Nutrition Facts & Tips to Improve your Living

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Does It Matter When You Consume Protein? The Anabolic Window Theory Says Yes

By Jenessa Connor, CPT; January 6, 2025

No one argues that what you eat plays a crucial role in your overall fitness, body composition, and athletic performance. To build your muscles, you need to be...

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7 Facts About Valentine’s Day Chocolates

By Paige Smith; January 6, 2025

Valentine’s Day is the perfect excuse to enjoy one of the most universally beloved sweets: chocolate. If you’re being mindful of your diet, you don’t...

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Is It Possible to Have Too Much Protein?

By Michael Martin; December 18, 2024

Protein is one of the essential building blocks of the human body, crucial for building and repairing muscle. If you’re interested in gaining muscle and/or...

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5 Foods Most Likely to Spike Blood Sugar

By Jordan Burchette; December 10, 2024

For people concerned about blood sugar spikes, simply eating can feel like trying to defuse a bomb: Make the wrong food choice and serum glucose...

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Can Some Foods Lower Blood Sugar?

By Nicole McDermott and Jordan Burchette; December 5, 2024

If you’re trying to keep your blood glucose within a healthy range, you may be wondering which foods are best. Short answer: There are no...

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What Are Blood Sugar Spikes and Why Are They Bad?

By Michael Martin; December 2, 2024

If you’ve ever experienced a quick surge and subsequent crash after consuming sugary foods, you have a basic understanding of glucose spikes. But the acute...

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What Should You Eat During a Hard Endurance Event?

By Denis Faye, M.S.; November 26, 2024

One of the perks of being a serious endurance athlete is that you can pork out with impunity. All of that training burns major calories,...

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Is Monk Fruit Healthier Than Other Sweeteners?

By Chelsea Frank; November 25, 2024

If you’re trying to cut sugar from your diet for whatever reason — blood sugar management, weight loss, a ketogenic diet — there is an...

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How to Get Vitamin D in the Winter and Why You Need it

By Page Grossman; November 6, 2024

As frigid temperatures set in, you’re probably ready to break out your floor-length parka and fluffy scarves to keep warm — or ready to just...

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Leucine: The Amino Acid That Matters Most for Muscle

By Michael Martin; October 22, 2024

As the building blocks of protein, amino acids play a key role in muscle growth and repair. If you think of amino acids as a staff of...

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BCAAs vs Protein: What’s the Difference?

By Michael Martin; October 1, 2024

You know how important protein is for staying fit and muscular. But you might not know that much of its strength-building power comes from branched-chain...

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Bodybuilding on a Keto Diet: Does It Work?

By Heather Burdo; September 27, 2024

Every so often, a diet trend emerges (or re-emerges) and dominates in the media, on store shelves, and at nutritionists’ offices. One of them is...

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Chlorella vs Spirulina: Which Microalgae Is Better for You?

By Ariane Resnick; September 25, 2024

There are two main types of nutritional algae that you’ll find in greens supplements: chlorella and spirulina. Both are microalgae that are dried into a...

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EAAs vs BCAAs: What’s the Difference?

By Jenessa Connor, CPT; September 23, 2024

For years, athletes have supplemented their diets with branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) because they believed BCAAs gave them a leg up on muscle recovery and muscle...

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Muscle Cramps Tanking Your Training? Try These 13 Electrolyte-Rich Foods

By Linnea Zielinski; September 18, 2024

There’s little more frustrating than being sidelined by a muscle cramp. You’ve built the strength and the mental stamina, but you also need your muscles...

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Looking for Higher-Protein Foods Under 200 Calories? Start With These 11 Tasty Options

By Cemile Kavountzis; August 29, 2024

Our bodies use protein to build muscle mass and repair muscle tissue (and provide energy and break down food and support growth and development). But if...

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3 Ways Protein Shakes Can Help You Lose Weight

By Elizabeth Millard; August 20, 2024

If you’re looking to build muscle, the benefits of protein shakes are clear: They’re a convenient and dense source of protein and can help you...

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Is It OK to Eat the Same Thing Every Day?

By Adam Bible; August 19, 2024

Perhaps you find cooking a rewardless chore. Or maybe strict eating habits serve your goal of a fitter, leaner body. As distinctly different as these...