Food can be broken down into three macronutrients: protein, carbohydrates and fat. While fat contains more calories per gram (9 calories/gram) than protein or carbohydrates (4 calories/gram), it’s an essential…
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Category Archives: Nutrition
Fitness, health and hydration go hand in hand. Your body needs adequate fluids to sustain your workouts, maintain muscular contractions, transport nutrients to your cells and help remove toxins. Your body…
Hangry! Have you heard of this word? Odds are (especially if you go to the gym on a regular basis or enjoy the workout culture in general) you know what…
One of the easiest ways to lose weight is to create a calorie deficit—consuming fewer calories than what your body uses to maintain its current weight. Research supports that you…
Hummus is tasty and an easy way to jazz up boring vegetables. But did you know it also has many health benefits? Let’s go over some of the perks!
The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee recommends that sugar make up no more than 10 percent of your daily caloric intake. And the American Heart Association recommends that women consume no…
Lactic acid is often associated with lactose intolerance. This form of lactic acid is produced in milk and other dairy products. What many people do not realize is that it…
Protein: You know it’s the building block to muscles, and yet you just can’t stomach one more grilled chicken breast or whey protein powder shake. We feel that. Learn 7…
Your mother, like millions of other mothers, might have told you that chocolate was not good for you. “Eat your fruits and vegetables,” she might have said. “You can only…
Now that Thanksgiving is over, hopefully we have put down the fork and stopped stuffing our faces (no pun intended). One of the best ways to jump back on track…