Living with diabetes (or living in general) means practicing self care - and not just when it comes to blood sugars, doctors appointments, labs, carb counting, and the likes there of. Self care means logging off and reading a good book or watching a movie. Self care is taking a walk or making time for …
When The Stress Stops The Weight Drops
Too much stress flowing your body can be damaging for both your mental health, as well as your body itself. Chronic stress can lead too many negative consequences, including: Muscle breakdown Fat gain Hormonal abnormalities Anxiety and depression There are many different things that can cause stress without you even realizing it. Below lists some …
Injury Prevention When Running: How to protect yourself as a bariatric patient or any runner
As we know there are some benefits to running, as there is with any type of exercise or movement in general. Benefits include reductions in risk of chronic diseases, like Type 2 Diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease, but overall can help strengthen your body. But there can be some risks to running especially …
10 Tips for Weight Loss
The physiology of weight loss is complicated, but the best strategies for losing fat and keeping it off don’t have to be. 1. Eat plenty of protein. Protein is essential when trying to losing weight / fat for a few reasons. Protein helps you keep that all-important lean body mass (which includes connective tissues, organs, …
Introduction To Clean Eating
Clean eating is not a diet, but a lifestyle choice with many health benefits: weight loss, increased energy, fat loss, clearer skin, better focus, and more peaceful sleep.Clean eating by definition is eliminating all processed food and extra additives from your diet, and sticking to whole foods in nature. No artificial sweeteners, pastries, donuts, candy, …
9 Reasons To Use Caffeine
The top 9 reasons you should be using caffeine (that is with doctor’s permission and approval as well especially if you have any type of heart issues). One highly underrated supplement that you might want to start paying more attention to, including in your usual routine is caffeine. Many people consume caffeine in one form …
6 Nutritional Myths About Bodybuilding
Let’s keep things efficient, straight to the point and dispel 6 common nutritional myths that continue to circulate in the bodybuilding community. Avoiding these 6 myths will make your life a heck of a lot easier, will make your diet far easier to follow, and will still yield the same muscle building and fat burning …