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10 Banana Smoothies to Keep You Running
Smoothies: Best Energy Snack Before Running and Workouts? Preparing well before exercise, a sporting event or even a day out playing is essential to get the most out of yourself. …
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Articles and advice on nutrition for fitness, healthy eating and basic nutrition information covering fats, proteins, carbohydrates and the micro-nutrients.
Why Vegan Athletes Keep Winning
A few years ago we covered a story about how one family followed a vegan diet with unfortunate consequences. To help rebalance this we felt it is time to write …
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Protein Timing For Maximum Muscle Growth And Repair
If you fail to consume enough protein at the right times throughout the day then you may make smaller strength and performance gains than expected.
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Are Chocolate Easter Eggs Healthy?
In 2010 German health scientists declared that chocolate is actually good for us, which means that chocolate Easter Eggs are not as unhealthy as many people think. Although chocolate is …
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A Guide To Workout Nutrition – Diet For Sports Training
If you are exercising intensively you need to start thinking about nutrition. Whether you are trying to lose fat or build more muscle, or both, then getting your diet right is vital for success.
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Low GI Diet Plan eBook
Following a low GI diet is a great way to lose weight. Just follow the rules, manage your eating and do some regular exercise.
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Five greens you must add to your diet
Popeye knew what was good for him. Do you? Greens are packed with goodness and provide a massive vitamin boost to your diet.
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What’s A Healthy Diet? Our Essential Guide To Healthy Eating
Eating healthy is easy, once you read our health diet guide! Find out
what is a normal healthy diet and start living a healthier life today!
Health Benefits of Ginger and Garlic – Natures Medicines
Here we look at some of the benefits of ginger and garlic. Ginger and garlic are very versatile, and while some people just chew ginger or make garlic tea, they are most commonly used as ingredients in healthy meals.
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Top 30 Foods for Men
Men looking to lose weight need food that is packed with protein and low on energy.
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Yohan Blake’s Banana Diet
Yohan Blake – Was Faster Than Usain Bolt in 2012 – His Bio and Diet Yohan Blake is a 22 year-old Jamaican sprinter. He has beaten Usain Bolt twice in …
Read More Eat a low calorie diet without losing muscle
Weight loss means eating fewer calories, but don’t let your muscles go to waste.
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Is Bare Naked Foods the answer to obesity?
This week’s Dragons Den (BBC TV, UK) saw an ex-fitness instructor present his new health food idea to the Dragons. The food is low sugar, gluten free noodles and pasta, …
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Low carb beers to help you lose weight
OK, in an ideal world we will all stop drinking beer to lose weight. But this is just not a workable solution. If you want to lose weight you need …
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10 Ingredients You Must Never Eat
A Healthy Diet Should Not Include These Ingredients. These foods can kill. Avoid them.
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Can Greek-Style Yogurt Aid Weight Loss?
While there is evidence to support the idea that increasing protein intake can help you to manage appetite, making small changes to your diet with addressing the bigger picture is not going to make any real difference to your weight.
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What Is Processed Meat? Why Is It Bad?
OK, processed and red meat has been in the news again this week. Researchers found a link between the consumption of red meat and coronary heart disease, and also another …
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What Is Fat?
You are desperate to get rid of it, but do you know what it is, or why you have it? When we eat too much, blood sugar levels remain high and this triggers the conversion of glucose into glycerols (in the liver) which are stored as fat – and we get fatter.
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Whey Protein and Amino Acid Diet Plan
Recent research has shown that whey protein supplements that are fortified with added amino acids can help reduce fat while maintaining muscle mass. The research was carried out on obese …
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A Beautiful Tool For Health and Fitness
The Glycemic Index was described by Dr. Atkins as “A Beautiful Tool“. It is used by diabetics to help manage blood sugar levels and is also a key reason why the …
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Some Healthy Facts About Dietary Fat
Dietary fat has a bad reputation. The human diet has contained rather a lot of fat for a long time. Lard, dripping and butter were once common place in kitchens, mothers would bake cookies, cakes, pies and flans on an almost daily basis for their families. Then the western world was suddenly gripped by rising reports of heart disease in the 1970’s and fat was blamed. But was that fair?
Read MoreThe Red Meat Debate – Is It Safe?
Red meat has the potential to be very important in our diet. It is a rich source of protein, which is essential for athletic development (muscles) and also contains iron, …
Read MoreDiet and Heart Health
Over the years much research has been carried out to examine the relationship between diet and heart disease. Many studies lead to the idea of “superfoods” to prevent heart disease …
Read MoreThe Relationship Between Diet, Lifestyle and Cancer
Most health scientists have been aware for a long time of the links between poor diet, obesity, smoking, alcohol and inactivity has with cancer. However, much of the research fails …
Read MoreSugar, Carbohydrates and Your Health
Sugar still remains as one of the most misunderstood part of our diet. On one hand it provides vital energy for healthy body function and fuels the brain, on the …
Read MoreBritish Heart Foundation Report on Junk Food Marketing Success
The British Heart Foundation has issued a report in collaboration with the Children’s Food Campaign entitled “The 21st Century Gingerbread House“. The report has examined how major brands are promoting …
Read MoreHow Super are Superfoods?
The media love reporting news of superfood discoveries, but is there really any such thing as a superfood? The fact is, often the foods are not all that super at all. Sensationalist reporting just makes them seem super.
Read MoreThe New Food Pyramid – USDA Reviews Its Healthy Eating Guidelines
Since 1992 the USDA has used the Food Pyramid to provide Americans with a guide to healthy eating. Now it is updating its message and using a new tool to help American to eat well and live healthier lives.
Read MoreHealth Benefits Of Eating More Broccoli
It turns out that the humble broccoli is not so humble after all. In fact, it could well be one of the most important and mist readily available “super foods”. Its secret ingredient is called sulforaphane which is thought to reduce damage at the cellular level.
Read MoreHow Food Affects Mood, Health and Personality
A healthy diet provide more benefits than just a healthy and fit body. Mental health is also affected by diet which is why it is so important to maintain a healthy diet at all times. The food that we eat changes the way we feel and this can result in all manner of physical and behavioural issues.
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