What Should I Choose at the Canteen?
It can be confusing to know what to choose when you’re faced with a huge amount of choice in a queue at the canteen or cafeteria. This article lays out some guidelines already in place and summaries these into a few simple steps.
Quest Bar ReviewIf you are interested in working and remaining young, fit and healthy, then it is highly likely that you indulge in a few protein bars from time to time. However, what you do not know is that most of the protein bars in the market are simply sweetened candy bars that have been given a ‘face lift’ of some sorts. This is done by increasing the protein content of the candy bar, in order to make it look more attractive than it actually is.
Fueling For Cycling Stage Races (Without Sugar!)How you eat before, during and after stage races can make a difference in your performance. These tips are designed to help you fuel and refuel for stage races and optimize your energy during and after the stages.
Create a Winning Game Plan With Wise Food ChoicesThere are a number of high performance sport venues here in the sunshine state, designed to mold talented kids grooming them to become the pro athletes of the future. Now some of the youngsters were born with genes aligning to create superstars and some have an athletic edge that is honed from discipline, motivation and very hard work. One of the most important keys to strengthen their performance is advice and counsel to keep them on track, fueling them for good health and optimum performance when competing.
Essential Vs Nonessential Amino AcidsAmino acids are the building blocks of life. They are tiny molecules that contain nitrogen. There are twenty-two naturally occurring amino acids, twenty of these are found in human cells. These twenty are the building blocks of the human body.
Isn’t It About Time For Healthy Food?When you eat healthy food and maintain appropriate portion sizes at meals, you will likely be able to lose a pound each week. That may not sound like much, but in actuality that turns out to be more than 50 pounds in one year. And that’s without exercise!
Keep a Check on Your BreakfastIs your daily life more like a humdrum of laziness, sleepless nights & poor appetite? If yes, then you are missing one of the pre-requisite of a healthy lifestyle I.e. breakfast. In this contemporary epoch where everyone is overridden with a hectic lifestyle, & at times, there is no space for lunch & dinner. It’s here where the breakfast plays an important role; not just a simple one but a healthy & nutritional diet. Most of the today’s generation is in a habit of skipping breakfast; even if they take some part, it’s not that healthy. Healthy diet not only consists of quality food but the proportion of the intake is vital too.
All You Wanted To Know About Antioxidant VitaminsAntioxidants have many benefits including anti-aging and cancer fighting properties. Yet most fitness enthusiasts have barely passing knowledge about these powerful nutritional bullets. This report introduces you to antioxidant vitamins and shares valuable information about them.
Are Carbohydrates Making You Fat?Carbohydrates take on a few guises, from the simple, to starchy, to the NSP’s. NSP stands for non starch polysaccharide, and roughly translated means your leafy greens and other ‘roughage’. Starches are your potatoes, pasta, rice and breads. Simple sugars are what you find in sweets and biscuits, table sugar essentially. Is there a good or bad time to eat them? How much of them is safe enough to eat without piling on the pounds?
Gluten Allergy Symptoms – When to Eliminate Gluten!Countless people have a gluten allergy condition where they are sensitive to gluten. Discover the symptoms of this condition and what you can do about it.
Glorious Green VegetablesLeafy green vegetables are top of the agenda when it comes to must haves in your diet. The power of these foods are second to none, they are so nutrient dense, packed with fibre, phytochemicals, and all sorts of vitamins and minerals.
To Fast or Not to Fast? That Is the QuestionBreakfast, the most important meal of the day. Or is it? We have been sold this idea for years that we must have a big hearty breakfast to ‘kickstart’ our metabolism and keep us full until lunchtime.