Weight loss secrets – snacks

Balancing your blood sugar with protein, fat and carbohydrates at every meal and snack is one of the secrets to optimal energy levels, good mood and a healthy, lean body. Now, snacks are not for everyone. If you work with a nutritionist for weight loss you get the composition of your breakfast, lunch and dinner right, you … Read more

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Manipulating hormones for weight loss

Manipulating hormones during exercise is one the key elements to successful weight loss. This can be done through a nutritionist for weight loss or through exercise. Research has shown that doing resistance training, particularly when performed in a circuit as demonstrated in the workout video clip, increases certain hormones such as testosterone, cortisol and growth hormone. The goal … Read more

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Carb loading part 4

Carbohydrate loading should be done leading up to an important event such as a half marathon, marathon, triathlon or other endurance event where for 3-4 days prior to the event you can safely carbohydrate load as outlined by the AIS, and after having completed the event eat normally again. It might still be wise to … Read more

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Carb loading part 3

In the example from the AIS below the foods, although high in carbohydrates, are also low in nutrition. Consider the kerbs’ cycle and electron transport chain (I can see you eyes glazing over here but bear with me). You don’t need to understand all the chemical reactions, just the fact that in order to turn all … Read more

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Carb loading part 2

Carbohydrate loading is a strategy employed by athletes that involves reducing training volume whilst simultaneously increasing the amounts of carbohydrates consumed in the days leading up to a game or event. The aim is to up regulate an enzyme called glycogen synthase (an enzyme that creates muscle fuel called glycogen) and cause the muscles to … Read more

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Carb loading part 1

Carbohydrate loading is a concept that both athletes and the general pubic know of. This is largely due to the marketing of carbohydrate based products such as whole grains, sugary snack foods and sports drinks being the champion or elite sports performance, and in some part to information passed on via successful ex-elite athletes extolling … Read more

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Crafty bastards won’t get away with it!

Re-branding high fructose corn syrup or the artificial sweetener aspartame will not change the fact that they are poisonous junk foods that cause insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, obesity and high blood pressure, but this is exactly what the manufacturers of both products are doing. Both The Corn Refiners Association in the US who make … Read more

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B vitamins good for the brain

Some research came out last week that suggested that high dose B vitamins can help protect the brain from the signs of aging such as early onset dementia. This is great news as nutritionists have been arguing for years that supplements are good for your health and help prevent disease. We have also been arguing … Read more

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Watercress may reduce breast cancer

I was glad to see today in the news that some research has come out to show that eating 80g of watercress a day can reduce the risk of breast cancer. Now, most good nutritionists have known this for years but it’s great that mainstream science and medicine is catching up. Watercress contains nutrients called … Read more

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