Archive for 2008
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Chewing the Fat
Dietary fats usually get a bad rap, most likely due to the fact that no one really likes the word fat to begin with. While it is acknowledged that many fats are harmful, there are actually good fats that are necessary for your diet. Instead of completely cutting out all fat from your diet, you [...]
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Free Weights Vs. Machines
Whether you are brand-new to strength training or you are trying to find a better solution, one of the most common questions is whether or not free weights are better than machines. While this can largely depend on your own personal preference as well as the results do you wish to achieve, there are many [...]
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Schwarzenegger To Put Nutritional Content on Restaurant Menus
In the news today, my governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, signed a law that makes restaurants put nutritional content on menus. A lot of fast food places already provide this information in one way or another, but there are number of sit-down restaurant chains that exclude this valuable nutritional information.
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Post Workout Nutrition
While many people focus on what to eat before you start exercising, I believe it is what you eat afterwards that really matters. Whether you are trying to avoid dehydration, or you find that you are really wiped out after exercising, it is important to make sure that your post workout nutrition is balanced. [...]
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Book Review: YOU: The Owner’s Manual: An Insider’s Guide to the Body that Will Make You Healthier and Younger
How many people have ever said that they wished they came into this world with an owner’s manual. Mehmet Oz hopes to answer that question by providing you with just that. YOU: The Owner’s Manual: An Insider’s Guide to the Body that Will Make You Healthier and Younger is his attempt at a [...]
