We live in the Internet Age, so we have all probably seen pop-up ads that make claims like “Slee own that sleep increases muscle protein synthesis rates after exercising. However, it was unclear if similar “gainz” would be made after resistance training. But “gainz” were, indeed, made. From the Journal of Nutrition Muscle strength increased afterContinue reading “Protein Before Bedtime, Muscles by Morning”
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Protein as an Afternoon Snack May Help with Weight Management
For many years when I would get hungry in the afternoons, I would reach for a nice cold barrel fish. Back then, eating barrel fish was very convenient for me because of my proximity to barrels and fish. But little did I know that eating barrel-raised, protein-rich fish while watching my mid-day “stories” was helping me to keepContinue reading “Protein as an Afternoon Snack May Help with Weight Management”
Plant Protein May Preserve Muscle Strength
My favorite part of the old Popeye cartoons was when he’d open up a fresh can of spinach, swallow the semi-fluid green mass in a singular gulp and then flex his muscles. It was best when a mini-cartoon would appear on the side of his bicep. Sometimes it was a bundle of dynamite about toContinue reading “Plant Protein May Preserve Muscle Strength”
Protein for Breakfast: A Slimming Strategy
They say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. That’s why I eat it for dinner and lunch, too. Then “they” say that you can’t possibly do that, but I say that it’s important to have dreams, big dreams. So “they” said ‘phooey on that.’ I may never see eye to eye with “them,”Continue reading “Protein for Breakfast: A Slimming Strategy”
Vitamin C May Provide Similar Vascular Benefits to Exercise
You should exercise. There is copious amounts of data that shows exercise in any of its many, wondrous forms can reduce your likelihood of life-threatening illnesses like cardiovascular disease and some types of cancer, but if you can’t exercise, our old cold-bustin’, antioxidant-burstin’ buddy, Vitamin C, may be able to pick up some of theContinue reading “Vitamin C May Provide Similar Vascular Benefits to Exercise”
If You’re an Athlete, You May Be Low on These 5 B Vitamins
If you’ve been a sluggard at the gym lately, it may be due to your diet. We’re not talking about a singular chocolate chip cookie eaten greedily behind a copse of trees near the gym. We’re talking about B vitamins. If you’ve been doing high-intensity training, there’s a good chance your body could do with a dash ofContinue reading “If You’re an Athlete, You May Be Low on These 5 B Vitamins”
Why Premium Protein Is Worth Its Weight in Muscle
Anyone can go to their local Everything-Mart and pick up a gigantic tub of whey protein powder for about fifty bucks. It seems like a good deal because, good gosh, that tub is huge and there is just so much protein in it. However, a series of lawsuits have revealed that a lot of theContinue reading “Why Premium Protein Is Worth Its Weight in Muscle”
Cardiovascular Fitness Is One of the Best Indicators of Health at Any Age
Exercise can slow down the aging process according to extensive new research. This is good news for people attempting to commission magical paintings that age for them and those wandering around the gator-filled Florida Everglades looking for youthifying fountains. It may, however, be bad news for plastic surgeons and the makers of fine walking canes. AllContinue reading “Cardiovascular Fitness Is One of the Best Indicators of Health at Any Age”
LeafGreens and Exercise Recovery
Under normal conditions, moderate and even intense exercise is very healthy. It does, however, put a lot of oxidative stress on the body. Oxidative stress has been linked to a lot of nasty things like cardiovascular disease, cancer, kidney problems and more. In the case of exercise, all this is fine because the oxidative stress caused byContinue reading “LeafGreens and Exercise Recovery”
Vitamin D Helps Sports Performance, Heart Health
They call vitamin D “the sunshine vitamin” because it’s one of the few vitamins that you can acquire just by sitting in a turtle-shaped kiddie pool in the backyard or just while being outside in the sunlight generally. Despite being a free vitamin that literally falls right out of the sky, nearly seventy-five percent of American adultsContinue reading “Vitamin D Helps Sports Performance, Heart Health”
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