Eating Right

Your New Dilemma: Vegan or Omnivore?

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I really enjoyed the lecture with Tim Van Orden a week ago. Thank you to all who attended. I hope you agree it was a fun, informative, and valuable event. (For those of you who couldn’t attend, you can purchase a DVD of the presentation shortly – watch your Facebook, Twitter and the newsletter for…

How much weight can you lose in a week?

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I was recently asked about a current Biggest Loser TV episode, where a contestant lost 34 pounds in one week! Is this really possible? A dietitian would calculate that someone would have to burn 119,000 more calories than they are eating to lose 34 pounds. To do this in one week, that would require burning…

Is Chocolate Really a Health Food?

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Me, Steve and Kourt eating Taz’s truffles! Raw cacao (the chocolate bean) certainly is! In fact, cacao packs the most potent antioxidant punch of any food on the planet. It stomps all over acai berry and leaves blueberries in the dust.It’s vital to choose the right chocolate however, because most commercially prepared varieties are just…

Fitness and Nutrition on the Road

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Have you ever thought it difficult to maintain good eating habits and regular exercise while on the road? Well, think again. It’s easier than you think. Check out my video diary below for some tips, tricks and secrets from my last trip to Idaho in search of some stairs to climb and good food to…

Mess with Creation, Risk Your Life

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Did you know that MRSA has killed more people than AIDS? Did you also know that MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) is man made? According to Dr. Mercola: Animals in factory farms are given doses of antibiotics — both to keep them alive in stressful, unsanitary conditions, and to make them grow faster. The practice leads to new strains…

How Much Protein Do We Need?

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Lots of X Gym clients come to me asking about their protein needs and requirements. The research varies widely on this and frankly, I don’t think we even fully know the answer to this question yet. Research has shown that protein is a high metabolic food and most sources build muscle and burn fat, so that’s good enough for…