Category Archives: Lifestyle
5 Small Nutrition Tweaks That Make a BIG Difference
They say it’s the little things that make all the difference, and this is especially the case when it comes to nutrition. Although, I’d take it one step further and say it’s the little things done consistently that make all the difference. Since this is usually the piece that’s holding people back from reaching their…
The Government Made You Sick…And Now You’re Paying For It!
What if I told you most of the degenerative diseases we chalk up to “bad luck” are actually behavior related? And more specifically, related to our dietary behavior? Perhaps you’d call me a quack, and maybe you’d be angry. But regardless of how it makes you feel, it’s the truth. Whether we’re talking about diabetes,…
Research Recap – May 2016
Before we dive into the research, I think it’s important to share a disturbing statistic with you. A recent report in the journal Obesity used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey to determine that 17.4% of children (aged 2-19) met the criteria for class 1 obesity in 2013-2014. The sad part being,…
The 5 Best HIIT (High-Intensity Interval Training) Combos
The benefits of exercising with intensity are plentiful: unmatched improvements in insulin sensitivity and body composition mind-blowing reductions in triglyceride and blood glucose levels considerable increases in aerobic performance measures (that are equivalent to steady-state cardio in < 1/10th the time) And as we discussed in 1% Fitness, there are several ways you can tackle…
Research Recap – Apr 2016
Nutrition A new paper from the New Zealand Medical Association outlines the highly effective, and very simple protocol for reversing and preventing diabetes – eat less carbs! Here’s a quote that sums it up perfectly: “In individuals dependent on insulin and other hypoglycaemic medication, the difficulty of matching higher intakes of carbohydrates with the higher…
Research Recap – Mar 2016
Nutrition An excellent article from Sujata Gupta in the journal Nature discusses what happened when we started eating meat, and what happens when we don’t eat it. Key takeaways include: To build and maintain a more complex brain, our ancestors used ingredients found primarily in meat, including iron, zinc, vitamin B12 and fatty acids. Deficiencies…
The Antidote for Alzheimer’s
Once you understand how excess carbohydrates can negatively affect your body (1, 2, 3), it’s easy to see how they can wreck your brain. Yet, conventional wisdom continues to tell us obesity and diabetes are controllable, while Alzheimer’s and dementia are just ‘bad luck’?? Sure, there’s some genetic susceptibility (ApoE4), but this does NOT mean…
Research Recap – Feb 2016
Nutrition: A new review study shows that heavily baked and boiled vegetables have less nutritional value than their raw counterparts, because of reductions in polyphenols (antioxidants). Interestingly, frying and steaming (in a pressure cooker) seemed to have the opposite affect; increasing the nutrient levels by 50 and 125%. The other way you can improve the…