Debunking the White Food Myth – It may not be that bad after all.

White food has recently earned a bad reputation. Much of this may be due to diet programs requiring you to limit the amount of white foods you eat. That’s because white foods are known as processed foods that have been stripped of their nutritional goodness. Often stuffed with “bad” carbohydrates, these white foods have been […]

Eat Like a Caveman – The meat and bones of the Paleo diet.

Take a step back in time to the Stone Age. What did people eat 10 thousand years ago? They ate what they could hunt and gather. This included foods such as wild-caught fish; grass-fed meats; eggs; vegetables; fruits; berries; seeds; roots; healthy oils; nuts; and drinks such as water, green tea, and coconut water. Now […]

Exercise to Manage Stress

Too stressed to exercise? You’re missing out on an effective way to relieve stress. Work, kids, finances, relationships, illness… everyone has some stress in life. While some let it build up to the point of emotional, physical, or relational problems, others have learned effective ways of dealing with it. One way to prevent stress from—well, […]

Soothing Your Sore Self

You know the feeling. You haven’t worked out in a few weeks and you finally head to boot camp. You work muscles that haven’t been used in a while. The next morning you have trouble getting out of bed and walking across the room because your muscles are too sore and stiff. While this soreness […]

Blasting Fat with the After Burn Effect

We all know that blasting fat means burning calories during a workout, but did you know that with the right exercise routine you can continue to burn calories long after a workout? Technically called Excess Post-Exercise Oxygen Consumption or EPOC, After Burn is a physiological measure of the oxygen used in excess of what you […]