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Digestive Enzymes and Their Role in Health Digestive enzymes are one of the most crucial elements that help digest your food. They work together with HCl to ensure that the food you consume can be absorbed. Your food contains a complex structure that your gut cannot absorb easily. The three ...

DECODING THE HUNGER DILEMMA: REGAINING CONTROL AND MAKING BETTER CHOICES Introduction: Have you ever felt caught in a whirlwind of conflicting voices about how you deal with hunger? Me: I'm hungry!Inner voice #1: Eat!Inner voice #2: Or maybe not???Inner voice #3: EAT!Me: ... [slight panic attack] The battle between "eat ...

Gallbladder plays a crucial role in health and disease. Diet and exercise are perhaps the most important elements that help improve gallbladder function. Here is how exercise and diet influence gallbladder function. Role of Exercise 1. Effects on Gallstones: Research suggests a direct link between regular exercise and gallbladder health. ...

What is the Gallbladder? The gallbladder is a small sac that sits under the liver. You might think that gallbladder does not do much but it has a crucial role in health and disease. According to some estimates, more than 20% of Americans develop some kind of gallbladder problem, with ...

The Turkey Experience No, I was not teaching in Turkey. I was on vacation with my wife. So, in this article, I'm not going to talk about training or classes, but I'll discuss different strategies to stay healthy and eat right while traveling. Aliona and I decided to go to ...

  The Dominican Experience The Dominican Republic has always been very close to my heart. I have very good friends there with whom I enjoy and share different subjects and experiences. The weather invites me to enjoy their fantastic atmosphere, the food is great, I have unforgettable memories from other ...

My Experience with a Constant Glucose Monitor  To Use or Not to Use a Constant Glucose Monitor Measuring blood glucose has been around for a very long time, using those devices where you have to prick your fingertip, get a drop of blood, and put it on the testing stripe. ...

If you've been training people for a long time, you know that the number of training programs you can use is limited, and at some point, you end up running out of ideas, so what should you do at this point? If you identify yourself with this situation, you are ...

Nikos - An ordinary man's transformation Nikos' girlfriend at that time (December 2020) was a very good friend of mine, so when she asked me if I could help him lose some fat, I happily agreed to do my best. When I first met Nikos, it was obvious that he ...

Thanks to his dedication and coaching skills, Aarón Garcia, a student of the Strength Community, made Arturo Salas a World Champion in Grappling, who displayed exceptional levels of physical fitness and strength. Guest blog by Aarón García Let me tell you something about Arturo. First things first, Arturo is the ...

The Importance of a Healthy Gut. The human gastrointestinal system is one of the body's most complicated and crucial structures. Its role in human health and disease extends far beyond food digestion. But what is the gastrointestinal system? The gastrointestinal system comprises the alimentary canal (which includes your esophagus, stomach, ...

Carnitine - Different Types and What Do They Do? Carnitine is a compound that helps in energy generation in the body. It is present in almost all body cells but most abundant in muscles, the brain, the liver, and the kidneys. The natural food sources of carnitine include red meat, ...

BJJ World Champion - The Comeback of the Year Expert coach in preparation for Olympic competitions A series of injuries kept Hind Charifi away from her sport, Brazilian Jiujitsu, for about a year. This is the story of how we did her recovery process, together with her training, to go ...

What is Carnosine? Carnosine is a protein-building block. It is a dipeptide and consists of two amino acids- beta-alanine and histidine. It plays several crucial functions in the body and is found in the muscles, brain, heart, and other body organs. Carnosine mainly comes from animal sources such as beef, ...

Vince Gironda, from the golden era of bodybuilding, was, and probably is still considered The Iron Guru. His knowledge, tricks, techniques, and innovations, primarily based on experimentation, are still applied today and will probably stay around for years to come, for a simple reason; they work! Even Arnold was trained ...

Vitamin D, also known as calciferol or cholecalciferol, is a fat-soluble vitamin that the human body can produce on its own. Your skin contains a type of cholesterol called 7-dehydrocholesterol that takes energy from the sun and converts it to vitamin D3. Vitamin D3 goes through the liver and kidneys ...

I've always been a huge fan, user, promoter, and advocate of Eleiko and Sweden is one of my favorite countries in the world, so teaching at the Eleiko headquarters in Halmstad - Sweden was like a dream come true.   I have always admired Sweden for the level of education ...

The connection between food and the brain is inextricably interlinked. Food can either boost your brain's performance or slow it down dramatically, depending on the type of food you've eaten. For instance, processed foods filled with refined sugar or unhealthy fats (trans-fats and seed oils) can impair cognitive function, and ...

People worldwide are constantly looking for and pursuing ways to improve their health, well-being, fitness, and athletic performance without resorting to drugs, steroids, and other substances. There is a significant amount of research in this area, with the majority centered on food, vitamins, herbs, and other supplements. Taurine is an ...

Guest Blog by Designs for Sport Collagen Peptides Effect on Skeletal Muscle Signaling Post-Exercise Collagen consists of 30% of the total protein in the human body. Collagen is essential for the extracellular matrix of muscles and tendons, and muscle force transmission, flexibility, and adaptability. Collagen peptides have a unique amino ...

After the amazing feedback on the Calves Growth Training article, and an important amount of readers asking for a similar article on forearms, here you have a sure way to make your forearms grow. I’m not going to give a detailed anatomical explanation of the muscles of the forearm because ...