Losing weight isn’t easy. First, food is delicious, and secondly, the methods of slimming down are often unpleasant. There is only one surefire way to go about it, and that’s by consuming fewer calories than you expend. Creating this deficit usually requires diet and exercise. However, there are lots of smart lifestyle hacks that one can employContinue reading “Peas Found to Be More Filling than Meat”
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Protein Before Bedtime, Muscles by Morning
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”
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”
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”
5 Reasons to Get More Plant Protein in Your Diet
The World Health Organization recently classified processed meat as a carcinogen because eating a lot of it can increase your risk of colorectal cancer. This means many people around the globe are going to be limiting the amount of processed meats that they’re tossing onto their sandwiches and stuffing into their casseroles. Although protein deficiency doesn’t tend to be aContinue reading “5 Reasons to Get More Plant Protein in Your Diet”
Sleep Well and Lose Weight with ProPeas!
It’s been pretty well documented that a lack of sleep can make it harder for a person to lose weight. Those who don’t acquire adequate shut-eye have a greater propensity to make poor eating decisions, like ravenously devouring dozens of frosted donuts. Also, research shows that night owls are more likely to indulge in carb-centric midnight snacking. PoorContinue reading “Sleep Well and Lose Weight with ProPeas!”
Large Scale Study: “Protein Keeps You Full”
Most of you have heard by now that protein increases feelings of fullness. This is due to a number of small, insular studies. However, this premise had never been tested on a larger, more diverse set of populations. Researchers decided to combine all the information from the previous studies to try and conclusively prove this effect. TheirContinue reading “Large Scale Study: “Protein Keeps You Full””
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