Saturated Fat
Got (Almond) Milk? How 6 Popular Milk Alternatives Measure Up
We all remember the famous ads from days past, our favorite athletes smiling below white milk mustaches and big letters questioning us, "Got Milk?" Well if those same ads ran [...]
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...
How Food Affects Your Muscle-Building Hormones
Building muscle takes the proper balance between optimizing hormone function, quality thought out training and a diet aimed at supporting both, aka the...
Nutrition and Acne: How Your Diet Can Affect Your Skin Health
Nutrition and Acne: How Your Diet Can Have an Impact on Skin Health An article published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics...
The 6 Worst Foods for Athletes
Your practice sessions last an hour or two each day—a large chunk of time, for sure, but not quite as much as the hours available for you to sabotage your [...]
Post-Halloween Treats: Choosing the ‘Best’ Options
Every kid loves to go trick or treating for Halloween. Going door to door and getting free candy is as good as it gets. The problem is most of the candy...
Dishing up Pizza the Healthy Way
Ordering out for pizza is a nice break from cooking, but it's not something you want to do more than once a week. The delivery version can really pile on [...]
Rethinking the Paleo Diet: Don’t Cave Into Its Indulgences
The Paleo Diet has some flaws. Supposedly, to become "caveman healthy," we can eat any type of meat and unlimited saturated fat and cholesterol, making it easy to indulge in [...]
Shepherd’s Pie Makeover: Comfort Food After a Hard, Rainy Practice
Editor's Note: From the fast food drive-thru and the take-out box to the backyard BBQ, STACK Expert Kait Fortunato is taking our favorite indulgences and turning them into healthy, everyday [...]
Healthy Steak: Select the Leanest Cuts of Beef
Beef gets a bad rap. People tend to avoid it as an unhealthy alternative compared to white meats and seafood. (But see The Performance and Health Benefits of Grass-Fed Beef) Yet [...]
