Here is an easy recipe to make some tasty energy bars for your workouts. They are dense and chewy, and taste like brownies. These bars are a bit of a departure from energy bars that are full of nuts, seeds, dried fruit, and other wholesome ingredients — which is the kind of bar I typically […]
Monthly Archives: July 2015
This Week in Food, Health, and Fitness
This week, read about a new weight loss calculator, guidelines for exercising in hot conditions, trending food stories predicting obesity, the science of being hangry, protein intake recommendations, defending corn, “natural” sugars and health, the chemistry of wine, and more. New NIH weight loss calculator. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has made their Body Weight […]
Rice Noodle Salad with Lime Vinaigrette
This is a light and refreshing salad that is a tasty and eye-catching side dish for almost any meal, and a perfect potluck dish. This salad combines rice noodles, sweet peppers, fresh herbs, tomatoes, and feta cheese in a lime dressing, giving this dish Asian, Mediterranean, and Mexican influences . . . sounds odd, but […]
This Week in Food, Health, and Fitness
This week, read about strength training to improve bone density, how to recover from an all-nighter, exercise to reduce breast cancer risk, yogurt, ice slushies for heat training, drinking between workouts, muscle knots, Isagenix, and more. Strength Training for Bone Density Although muscle immediately comes to mind when people think of strength training, increased bone […]