The Takeaway: Many sports drinks claim to enhance performance and recovery, but by knowing what your body needs, you can determine whether these drinks are worth the time and money. Nowadays, sports drinks are advertised to just about anyone who might possibly ever become dehydrated, active or not. Highly specialized beverages like Gatorade’s G series drinks …
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Nutrition Tips for Increased Energy and Brain Function
While most people are far from being world-class competitors, each of us has an area of life where we would like to perform our best. These common areas of performance include work, the gym, social settings or life at home where days of low energy or lack of focus can drive the average person to …
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How Food Has Changed…And What To Do About It
The Takeaway: The food we eat today is different than that of the past. This is largely due to the amount of processing that occurs today. It’s important to know that eating heavily processed foods oftentimes means eating less healthy. See the bulleted list at the bottom of this post for some ways to ensure the food …
The Paleo Diet – An Objective Look
Did cavemen have it right? Proponents of the Paleo (short for Paleolithic) diet say that our old cavemen ancestors were healthy, strong and free of today’s diseases, largely due to their diet of fruits, vegetables, meats and fat. Since legumes, dairy and grains were not eaten by the early hunter gatherers, these foods are specifically …
How To Eat Healthy Without Breaking the Bank
When it comes to grocery shopping, calories are cheap, but buying good nutrition can be a burden on the wallet. Why? Well healthy foods are usually priced higher due to increased production costs and added value. Also, food manufacturers know that we’ll pay a little more if we think their product is benefiting our health. …