Nutrition Articles
While there are plenty of BAD carbs out there (think white bread, sugar, desserts, etc) you don’t have to completely eliminate carbs from your diet in order to burn fat fast, especially when you choose the RIGHT sources. Having said that, below are my top 4 choices of belly-blasting carbs that will leave you full and satisfied, while helping you toward your fat loss goals to boot!
#4 – Berries & Cherries
Berries like blueberries, blackberries, raspberries and cherries (although not technically a berry) are some of the BEST carbs you can eat. They are high in fiber, packed with antioxidants, and score extremely low on the glycemic index, especially cherries, which come with a GI of just 22. (more…)
If your goals are to lose weight and get healthier, you’d probably never reach for a can of soda pop. After all, that can of soda has a whopping 40 grams of sugar in most cases, and that’s not doing your hips, butt, thighs, and waistline any favors.
But, what may SHOCK you is that something that people reach for all the time to support their weight loss goals – a fruit smoothie – can actually have THREE TIMES MORE sugar than a can of soda if you’re buying one of these so-called “healthy” beverages at your local smoothie shop.
To illustrate the point, while out running errands over the weekend my good friend Mike wanted to stop off at Smoothie King® for a healthy mid-afternoon snack. In order to show him just how BAD of an idea that was, I pulled up the Smoothie King® menu on my phone. (more…)
In almost every case, you should steer clear of store-bought, packaged salad dressings. Simply put, the salad dressings that you find on the grocery store shelves are almost always filled with these fat-storing, health-damaging ingredients:
1. Denatured and trans fats. Most store-bought salad dressings are made with cheap, denatured and highly processed fats. If you see vegetable oil, canola oil, or soybean oil on the ingredient list, steer clear! These damaged fats can and will wreak havoc on your health and your waistline. (more…)
You know, we’re surprised that there’s still a LOT of folks out there who don’t know that this stuff is pure poison.
We’re talking about: Hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated oils.
This ingredient is the code name for “trans-fats” and it runs rampant in fried foods and packaged goods…it also has been closely linked to these conditions: (more…)
A recent study from the American Dietetic Association revealed that even though two groups of individuals ate the same amount of calories, individuals who at 30% more of one particular nutrient sported lower levels of body fat while the other group was clinically overweight and/or obese. Ouch!
What’s this magical nutrient? Well, it’s found in foods like: (more…)
In the article below, we’re going dive deep into the inner walls of one of the most critically important organs of your body—your gut.
Unfortunately, many people think of the gut solely as the mechanism by which the body digests food, which is at best an extreme oversimplification, and at worst an ideology massively contributing to the health problems, weight loss struggles, and auto-immune disorders of millions world-wide. (more…)
In the article below, we’re going dive deep into the inner walls of one of the most critically important organs of your body—your gut.
Unfortunately, many people think of the gut solely as the mechanism by which the body digests food, which is at best an extreme oversimplification, and at worst an ideology massively contributing to the health problems, weight loss struggles, and auto-immune disorders of millions world-wide. (more…)
While beans are actually one of the healthiest carbs sources out there, loaded with fiber and protein, there’s actually one variety of beans you should be AVOIDING at all costs: (more…)
Please excuse the somewhat personal nature of this email, but the information we are about to share below is extremely important for both you and your digestive health.
You may not think that you’re constipated, but in reality, it is VERY likely that you ARE. (more…)
What if you could eat FOOD and burn fat? Well, you can.
Fact is, there are many foods that have fat-fighting properties, and today we’re going to talk about one belly-blasting food in particular of which you’ve probably never even heard.
I’m talking about: Resistant Starch.
Resistant starch (RS) is starch that escapes digestion and the small intestine and passes through the system while providing only HALF the calories of a typical carbohydrate. In fact, RS is now known as a third type of fiber, possessing numerous health and weight management properties. (more…)
