Whether you’re looking to make the move to a vegetarian or vegan diet, or just looking to add more plant-based foods into your diet that also may include animal-based proteins – we can all benefit from eating more plants. We get vitamins, minerals, fiber, and other nutrients from plant-based foods and research shows diets …
Bodybuilding Meal Plan: Clean Eating for Beginners
Bodybuilding Meal Plan for Beginners | Bodybuilding Meal Plan for Building Muscle | Bodybuilding Meal Plan for Losing Weight No matter if your goal is to bulk up, lose weight, or just stay healthy, how you train is only one part of the plan. To produce the best results for your body, pair your training regimen with meal plans …
The Best Test-Boosting Foods You're (Hopefully) Already Eating
Testosterone is a vital hormone that plays a crucial role in men’s—and yes, women’s—bodies in a wide range of functions. Just a few include hormonal balance, sex drive, muscle gain, and body composition. Evidence suggests that prioritizing certain nutrients, such as vitamin D and zinc, will help support your testosterone production and free testosterone …
“Eating Was the Only Way to Deal with My Husband's Death”
Eating to Grow: The Top 10 Foods for Building Muscle
If you’re trying to gain size, you can spend two hours in the weight room, hammering out set after set, but it won’t mean much if you aren’t eating a muscle-focused diet.Size gains come from two foundational actions: tearing the muscle down with training, and building it back up with nutrition. And nutrition means …
The Science of Intermittent Eating
This is not an article about intermittent fasting. It’s the opposite. It’s about intermittent eating—IE, for short. Specifically, it’s about how to eat to optimize recovery and maximize muscle growth. In fact, the need for intermittent feeding, meaning eating, is one of the reasons that intermittent fasting fails to produce sufficient muscle gains and …
What One Lifter Learned from Not Eating for 60 Hours
This Nurse's Rx for Weight Loss? Exercise and Healthy Eating
During her early twenties, Courtney Hendon was like many women, playing the love/hate game with her body and arbitrary numbers on the scale. Her weight rose and fell for years, at one point hitting 200 pounds. It undoubtedly went higher, but she grew so discouraged that she stopped using the scale. Today, Hendon weighs …
6 Ways To Help Your Kid Enjoy Healthy Eating
We all know how important good nutrition habits are when it comes to our family’s health. Most parents make a conscious effort to put healthy meals and snacks in front of their kids, and try to instill in them an appreciation for quality food. Despite all those best efforts, though, it’s not uncommon to hear, […]