Valerie Johnston is a health and fitness writer located in East Texas. With ambitions of one day running a marathon, writing for Healthline.com ensures she keeps up-to-date on all of the latest health and fitness news. can be challenging to understand nutrition when everyone gets lumped together as one massive group. For example, a physician […]
Protein: Natural Sources
Protein is essential in your diet for muscle growth, repair and many basic bodily functions. For strength trainers and exercisers it is even more important. Without the correct protein intake, you are significantly harming your chance at getting the most gains out of your workout. Nutrition is a big part of your success when exercising […]
Protein: Why? How Much? When?
Why? Because I said so.How Much? Lots.When? All the time. OK enough of that. In all honesty though, protein is an important macro nutrient. It’s found everywhere in your body from your muscle tissue, to enzymes that digest your food, to your skin cells and even in your blood. If you are a body builder […]
Injury Prevention: The Ultimate Checklist
Nobody wants injuries. Whether you are an athlete, a weight lifter, a runner or someone trying to get fit, injuries suck. The good news is you can do a lot to prevent them. See how many of these points you can check off. Are you being safe in the gym? 1. Warm Up I’ve said […]
Carbs: The Truth Behind The Hatred
Nutrition science and information is constantly changing. Although this article has good points, my opinions and research have developed and changed. If you want to get started eating right for you, check out this new post on nutrition for beginners. Low carb eating is in fashion. It’s not necessarily a bad fashion. Generally speaking the […]
Breakfast: Why And What To Eat
Nutrition science and information is constantly changing. Although this article has good points, my opinions and research have developed and changed. Turns out breakfast isn’t as important as I once thought. If you want to get started eating right for you, check out this new post on nutrition for beginners. We all know that we […]
Glycemic Index: Do You Really Understand It?
Carbohydrates have taken a major hit over the last few years, with the latest diet craze being to eliminate any form of carbs or you will die a big fat diabetic death. The truth is though, they aren’t so well understood. One of those reasons revolved around the Glycemic Index (GI). I know most of […]
The Metabolism Advantage By John Berardi
Berardi is a guru, and anything that he writes about, he is spot on. This book is simply fantastic. Not only will it do what the title says and help you increase your metabolism, but it will also show you some really basic rules of nutrition that you should follow, that so so many people […]
Health In A Can: Cheap, Tasty & Really Really Good For You
Pic: oceanaris Part of the reason I started this blog was so that I could write on things that I am passionate about. I love researching, talking and discussing everything to do with health and fitness. It impacts a lot on my life, and outside of my Volleyball it’s my main focus. There are certain […]