Author Archives: Mike Sheridan
Post-Workout – To Carb or Not to Carb?
The increased sensitivity of muscle tissue after exercise, means we ‘should’ eat protein and ‘can get away’ with eating carbohydrates. It doesn’t mean Lean Luke should be ingesting the same amount of carbohydrates as Fat Frank. In fact, recent evidence has demonstrated that carbohydrate after exercise does not necessarily produce an additive effect (1, 2)…
How Low Should You Squat?
Aside from the Daily Deep Squat Hold (bodyweight), you should avoid squatting to a point where you’re experiencing a posterior pelvic tilt or butt wink. It’s not a big deal when you do it without weight, but when there’s a bar on your back or front, it places the load directly on the base of…
The Many Meals Per Day Myth
Ah, the nutrition advice at the turn of the century: Miss your 2-hr protein dose, and lose all your muscle like a survivor contestant. If you were into weight training at the time (pre-2000), you probably remember carrying around emergency protein powder, and stressing about going an extra 30-45 minutes beyond a scheduled feeding. How…
Sitting is the New Smoking?
You’ve likely seen the headlines that “Sitting is the new smoking.” And unfortunately, just like smoking, the recommendations to avoid it have taken just as long to surface. But what’s worse, is that quitting may be even harder! As there’s been a dramatic and consistent rise in sitting time since the 1950’s, and it’s largely because…
5 Very Good Reasons to STOP Counting Calories
Ask the food giants and they’ll tell you weight loss is all about calories in and calories out (CICO). Mainly, so they can keep selling you their packaged garbage full of sugar and soybean oil, but also because that places the responsibility on YOU, not them! “If you had properly managed your caloric intake and…
Can’t Sleep? Blame Technology
You get home from a busy day at work, and after a nice dinner with your wife, you’re anxious to sit down to some mind-numbing entertainment. It’s been dark out since 6pm, but it’s hard to tell in your nicely lit home, with the 60-inch screen blasting bright images back at you and your wife…
From Chronic Inflammation to Chronic Disease – 10 Ways to Prevent It
Not all inflammation is bad; as the very reason our body has an inflammatory response is to protect and heal itself. Whether that’s swelling, warmth, and redness for an acute injury, or the secretion of T-cells to destroy harmful pathogens. But chronic (or systemic) inflammation is bad. Since unlike burns, cuts, breaks, and bruises, or…
4 More Red Meat Myths – Neu5Gc, AA, TMAO and AGEs
Replacing saturated fat with starchy carbohydrates is probably the easiest way to get fat, sick, and heading to an early grave. Yet despite the scientific evidence and practical experience (see general population), we’re still wasting research dollars and media coverage trying to blame red meat. As we’ve discussed in the past, the conglomerate of observational…