This week, read about what makes us take the stairs, the science of sleep, fish oil supplements, watermelon and exercise performance, how to make exercise habits stick, understanding food expiration dates, dietary phosphates, and more. What Makes Us More Likely to Take the Stairs? I am a strong believer that our environment can help shape […]
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This Week in Food, Health, and Fitness
This week, read about how green spaces make kids smarter, lifting heavy or light weights, gluten-free diets, how elite ultra runners fuel their performance, risks of drinking aloe vera, secret to Usain Bolt’s speed, supplement risks for athletes, and more. Why lift heavy weights if you don’t have to? Research questions the dogma that heavy […]
This Week in Food, Health, and Fitness
This week, read about Monkeys, Myths, and Molecules, why you can’t cook your butt off, how training can be odd, late-night snacking, why you’ll race again – even though it hurts, the pseudoscience of beauty products, hula hoops, & more. Monkeys, Myths, and Molecules Wondering how to decide if health and nutrition information is reliable? It […]
This Week in Food, Health, and Fitness
This week, read about recipes for runners, healthy snacks predicting grocery shopping purchases, why you should listen to your coach, diet and cancer risk, the importance of distributing protein intake, pros and cons of marathons vs 5k’s, the myth of endurance training causing loss of speed, food sources of iron, how runners can overcome carbophobia, and […]