supplements

ORAC – Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity – What Does It Really Mean?

August 28, 2010

The term anti-oxidant is heard in a lot of nutritional circles and you can find lots of foods and supplements that are labeled “high in anti-oxidants” but that description is totally subjective. It’s like describing someone as tall. If you are 5’ 10” you are tall in Japan perhaps, but not in the United States, [...]

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Health Benefits of Herbal Teas – Three Teas to Consider

July 6, 2010

Eastern cultures have used herbal teas to treat illness for many centuries. It is only recently that western culture has begun to begrudgingly accept that there may be some truth to the treatment and use of herbal teas and supplements. The best thing to do, in my opinion is to take the best of both [...]

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Whole Foods, Organic Supplements and Feeding The Machine That is Your Body

June 17, 2010

Where do you get your nutrition from? I was talking to a guy at the gym yesterday and he was telling me about his fitness routine. He comes into the gym three days a week and does twenty minutes of cardio and hits the free weights for about a half an hour and then he [...]

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Daily Supplementation

January 29, 2009

If you haven’t gathered by now, I totally believe that you cannot get the nutrition you need simply by eating healthy and whole organic foods. Not that those aren’t what I eat, it’s just that the soil is so depleted of nutrients that our food no longer contains what we need to sustain a long [...]

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Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA)

January 27, 2009

A double-blind study was reported in the Journal of Nutrition in December of 2000 found that Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA) helps both with reducing body fat and preserving muscle tissue. Definitely a double win for those of looking to drop some weight and not lose lean mass. For this reason I have decided to include [...]

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Week 2 Body for Life

January 26, 2009

Well, it’s time for the results from my first week on “Body for Life” My weight is down 4.5 pounds since last Monday. Not too bad. I also lost 2 inches off my waist. I am pleased about that. Comfort wise, I am feeling good. I’m eating plenty – mostly chicken, eggs, fish and shakes [...]

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fitness routine & supplement use

December 21, 2008

I did a video on my routine and I wanted to clarify exactly the steps I am taking to reach my goal weight of 180 pounds. First, I have been going to the gym seven days a week for 23 days now, and am down 10 pounds. Currently I weight 190.5 pounds. In my life [...]

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DHEA and Day 21

December 19, 2008

It’s day 21 of my gym routine, and I am happy to say that it has been a total success. I have lost 8 pounds of body weight, and hopefully that included some muscle gain with fat loss. That appears to be the case. I wanted to write a bit about DHEA. I have been [...]

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Essential Fatty Acids

November 30, 2008

Good Fats versus Bad Fats By now you have probably heard about the benefits of having more “Omega-3″ fatty acids in your diet, and if you haven’t, it is time that you looked into it. Even the Food and Drug Administration, not known for being on the cutting edge, has jumped on the bandwagon with [...]

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