Nutrition
Cutting Calories Won’t Bring Podium Finishes
Attempts by endurance athletes to slash calorie intake to drop or maintain a lower body weight prior to competition can be driven by a belief that fewer pounds will enhance…
Most of the World’s Population Lacks Some Essential Micronutrients
Nutrients such as iron and calcium are critical for good health, but a big portion of the world’s population is coming up short in them. Research published in the journal…
What Do You Think?
Longevity science is an increasingly hot topic. Many of us aspire to maintain fabulous health as we age, free from chronic disease. Perhaps going bigger on protein, and from plants…
A Variety of Dark Chocolate Products Contaminated With Heavy Metals, Study Finds
Chocoholics, brace yourselves: That velvety square of chocolate melting on your tongue might be a source of harmful heavy metals. A study published in Frontiers in Nutrition that examined 72…
Ultra-Processed Food Intake Tied to Chronic Insomnia
It’s not just late-night screen time that could be messing up people’s sleep, but also the amount of nutritionally poor grub that they are eating. Consumption of ultra-processed foods is…
USDA Aims to Make Eating Poultry Safer
Chicken, turkey and other poultry will be a safer dinner choice if new proposed rules by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to limit salmonella come into effect. According to…
Hardy Bacteria Are Living in Your Microwave
They are ubiquitous in households because they make reheating food a breeze, but microwaves can be tantamount to a petri dish. According to research published in Frontiers in Microbiology, everyone’s…
Buy or Bye: Matcha
We’ve all heard about the benefits of green tea, but what about its superpowered sibling, matcha? Both are derived from the tea plant Camellia sinensis, but matcha is made from…
Why Plant Protein Powder Can Be Just as Powerful as Whey
With increasing interest in plant-based eating, the supplement market has been flooded with protein powders sourced from only plants. But there has been a worry that these powders are of…
Exercise and Diet Can Prevent Type 2 Diabetes
More good news promotes the value of exercise. A recent 3-year-long study by University of Eastern Finland researchers focused specifically on men with a high genetic risk of type 2…
High Intensity Training and Appetite Suppression
Vigorous exercise suppresses hunger more than moderate exercise for healthy adult men and women, according to a small study described in Journal of the Endocrine Society (2024). Among a group…
American diets are still lousy, according to the latest research
It’s believed that more than 1 million Americans die every year from diet-related diseases, and, if dietary intake data is accurate , we can expect these numbers to remain alarmingly…
Recipe for Health
We hear a lot about the benefits of eating more plant proteins, but the fat from plants is also good news for longevity. Research, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, demonstrates…
Dietary variety boosts mental health
If you want to perform well ‘up top’ for years to come, research suggests that you don’t cut out healthy foods. Its long been said that variety is the spice…
Focus on Education
There’s no debating the importance of continual learning and staying abreast on recent health and fitness research. Additionally, nationally accredited fitness certifications require continuing education in order to renew certifications….
Brain’s Food Smell Circuitry Might Cause Overeating
A miscommunication between brain regions may lead some people to eat too much. No doubt, the smell of fresh-baked bread is appetizing when you’re hungry. At the same time, it…
Calories, Not Meal Timing, Key to Weight Loss
A study finds that it’s caloric deficit that spurs weight loss, not any change in meal timing. When it comes to the battle of the bulge, we have more evidence…
The Food Combos that Boost Heart Health
Not eating enough of these six foods is associated with higher cardiovascular disease and deaths globally. A study published in the European Heart Journal that was global in scope, led…
Evening Training Improves Glucose Metabolism
Recent research shows time of day makes a difference for cardiometabolic benefits. For those coping with type 2 diabetes, training at the end of the day improves glucose metabolism, according…
Food as Medicine: Meals for Mental Health
Ever eat your feelings? Or feel low after a few too many nutrition-poor meals? A newer area of practice called nutritional psychology looks at this intersection of nutrition and mental…