What’s Better: Eating Breakfast vs Intermittent Fasting?
The answer is more complicated than it seems. While initially, common advice from nutritionists suggested that skipping breakfast and lengthening your fast would yield more positive results, a recent study has shown there is a better way to achieve weight loss, improve sleep cycles, and improve metabolism. To maximize the positive benefits of intermittent fasting, […]
5 Reasons Why You Should See a Registered Dietitian Today!
With so much information out there today about nutrition, it can be overwhelming and difficult to know what is best for you. But it doesn’t have to be. If you meet with a registered dietitian, he/she will work with you to develop an individualized and realistic plan to help you reach your health and wellness […]
Supplement Highlight: Creatine
We’re continuing down the ingredient list of pre-workouts and highlighting the ones that are worth taking, bringing us to Creatine. Creatine Monohydrate is the most effective performance enhancing nutritional supplement when it comes to increasing high-intensity exercise capacity and lean body mass during training. While there is still some controversy around this supplement, there is […]
Supplement Highlight: Caffeine
Pre-Workout supplements are incredibly popular and many make claims that only their special blend will increase your strength, allow you to get more reps in before failure, bust through plateaus, and basically become the Incredible Hulk for an hour each day you are in the gym. When it comes to ergogenic or performance enhancing supplements, […]
Are Fruits Unhealthy to Eat on a Daily Basis?
With the rise in popularity of low carbohydrate diets and studies showing excessive fructose consumption can have negative effects on the body, many have become confused about whether or not fruit is a healthy choice to consume on a regular basis. While processed foods or drinks with fructose sugars can be unhealthy, fruit by itself […]
What is Performance Nutrition?
I have something embarrassing to admit. I grew up in the Triangle, an area with a huge population of passionate sports lovers, but I am not into sports myself. I do not have a favorite team or a single piece of fan gear. While I was in college I would constantly be asked, “Oh, so […]
Keto vs. Carbs
Current evidence suggests that low-carbohydrate/Ketogenic diets do not offer a fat loss advantage over non-Keto diets when caloric and protein intake are matched. As long as you are in a caloric deficit, and consuming adequate amounts of protein to preserve lean body mass, you can lose fat just as effectively on a high-carb diet as […]
Getting Your Vitamin D From Food
In this post, we’ll discuss how to get your Vitamin D from food. In our protein packed, low carb crazed society we often neglect the importance of vitamins and minerals to our bodies’ crucial systems. In the winter months we can be at risk for lower Vitamin D levels since sunlight helps our skin naturally […]
