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Good Fat - Bad Fat

In the past, we haven’t been told the whole story. In fact, if you haven’t looked for the answers then it’s easy to continue believing that all poly and mono-unsaturated fat is good and all saturated fat is bad. The TRUTH is more complicated!

Sleep Your Way to a Lean Muscular Physique

We are going to look at the impact poor sleep has on the way we feel and the way we look. You will discover how you can improve the length and quality of your sleep to improve your physique, health and mental wellbeing.

10 Signs You Are Magnesium Deficient

Magnesium is an ESSENTIAL mineral involved in more than 600 biochemical processes in the human body. In this article, we are going to discuss 10 things that could go wrong or perform poorly if you are magnesium deficient, but really there are more than 300.

Intermittent Fasting - Lose Fat, Live Longer

Intermittent fasting (IF) is one of the world’s most popular health and fitness trends. People are using it to lose weight, improve health and simplify their lifestyle. Many studies are supporting positive benefits for brain and physique enhancement. It may even help you live longer.

Myth 10 - 6 Smaller Meals are Better For You

Every time you eat any food containing carbs or protein you release a hormone called insulin. The more insulin released the more likely you are to store the calories from your food as bodyfat.

Myth 9 - Carbs at Night Will Make You Fat

Eating some carbs is going to be useful but if you eat them at night will they make you fat. Right? The short answer is NO.

Myth 8 - Low Carbohydrate Diets Are Harmful

Low carbohydrate (Low-Carb) diets have been popular for several decades. However, because they are higher in fat, they have been demonised by nutritionists and some of the media.

Myth 7 - Fat Makes You Fat

It seems to make sense to a lot of people that eating fat would make you fat. However, it turns out that it isn’t that simple.

Myth 6 - Healthy Seeds, Nuts & Vegetable Oils

Some studies show that polyunsaturated fats lower your risk of heart disease. For this reason, many experts have recommended we increase our consumption of vegetable oils like soybean, sunflower, canola and corn oil.

Myth 5 - Drinking Coffee is Bad

Coffee has gotten a bad reputation in the past. Most of which is unwarranted. In fact, Coffee makes up close to 60% of our daily intake of antioxidants in the modern western diet. This outranks both fruits and vegetables combined.

Myth 4 - Sodium (Salt) is Bad

The health authorities constantly tell us to reduce sodium in our diet to lower blood pressure. Most people are eating about 3400 mg of sodium per day and we are advised to cut back to 1500-2300 mg per day (about 3/4 to 1 teaspoon of salt).

Myth 3 - Eating A Lot of Protein is Bad

Many people believe that eating a lot of protein can damage your bones and cause osteoporosis due to being acidic in nature.

Myth 2 - Saturated Fat is Bad

For decades, people have believed that eating saturated fat can increase the risk of heart disease. In fact, this idea has been the cornerstone of mainstream nutrition recommendations.

Myth 1 - A Calorie is a Calorie

It is often said the only thing that matters for weight loss is “calories in and calories out.” Exercise harder and eat less. Unfortunately, this strategy only works for a short period of time.

Do Sugar-Free Sweeteners Impact Insulin?

Eating fats and protein with carbohydrates may slow the rise in blood sugar levels, therefore reducing the rise of insulin. Managing insulin and maintaining a stable blood sugar level is one of the healthiest ways to burn fat and reduce inflammation.