Archive for the ‘Diet’ Category

What Happens If You Drink Whey Protein Without Working Out?

Wednesday, November 6th, 2019
Protein Shake Woman

Many people are easily deluded that they can increase their muscles’ level by simply drinking whey protein without working out. Yep, the lure of protein is that strong. You would be more likely to find someone who enjoys exhausting him/herself reaching their goal. Everybody wants to have a perfect body, while only a few enjoy the idea of sweating in the gym.

Protein shakes, on the other hand, are a convenient and affordable way to the desired biceps and triceps. But you might read a review that you stumbled upon on the internet, and it turns out that those shakes have a lot of downsides. So, let’s check out what happens when you drink protein shakes without sweating in the gym.

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6 Signs That You Should Visit A Nutritionist Right Now

Thursday, September 26th, 2019
Nutrition Tips

There is no doubt that nutrition is far more a greater subject than just comparing the calories that you eat and the calories that you burn. There are also other important factors that will be beneficial in providing a greater amount of nutrition to our bodies. These include timing the meals in the right manner and also eating healthy in respectable amounts.

When you start looking for a nutritionist, the first thing you should be aware of is the person’s qualifications on the matter. Commonly known as Licensed Dietician Nutritionist (LDN) or Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) – these professionals generally require a four-year degree to get their certifications.

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22 Ways to Eat Healthy on a Strict Budget

Monday, September 16th, 2019
Budget Cuts

An athlete’s fridge and cabinets should be stocked full of nutritious, muscle building, healthy foods. The biggest problem with that is the fact that today’s economy does not allow most of us to spend as freely as we used to in order to eat healthily but it’s definitely easier when you budget with a spreadsheet template. It is much harder these days to spend $200 a week on bodybuilding food than it was 10 years ago. Besides, most of us want to squirrel away as much loot as possible so we can retire early.

Also, I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to spend an hour a day preparing food. I’m not trying to cook a chicken every day for lunch. I don’t have time to whip up a 7 veggie, 2 cheese omelet’s every morning. However, the reality is that we need lots of healthy foods to helps us build muscle and lose fat. That being said, let’s examine how we can eat properly while minimizing the grocery bill and food preparation time.

Here are 22 tips to help you to quickly eat healthy on a budget.

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This is The Only Gluten-Free Meal Plan You’ll Ever Need

Thursday, August 29th, 2019
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A lot of Americans and honestly most civilized people happen to have really unhealthy lifestyles. These unhealthy habits may or may not include regularly eating out or ordering in food, making instant meals, and regularly indulging in different kinds of junk and processed foods. Now, the problem with this lifestyle is that it not only makes us gain unhealthy weight, but it also affects our overall wellbeing too, since you we usually end up feeling sluggish and lazy after eating these kinds of meals. 

This is why you will find a lot of people are slowly beginning to improve their diets and trying to cut out as much unhealthy food as they can so that they can reclaim and improve their health once again. One of the ways people are doing that is by switching over to different fad diets and dieting strategies, which in the case of this article, is a gluten-free diet. To help with meal planning there are services that will literally deliver the correct food directly to your door. You can click for more info on getting started with a gluten-free meal delivery service. Keep reading below to learn how and why to start a gluten-free meal plan and begin to configure your own gluten-free diet.

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Is the Japanese Diet a Miracle Diet?

Wednesday, August 14th, 2019
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Written by a Japanese friend of Project Swole, this treatise on Washoku and the Japanese diet will help us all to understand why and how a Japanese diet is healthy. While it might not be your prerogative to change your diet completely, taking away some elements from the Japanese diet to supplement your own diet, could lead to a healthier body and ultimately better progress as an athlete. Without further ado, Project Swole presents The Japanese Diet.

Why should you care about the Japanese diet?

Nowadays, what we eat can be very different from what was standard only a few years ago. Strong emphasis on processed unhealthy foods and eating out, which has a lot of unhealthy fats, sugars, and salt, has created a huge obesity problem. It is worth returning to simpler times and presenting a Japanese diet that can interest many people. I invite you to be educated.

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5 Ways to Stay Lean – Even While Bulking

Monday, July 1st, 2019
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You’ve put in months of hard work to lose excess fat, and right now you’re feeling pretty amazing about your progress. 

But right now, it’s time to get stronger and build up some muscle, and that means moving into a bulking phase. 

While a higher calorie intake might sound amazing after a few months cutting, you’re worried about maintaining that lean aesthetic you’ve been working toward for so long. 

