When I read about this it reminded me of those annoying ads about eating/not eating this one food (three foods) and magically losing weight. There was an actual study in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition that found that a portion of 130 g of pulses every day helped people who don’t get protein from…
Ever had a desire to skip a workout because your friends and family don’t seem too concerned with getting in shape? Or maybe, tempted to eat out in a fast food chain with others even though you know you shouldn’t. There are people who have no problem going a different direction from their surroundings in…
Researchers at Tufts University and the University of São Paulo found that “ultra-processed foods” make 57.9 percent of the average American’s calorie intake. While frozen foods are often lumped together with all the other sugar-packed, oil-ladden, calorie-dense but nutrient-poor foods, the researchers felt it necessary to make a distinction in terminology and refer to ultra-processed as “formulations of several…
Athos women’s and men’s compression athletic wear Athos is the first smart clothing that measures your muscle effort while you’re performing an exercise. Before the technology (electromyography or EMEG) that is used to measure the electrical activity of muscles was too costly and was only used high performance institutes and physiotherapy and rehabilitation clinics. Now the sensors built into…
With a ton of diet and workout plans out there it’s hard not to get confused. Some say you should cut out white carbs (bread, rice, potato) while others break weight loss plateaus with help of white potatoes exclusively. Some Instagram fit chicks claim they do the fasted cardio on non-training days to keep lean,…
Dark chocolate isn’t exactly topping the list of health foods but it sure packs a nice cocktail of health benefits. So if you want to include it into your daily calorie intake or just make it a regular treat you can feel totally guilt-free. The higher the cocoa content, the less sugar, the more the benefits…
Image via Pixabay Running never was my favorite thing and for some time before I joined the gym it was really physically hard for me to run even a few yards, let alone miles. The reason was of course the low level of general fitness. After two years in the gym and lots of HIIT and…
Fitbit and Amazon teamed up to marry Alexa app to a fitness tracker to make tracking your progress even easier and as some may also consider, fun. You can use it to play music, inquire weather and hear your health stats without doing well, anything, which is pretty ironic. Our integration with Alexa gives you hands-free access…
Sound as any other of our senses affects the way we’re eating and even our ability to taste food. Turns out the sound (crunch) that we make when eating might act as a monitoring cue while the extrinsic noise might affect our perception of salty and sweet foods. The researchers that studied intrinsic sound factors…
If you’ve been working out for months without much of a visible progress there is a temptation to either stop it altogether or go at it even harder than before. And while the latter usually helps the beginners to progress further and fight off plateaus, the former looks much more enticing for those who had no progress in…
