The best thing about Thanksgiving is that it can be a healthy, delicious, filling meal. Get rid of the mashed potatoes, bread, cranberry and you’re good to go. A buttery turkey with gravy, Brussels sprouts, pumpkin and mixed green vegetables makes for a brilliant Thanksgiving dinner. I’m not going to put up a recipe this […]
Health & Fitness
Mother Fined $10 for Not Including Ritz Crackers in School Lunch
Healthy School Lunch?! I ran across a pretty funny, yet embarrassing article on boingboing.net about a mother who was fined ten bucks for not including cance-I mean crackers in her daughters school lunch. The requirements are 1 milk, 1 meat, 1 grain and 2 fruits/vegetables. I’d be fined up the ass if I had a child […]
How to Train for Sports Properly
The first thing most athletes are told is to avoid heavy weight lifting and that sports training should consist of training that targets strength, speed, stamina, flexibility and balance. Functional or explosive training is what most sports programs will offer you. In fact, this has only been popularized recently, after the whole aerobics boom of […]
Is Honey Healthier Than Sugar?
The simple answer is no. Honey is garbage, just like any other sugar. It’s fast digesting with no health benefits and a ton of fructose. In fact, honey is almost identical to high fructose corn syrup. Table sugar is 50% glucose 50% fructose. High fructose corn syrup is usually 45% glucose and 55% fructose. Honey […]
Has Dr. Oz Finally Realized the Danger of Carbs?
Dr. Oz has been on a rampage about the dangers of saturated fat. Even with absolutely no scientific basis to stand on, Dr. Oz has still been hardheaded about his claims on saturated fat. Something really strange happened recently though. On 10/21/2013 Dr. Oz became less of an idiot. There was an awesome episode aired called […]
Bullshi’t New Study Promotes Cholesterol Statins for Healthy People
So the Scot’s feel like they have an awesome, Earth-shattering study that will change medicine as we know it! Unfortunately, this crappy ass study is about cholesterol statins. According to a recent study from Scottland, every one should be taking statins. That’s right, young healthy adults, kids, athletes, your dog, EVERYONE! Man, if I owned a […]
Three Reasons Why You Should be Taking Creatine
More Calorie Counting Crap
One dimensional research or lack of research experience leads people to come up with videos like the one below. It’s a shame because calorie counting is unscientific, misleading and even dangerous to some people. There are plenty of studies actually showing problems with the calorie counting theory. Hopefully this bullshi’t can die in the near […]
Palm Oil in a Nutshell
Working out for Balance
It’s funny how popular “functional training” is these days despite the lack of evidence. One element of the functional training fad that I want to discuss today is training for “balance”. The idea is that we have “stabilizer” muscles to support the bigger muscles in our body. Train these muscles and we’ll be better equipped […]