingredient to its juices and smoothies all of a sudden?

Whether you are a bodybuilder, someone who just wants to stay in shape, or someone entirely new to the fitness and weight loss world, you can benefit from watermelon. Watermelon is being called the new superfood and is getting new recognition from scientists.

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daily micro workouts

Micro Workouts for a Busy Schedule

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When it comes to getting your workouts in, it isn’t always a matter of determination. Even those of us who are the most dedicated to our routines have times when life takes over and we’re just too busy.

Though you can’t use that as an excuse every day if you really want to keep up your form, every now and again, there are some ways to slip in a bit of a workout here and there, even when 24 hours just doesn’t seem like enough for each day.
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Global Warming and Nutrients in Your Food

Is Global Warming Reducing the Nutrients in Your Food?

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Is your diet less nutritious because of the global warming trend? According to a recent TED talk, that might actually be the case. Rising CO2 is pushing climate change along and while this is placing certain crops at risk from issues such as flooding and drought, the quality of our food may also be falling. Read more about Is Global Warming Reducing the Nutrients in Your Food?[…]

Best Tasting Fat Burning Foods

Best Tasting Fat Burning Foods to Work Into Your Meals

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Fat burning foods are always appealing when you want to lose weight. That said, there’s a big difference between those that are simply helpful and those you actually want to eat! If something tastes terrible, burns, or smells foul, it’s hard to include them into your life on a regular basis. Fortunately, there are tons Read more about Best Tasting Fat Burning Foods to Work Into Your Meals[…]

Healthy Christmas

Have a Fun and Healthy Christmas at the Same Time!

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Being able to have a healthy Christmas and still have fun seems like a contradiction in terms. Think about it. All the foods we associate with this time of year are either sugary or fatty, creamy or salty, or all those things at once. It doesn’t seem like it would be possible to do things Read more about Have a Fun and Healthy Christmas at the Same Time![…]

Maintain Healthy Nutrition During Holiday Travel

Here’s How I Maintain Healthy Nutrition Even During Holiday Travel

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For many of us, the holiday season means a lot of travel, which can make it hard to maintain healthy nutrition for days or even weeks at a time. This is a struggle I’ve had for many years but that I’ve learned to overcome (for the most part) in recent years. If you go through Read more about Here’s How I Maintain Healthy Nutrition Even During Holiday Travel[…]

Best Protein Powder Types to Lose Weight

Here’s What You Need to Know about Protein Powder Types to Lose Weight

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Choosing the right protein powder types to lose weight can help you to shed weight more comfortably. After all, the right proteins in your diet can provide a range of benefits that are fat loss strategy friendly. Powders offer a convenient way to help you to make sure you’re getting all the protein you need Read more about Here’s What You Need to Know about Protein Powder Types to Lose Weight[…]