All posts tagged Nutrition

It’s not your age that matters

As this image indicates, it really isn’t your age that matters….but what you do while you are aging. I came across this excellent article how chronic exercise preserves lean muscle mass. It really stresses a current trend… Our modern lifestyle has led to more people having sedentary jobs and fewer recreational activities. Thus, living longer does [...]

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New Shakeology Flavor – Strawberry Tropical coming Feb 14th!

We have all been waiting for this announcement! But the cool news is that Beachbody is really taking the effort to provide a raw, whole food based solution. Shakeology has been awesome to date packed with super foods. But they still had to use the industry standard of Whey Protein. NO LONGER!! Tropical is Vegan [...]

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SodaStream and Hydration

As someone that has been addicted to Diet Coke for the last 20 + years, drinking over 8 cans a day, I’m really happy that I’ve been able to kick that nasty habit. I do feel that Shakeology has been a big step in helping me deal with the cravings. But more importantly, I found a [...]

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News Flash – Eating at McDonald’s is not healthy

Appears this is a news flash because I can’t understand how folks can still eat there. And now the rush is on the get the limited supply of McRibs. A sandwich that contains no rib meat of any kind, a BBQ sauce loaded with HFCS, and 70 other synthetic chemicals, 34 of which are in [...]

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Be a less meatatarian

I don’t think this article that Eating meat link to Disease should really shock anyone. But I think it’s important to note that they are not saying to go Vegan or Raw. The point is to eat less meat. And if I may add my own two cents…since we need to eat less meat, spend [...]

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New Shakeology Flavor – Stay Healthy my friends

The new flavor is Tropical! And while I didn’t go to coach summit this year and thus missed out on the official taste test, the feedback from other coaches is that it will be a hit. So while I doubt I will switch away from Chocolate any time soon, this appears to be a nice [...]

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The best raw Bodybuilding food

What if there was something that was 100% natural that would increase your strength and give you instant  and blazing energy  to get through your workouts?  The best raw bodybuilding food on Earth is the Olive. Olives are in fact “My Dianabol”. Who needs steroids when olives are available? Olives are also the number one [...]

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What Did I just Eat? Oh boy

I finished reading the book “What Did I just Eat?” by doctors Paul Baker, Patrick Baker and Ryan Berlin. I highly highly recommend this book. It does a nice job piecing together all the nuggets of great nutrition advice I’ve been trying to gather the last two years PLUS more! It’s a thin book and [...]

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What did I just eat?

I have read a good number of books on nutrition since I’ve gone through my transformation. It’s amazing to me how health and fitness truly is a journey and not a destination….if I may borrow that phrase from Dr. Baker. So with that thought in mind, I just have to share a really down to earth, [...]

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Shakeology 3 day Cleanse

A common question I get about Shakeology is how to do the 3 day cleanse. Here is an excellent video on how to do it. I don’t recommend it while in a middle of an intense workout program like P90x or Insanity. But if you are coming off a vacation or getting ready to start a [...]

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