Don’t worry, we’ve got five tips on how to stay lean all year round, even while you’re bulking up. Check it out. 

Eat Clean

One of the easiest ways to gain fat is to eat badly. While you may now be enjoying a much higher calorie intake, eating to fulfill energy requirements instead of macro needs is a fast track to adding pounds of fat, rather than muscle. 

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Supercharge Your Keto Diet With This One Special Food

Wednesday, June 26th, 2019

For thousands of North Americans, the keto diet has proved to be one of the fastest and most effective ways to lose weight and develop a healthier lifestyle. 

By focussing on dramatically reducing carbs, the keto diet puts the body into a state called ketosis, in which its primary source of fuel becomes fat rather than carbohydrates and sugars. This, in turn, leads to rapid but healthy weight loss, and many keto eaters also claim to have more energy and a greater ability to focus. 

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Eating keto is all about finding good, healthy sources of fat, however, and for people just starting this diet for the first time, this can be a bit of a challenge. The North American diet tends to be very carb heavy, and while increasing fat intake may sound easy, in practice it takes a lot of careful calculation. 

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Beer, Coffee, and Wine Prevent Cancer

Wednesday, June 26th, 2019

One out of six American men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer. More than 27,000 of them will die this year, according to the American Cancer Society. There are similar statistics for breast cancer in women. These are important health topics and do need to be addressed by everyone.

Beer, Coffee, and Wine Prevent Cancer
The dude in the back is Gunter Schlierkamp, IFBB Pro, in the movie Beerfest

Many studies over the course of many years have pointed to certain ingredients in beer, coffee, and wine as offering protection against cancer. While that may be true, this is not a reason to start drinking more beer or coffee.

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Nutrition Tip: How Much Fiber Should You Eat?

Tuesday, June 18th, 2019
Dr. John Berardi

Since the late 1990’s Dr. John Berardi has published 8 scientific abstracts; 15 scientific papers and textbook chapters; presented at nearly 50 scientific, exercise, and nutrition-related conferences; and published countless articles online.

His first articles at Testosterone Magazine so many years ago provided me with the basis for everything I know about nutrition today. Now I will turn some of that knowledge over to you in the form of Nutrition Tips written by Dr. Berardi himself.

Today’s Topic – Fiber Facts

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The Healthiest way to get into Ketosis

Monday, April 29th, 2019


First of all, what is Ketosis?

Well, this is usually a natural state of the metabolic process. The human body starts burning stored fat when it reaches ketosis instead of glucose. When the body begins to break fat down, ketones build up in the blood system.  

When this happens, ketones start exiting the body through the urine. A person enters ketosis when there is presence of ketones both in the blood and the urine.There are many benefits to ketosis as it helps a person to lose the extra (or unwanted) fat they have in their body.

This is because the body begins the breakdown process of fats rather than depending on carbohydrates for energy. There has been a research study that suggested ketosis helps with reducing the appetite and in the long run can promote weight loss.

When it comes to achieving a state of ketosis, it is safe to say that it’s not easy. Due to this, lots of people aspiring to get to the point of ketosis usually go on a diet known as a ketogenic diet.

We want to let you know of five ways you can promote your ketosis and make it work faster while remaining healthy and safe.

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5 Weight Loss Fads That Have Proven Effective

Monday, March 25th, 2019

Over the past decades, we have seen so many weight loss fads that it will practically be impossible to enumerate them all. Four critical components of these fads are that:

  1. They are usually not based on any real facts.
  2. The promise of instant results with little effort is usually a major selling point.
  3. They quickly become widely accepted and the “thing” of the moment.
  4. Their popularity is usually short lived.
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Five Sustainable Diet Changes You Can Make Today

Thursday, November 29th, 2018

You might not be aware of this – but when it comes to your diet – even the smallest things can really add up to make a world of difference. Most people, when they hear the word “diet” assume that it requires radical changes to their lifestyles and misery-inducing food restrictions. However, the reality is quite different, because it’s far more effective to make small changes, instead of aiming for a major lifestyle overhaul.

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Stop Eating Before You Feel ‘Full’

The most basic thing you can do is to try and follow “Hara Hachi Bu” – and don’t worry – while the phrase might seem complicated at first, it is actually an old Japanese saying, which roughly translates to “stomach 80% full.”

The term refers to an ancient way of eating, practiced mainly by the residents of Okinawa for centuries at this point.

