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HEALTH ALERT: Third-Party Testing Finds Heavy Metals in Many Popular Supplements
The supplement market is sketchy. It’s hard to differentiate between a quality product and one that contains cheap fillers or even dangerous ingredients. There are some warning signs that a [...]
8 Health Benefits of Strength Training for the Average Joe
I had a friend ask me this past Sunday "So Ben, what is it, man? Is it 70/30 for diet/exercise? Is it just strength training? Is it all nutrition? What...
5 Weird Health Foods That Will Improve Your Performance
Are you staying up to date on the latest health food trends? Every year, more foods emerge into popularity and create a buzz for themselves in today's...
An Australian Man Lost 53 Pounds In 78 Days By Eating Nothing But Potatoes
Photo via Spudfit.com It might be the most boring diet of all time. No fancy juices or exotic superfoods or celebrity spokesmen. Just good old-fashioned potatoes, every meal [...]
Are Some Fried Foods Actually OK to Eat?
You’ve heard it again and again—fried foods are bad for you. If a food is fried, you shouldn’t eat it, period. But perhaps vilifying all fried food is not fair. [...]
How Saturated Fats Affect Sports Performance
We've all heard that saturated fats are bad for you and that we shouldn't eat foods that are high in them; but does anyone really know what they are or...
Healthy Eating at Restaurants: Decoding a Diner Menu
Healthy Eating at Restaurants could make or break your diet. A spot that is frequent often by the public is a breakfast diner. Breakfast diners are all...
What You Need to Know about Fats
What Are Fats: What You Need to Know This article is the second installment of our 3 part series on the different macronutrients. Part 1 was a detailed...
Cheerios With Quinoa: Coming Soon to a Grocery Store Near You
Cereal makers are always adding new ingredients to their products to attract more customers and make their cereals taste better. Additions range from sweet granola clusters to colored marshmallows to [...]
The Skinny on Good Fat vs. Bad Fat
All fats are not created equal. When it comes to trimming the fat some good fats we want to keep in our diet, and other bad fats we want to avoid as...