Reading Time: 4 minutes In Part 1 of this article, I described the different types of diets and how they apply to different population. In the second part I’ll describe how I prescribe eating plans to my athletes and clients. How do I prescribe eating plans to my athletes or clients? As you should have already deducted, virtually […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes The word diet comes from the Greek “diaita” which means way of life, which in turn is derived from the verb “diaitan” which means rule your own life, to govern yourself. This to me implies individuality! As you can see, the original meaning of the word has been distorted to the point that today
Reading Time: 4 minutes Guest Blog by Designs for Sports “Not only are there zero case reports of kidney injury from high protein diets—the medical dogma of restricting protein in chronic kidney disease is almost purely mythical.” (Theodore Naiman, MD, a family physician well known in the low carb and ketogenic community) “Increased dietary protein is thought to
Reading Time: 4 minutes Guest Blog by Designs for Sports It’s hard to believe that in certain circles, protein has gotten a reputation as being harmful for bone health. After all, Paleolithic hunter-gatherer diets typically contained a large proportion of meat, yet anthropologists can sometimes distinguish the remains of hunter-gatherers from those of agriculturalists solely by examining the bones:
Reading Time: < 1 minute Guest Blog by Dr. Gabrielle Lyon There is a lot of confusion in the weight loss space. While there are certainly many factors as to why high-quality weight loss can be challenging, one cannot overlook the core fundamentals. One core principle is understanding what you put in your mouth. We live in a world
Reading Time: 4 minutes Did you know that you can enhance and positively affect your brain performance? And that you can accomplish this at any time of the day? Here is how I do it. I recently wrote an article about Pre-Workout Supplements where I addressed the subject of my favorite supplements to enhance brain function before a
Reading Time: 2 minutes Guest blog by Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Before I get into the direct answer; let’s start by talking about the food guide pyramid that came in the mid-1980’s, basically it said we’re going to reduce higher quality proteins and animal proteins, because of cholesterol and saturated fat. That we should eat a lot more plants, that’s
Reading Time: 8 minutes Coffee consumption has been the center of controversial positions for a long time. In this article I’m going to show many of the benefits of this beverage, and the research that backs up those findings. One thing that is perfectly clear for me is that as Lucretius said, “one man’s food is another man’s
Reading Time: < 1 minute Guest blog by Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Do you trust food labels? Food companies get a lot of flexibility in what they report on a food label. They use information about individual ingredients and then estimate what may be in the final product. Food companies are allowed nearly 20% error in an individual package. Another
Reading Time: 4 minutes Guest blog by Designs for Sport Pick up any popular magazine or click on a health headline and you’re more likely than not to find something about fasting. Fasting is all the rage right now, being touted as having anti-aging effects, facilitating fat loss, boosting mood and providing mental clarity and sharp cognition. Research even supports the use of intermittent