Even though it might be difficult to quantify what 80% actually is, the simpler way of putting this in practice would be this – stop eating when you’re no longer feeling hungry. It’s quite simple when you take a second to think about it. (more…)

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7 Things To Consider When Making a Meal Replacement Shake

Monday, October 15th, 2018

Protein Shake WomanPeople drink meal replacement shakes for a multitude of reasons. Some of the more popular reasons are weight loss, an inability to consume solid food or simply not having enough time to prepare a full meal.

No matter what your reason for using a meal replacement shake, there are certain rules of thumb that you should remember and apply so that your shake not only keeps you full but also provides you with other nutrients to keep your body functioning optimally.

Most commercially prepared meal replacement shakes (the best ones, at least) already have these considerations in place but if you are making your own, here are some ways to get the most out of it:

Don’t skimp on protein

Protein will keep you feeling fuller for longer by increasing the production of satiety hormones (such as GLP-1, peptide YY, and cholecystokinin) while also reducing the levels of ghrelin(a hunger hormone) in the body. This leads you to crave less so you can stick to your weight loss plan much easier.

To boost the protein levels in your homemade shake, you can use a protein powder or add a tablespoon or two of peanut butter to the mix. You can also use milk instead of water – milk has about 8 grams of protein per cup.

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A 3 Week Diet Sounds Insane, Here’s Why It’s Effective

Wednesday, September 5th, 2018

Dietary Fat is Bad

Many of us have packed on more weight than we would ideally like, and this is a problem in so many different ways. If you have come down a path that you do not like, and where the ending may be downright frightening, the call to change may be loud and clear.

Luckily, there are some amazing resources that can help you begin to live the life that you have always wanted to live.

 

The Pain of Today

 

Do you feel like your life is not going the way you want it to go because of your physique? It is said that two out of every three American adults are overweight or obese, with a third of American adults being in the latter camp. You may very well have a body shape that does not feel comfortable, does not feel like who you really are, and even that causes you physical pain. (more…)

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7 Ways to Snack on a Keto Diet Without Feeling Guilty

Tuesday, June 26th, 2018

Many people are seeing great results with the keto diet, but if you are feeling guilty for cheating at snack time, you might not be one of them. In this article, we are going to talk about 7 ways to snack on a keto diet without feeling guilty so you can get results from the keto diet as well.

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3 Details You Should Have in Mind Before Starting a Diet

Tuesday, May 29th, 2018

Now that the warmer months of the year have rolled around, swimsuit season is upon us. For this reason, many of us are already planning to go on a diet so that our summer bodies are ready to embrace everything this time of year has to offer. However, dieting isn’t as simple as you think. In fact, it involves some serious decision making.

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Protein Guide On Low Carb Diet – How Much Protein Is Required And Where To Get It

Friday, May 11th, 2018

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For gaining the most out of keto diet, it is imperative to cut down on the carb consumption while maintaining the protein supply in your body at the same time. But people often make the mistake of consuming excess protein while on a low carb diet which brings them face to face with the question about the optimum amount of protein which is required by their body while it undergoes the process of ketosis. (more…)

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5 Tricks That Will Help You Get Used to a Low-Calorie Diet

Thursday, May 10th, 2018

Healthy Diets

Adjusting to a new diet, especially a low-calorie one is difficult because your appetite grows. This is a natural reaction caused by a neuro-exciting protein NPGL, which was discovered by a study from Hiroshima University. Unfortunately, this natural aid that aims to help people cope with abundance or absence of food makes it harder to adapt to your weight loss program. Therefore, you’ll need to use some tricks, like specialized supplements and foods that can control your hunger. (more…)

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5 Keto Snacks That’ll Help You Lose Weight

Thursday, May 3rd, 2018

Snacks are a popular part of our daily meal routine. Most people resort to eating them for different reasons, whether it is to satisfy a craving for something sweet or for nutritional purposes. However, if you are trying to lose weight, not every choice of a snack is ideal for you. While some will only increase the fat content in your body.

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The following are snacking treats that will help you achieve your weight loss goals using a keto diet:

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My Experience with Perfect Keto

Sunday, April 15th, 2018

Disclaimer: Perfect Keto products have been used by me on my own free will. This review is not influenced and the opinions that have been expressed are my own. I have no affiliation with the brand.
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Within the keto community, supplements having exogenous ketones are increasing in popularity, with each passing day. Though the results are promising, there’s a lot more information that needs to be known about these supplements. Herein, I try to clear some doubts of the users, for Perfect Keto. I simply list the pros and cons – you decide the rest. (more…)

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