Below is an excerpt from a video blog posted by Alex Black of Wicked Good Nutrition. Share your thoughts!
What is Organic?
“Organic” means the food was produced with agricultural methods that facilitate cycling of resources, promote ecological balance, and maintain biodiversity. Organic production does NOT involve pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, sewage sludge, irradiation, or genetic engineering.
The following is a great post from Alex Black of Wicked Good Nutrition on popular snack foods and how manufacturers try to market “Health”. Read on and share your snacks and thoughts!
Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing – Healthy Foods That Aren’t So Healthy!Food marketers these days are on their game. Everyday we buy foods with labels like “natural” and “7 grain” and “high fiber” because these words indicate that something is good for us. But oftentimes food products can be wolves in sheep’s clothing, or not so awesome for us foods disguised as health food. In this post I’ll go over a few commonly misnamed “healthy foods” and discuss why we think they’re healthy, why they aren’t, and what to eat instead. Read on for some great info and a recipe for Paleo Polish golumpkis!
Rest Day 8/19:Below is an excerpt from Wicked Good Nutrition’s Alex Black on something we all need. Get Some!
Iron is an essential nutrient with important functions in the body. Yet despite the fact that many cereals and grain are fortified with iron, iron deficiency anemia is a relatively common problem among athletes, especially females and teens. According to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 9% of adolescent and adult women have iron deficiency anemia. In addition, a small study in the<em “mso-bidi-font-style:=””>Journal of the American Dietetic Association from 2005 found that 36% of recreational female athletes (and 6% of male athletes) were iron deficient. In this post I’ll explain what Iron does, how much of it you need, and why you need it. I’ll also leave you with a delicious recipe for grilled apples, which go great alongside iron -rich foods like steak and pork.
We all have excuses for not being our absolute best. What’s yours? How can you do better, row more, and eat healthier? Below is a great post from Alex Black of Wicked Good Nutrition on what can go wrong with diets and what you can do to avoid pitfalls. Think about your experiences with food and how you might do better in the future.
OK, I’m not really going to tell you HOW to fail, but I will talk about a few ways you might have in the past, and how you can fix it. This may surprise a few people, but you can be overweight or at your ideal weight on any diet. I have seen a vegan patient who was very obese, while on the other hand a professor in Kansas lost 27 pounds eating nothing but Twinkies, Oreos, Doritos, and sugary cereal. While I don’t recommend this “Twinkie diet” – professor Haub was doing it to make a point about energy balance – I will say that maintaining a healthy weight and getting the best performance out of your body is based on many factors. Research has shown a variety of eating patterns including the Mediterranean diet, Paleolithic diet, and low-fat diets can help people lose weight and improve health markers like cholesterol and blood sugar. No matter what type of nutrition plan you follow, there are a few key things that will help you maintain optimal weight and perform at your best. In this post, I’ll talk about some of the common mistakes people make, and how you can fix them.
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Here’s a great piece on super foods from Alex Black of Wicked Good Nutrition.
“If you use Facebook or twitter, I would almost guarantee you’ve heard
at least one “super food” claim or another. Acai berries, blueberries,
pomegranate, garlic, cherries… all have at some point been reported to
have magical health benefits above and beyond your average health
food. Do you believe in super foods? Share your thoughts to comments,
and read on to learn about the claims and research surrounding some of
the more famous super foods!”
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