Vitamins & Minerals are essential to sustain life. Its what keeps us alive and healthy. Among many other things, they help us digest food, burn energy, grow hair, re-build muscel fibers, strenghten cells, and its what keeps our skin smooth. Since our bodies are made out of these certain vitamins and minerals, we need to […]

Carbohydrates have gotten a lot of bad press in the past few years with the advent of low carb diets, but the truth is that not all carbohydrates are “bad” and, in fact, your body needs carbs to survive.
Many people mistakenly believe that eating bacon, eggs and steak will set them on the road to […]

“Organic” has some quite specific legal definitions in most developed countries.
In the U.S, all farms or products claiming to be “certified organic” must be guaranteed by a USDA-approved independent agency to be meeting the following guidelines:
* Sound records kept of all operations
* No use of antibiotics or hormones in livestock
* No use of genetically modified […]

Organic farming is the production of food using all natural methods - avoiding all synthetic chemicals and genetically modified organisms. Its’ core philosophy is that of sustainability or ‘zero impact’. The organic farmer seeks to leave the earth in its’ natural state after the harvest.
The focus of organic methods is on soil quality. Crops are […]

The best weight training and cardio workouts will do very little if your diet is off. Make sure you have your diet optimized to build quality lean muscle, have the energy to power you through those tough workouts and drop that excess body fat. Try to get at least 25-30 grams of protein at each […]

One of the biggest mistakes many new bodybuilders make is that they don’t pay attention to their muscle building diets with the same detail, desire and determination with which they pay attention to their weight training program.
You constantly see people throw out numbers such as your weight training program is 85% of your results or […]

Every person on earth has experienced pain at one time or another. Likewise, everyone has also dealt with inflammation in the body, even if they weren’t aware of it. However, only a handful of people know what glyconutrients are and how glyconutrients relate to pain and inflammation.
Glyconutrients are just recently coming to the forefront of […]

Step 1: Eat five to ten servings per day of fresh fruits and vegetables.
Studies have shown that populations that eat large amounts of fruits and vegetables have half the cardiovascular disease rate of those that don’t. So the more fruits and vegetables that you can include in your diet the better. Scientists are discovering new […]

“The physician who knows only medicine, knows not even medicine.” Omega-3s are “fatty acids” that help build other fats in the body. They derive their name from their chemical structure — the “omega” end of the molecule has its first double bond in the “3″ position. Know what that means? Do you really care what […]

During the Second World War, the Germans used fluoride as a tranquilizer in the Russian prison camps. At the same time, American members of the Communist Party met to discuss adding fluoride into the water supply, in order to bring about overall lethargy and thus ease the introduction and eventual dominance of Communism in America.
Over […]

You’re always hungry right? The last thing you have time for is to plan meals ahead. Don’t despair, you body was designed to be refueled continually. We are not camels and we are unable to work in tip top condition without the essential nutrients our body requires. Your body was designed for a regular supply […]

FOOD (Macro-nutrients) One of the most important aspects of hill walking or trekking and adventure holidays is to maintain your calorie intake to keep pace with the terrain & amount of equipment you are carrying.
The best ratio for active people is:
CARBOHYDRATES
50-60% Simple carbs. like sugar & sweets are quickly converted into glucose for instant energy […]

If you have a business trip tomorrow morning, you’ve probably already booked your flight and hotel room, arranged for transportation to the airport, set up meetings, planned your presentations, packed your clothes, and maybe even arranged for someone to feed your pet lama while you’re away (lamas eat more than you think).
But what if instead […]

Olive oil is a healthy choice over other fats such as butter, palm and coconut oils because olive oil is a monounsaturated fat that does not increase levels of cholesterol and triglycerides.
Dr. Sears’ Extra Virgin Olive Oil is an exquisite tasting imported oil from select regions of Umbria and Sicily, Italy. The environmental conditions, weather, […]

Instead of Butter: Use top quality, cold pressed, extra virgin olive oil, from the first pressing, or flaxseed oil. The taste of virgin olive oil is appealing to millions of people around the world, so why not adopt it to your taste?
Flaxseed oil is prized for health reasons and not for its taste. You can […]