Perfect fat for athletes

I found this great article from Body Sport.com that addresses one of the biggest nutritional myths ever~that a low fat diet will equal weight loss. I have been eating a lot of avocado's lately and loving them. Not only becuase they are creamy, satisfying and delicious but becuase they helped me lose weight- 30 pounds! Currently, while ...

Food is everywhere. I was in the nail salon the other day, and the food channel was on the TV screen. You simply can't get away from it even if you try. Two other women were watching intently while Jada whipped up her Italian magic. As I was eavesdropping on the conversation, (what else could I ...

ONE TOO MANY BANANAS How many bananas is too many bananas? I don’t know but your body knows. You can overdo and overeat the GOOD stuff too.  My partner, John Allen, and I talk about this concept all the time. Contrary to that popular belief that “eating healthy doesn’t taste good and is boring” reason/excuse that many ...

I don't know about you but I would rather eat a GREEN apple than some YELLOW #6. What the heck is that anyway? Yet, it is in a lot of our refined, processed, American food items and most of us are not even aware of what we are eating. Look at this list: whole grain rolled oats, high fructose ...

Many people believe any excess weight gained will be composed of fat created by eating too many calories and this is often true. But in fact, all weight gains are comprised of 3 components, fat, water and lean muscle weight and the factors leading to increased fat and water weight in particular (even lean muscle ...

The title of this article is from an acquaintance of mine Rip Esselstyn.I know Rip through his father Dr Caldwell Esselstyn. Here is an excerpt from his article Attention Athletes: Eat Your Vegetables! Alex Rodriguez. Barry Bonds. Jose Conseco. Andy Pettitte. Jason Giambi. Roger Clemens. Baseball players in the news, all of them in hot water for ...

With eating Nutrient Rich food being a PerformanceLifestyle solution, it is no wonder that this headline was very attractive. I saw this on the Internet today - you can see the 100 best foods for boosting productivity according to FoodProof.com. Now these may not actually be the 100 "best" foods according the nutrient profiles, but the chart ...

By John Allen Mollenhauer "JAM". We are at a major shift in the nutritional landscape, about how we think about eating, and eating for health, for that matter.  For decades, we have been operating on the "nutrient poor" model of nutrition, where nutritional advice has focused mostly on what foods and substances people should limit - saturate fat, ...

For years, I wondered why people, including myself at one point, would feel so tired when making a rapid transition to a nutrient rich diet. Lethargy, would raise the questions, "Am I getting enough nutrients?" Enough Protein, iron etc? I knew intuitively at that time that it had something to do with vital energy, the ...