Nut oils provide more flavor – more bang for the buck.. Kinda. But, let’s look at both sides of the coin. (Note: when I talk to nut oils I include seed oils in the same group – like, sunflower, hemp, etc.) The good first. Nut oils are: flavorful cheaper (well, not all of them really) some…
I think they call it “progressive training” or “progressive calisthenics”. And I think this below is a part of it… About a month and a half ago my workouts changed significantly -from traditional weights workouts to workouts where I use mainly the weight of my own body and in some exercises – additional weight attached to my. I…
Answer: It depends who you are asking… If you ask your doctor, you will probably receive a number, reflecting your Body Mass Index (BMI), which puts you in one of the following categories: underweight malnourished, normal, overweight, obese, severely morbidly obese. Problem is BMI is not accurate at all when used to determine if you are the right…
Okay. There are two cases that you may find yourself in: 1. You ate too many calories already and now you want to fix that, and 2. You know that you are going to eat too many calories (because it’s the day before Thanksgiving, for example. Both of these are valid and can, and will,…
I stumbled upon a study done in 2010 in the University of Chicago. 10 overweight individuals (7 men and 3 women) were fed a 10-percent below maintenance level calorie-restricted diet for 14 days. They slept either 5.5 hours or 8.5 hours on average. What happened was after these 14 days those who slept only 5.5 hours suffered a decrease…
I was taking walking toward the gym this morning. My usual route takes me by the local yacht club. As I walk walking by it the smell of grilled meet hit me in the face (well, it is Saturday, so I’m sure a lot of cooking is going on there). “So, what’s so special about the smell of…
The “dragon flag” is an exercise I’ve been working on for several years – on and off. I’ve picked up on it lately, as a way of strengthening my core muscles. I used to do it with no weights (and be happy about my accomplishments [smile]) and later on I started adding weights. My best weight was a medicine…
What do we think about water when we think of it as a part of a meal? Usually, people (me included) think about two things: Water dilutes the gastric (digestive) juices and may make digestion more difficult and taxing for the body, and.. Water makes us feel full faster, thus causing us to eat less…
If you want to use a natural 0-Calorie high-intensity sweetener, you may want to consider stevia or Truvia as opposed to artificial high-intensity sweeteners, such as Aspartame (NutraSweet) or Saccharine (Sweet-n-Low). But then what is stevia and what is Truvia? How do these two compare? Stevia is the common name for high-intensity sweetening compounds, extracted from…