Should I be eating more soy for better health?
For years now, the wholistic health world has been promoting soy-based products as a good source of protein. Various health benefits, such as cancer prevention and hormonal support, have also been...
View ArticleWhat is the best diet for losing weight?
First of all, let's assume you want to decrease your body fat percentage as opposed to just losing weight. Next, I do not believe in "dieting" to lose weight. Dieting is not only ineffective against...
View ArticleWhat is the best way to work my abdominal muscles?
The three rules of ab work: intensity, intensity, intensity! The best way to work your abs is to contract them as hard as you can during the entire set of exercises you happen to be doing for them. The...
View ArticleWhy do some people lose weight on a high fat/protein, low carbohydrate diet...
Because we are all metabolically unique. Not everyone processes foods the same way. Some of us metabololize carbohydrates slowly and some quickly. Either of these tendencies, along with countless...
View ArticleWhich cardiovascular exercise burns the most calories?
The real issue here is how hard are you working? The method of cardiovascular exercise is not nearly as important as the intensity and duration of the exercise. Sure, the elliptical machine may feel...
View ArticleHow many days a week should I be weight training?
This depends on your goal. If your goal is to decrease body fat, you should do resistance training as often as possible, with a caveat: do not train the same muscle groups on consecutive days. The...
View ArticleShould I be taking nutritional supplements? I hear so much mixed information...
Everyone should be taking a basic multi-vitamin, daily antioxidants, and extra vitamin C. Yes, there is plenty of information out there about why supplements are good for you and why they are bad for...
View ArticleAre You a Sugarholic?
You knew right away I was talking about you, didn’t you? Chances are you’re reading this article because you are hopelessly addicted to sugar or suspect that you are, or you have a loved one who is a...
View ArticleLatest in Natural Products – 2015
Every year I attend the Natural Products Expo East (there is a West coast version as well) in Baltimore and share the highlights with my readers. For those who don’t know, the Natural Products Expo is...
View ArticleThe Importance of Proper Digestion
We have all heard the saying, “You are what you eat.” Taken at face value, this statement can be somewhat misleading. A more accurate statement would be, “You are what you absorb.”...
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