nutrition
Weekly Nutrition Tip #20
Tip #20
How Much Water?
by Dr. John Berardi
You always hear experts recommending that you drink more water but how many of you actually do it? And how much is enough? Well, check out [...]
Weekly Nutrition Tip #19
Tip #19
How To Manage Your Macronutrients
by Dr. John Berardi
Are you more likely to be able to decipher ancient Greek texts than figure out how to construct a diet containing 30% protein, 50% carbohydrate, [...]
Weekly Nutrition Tip #18
Tip #18
Protein/Carbs Before Exercise To Burn Fat?
by Dr. John Berardi
While nearly everyone nowadays knows that pre, during, and post exercise nutritional intake is critical for improving protein status and glycogen synthesis, [...]
Weekly Nutrition Tip #17
Tip #17
The Ratio Diet
by Dr. John Berardi
Want to improve body composition, increase the ratio of fat lost to muscle lost during a diet, improve blood lipids (cholesterol and triglycerides), prevent wild [...]
Some Nutrition Information For Young Athletes
Good nutrition is important for young athletes and is essential for health, performance, and normal growth.
Amanda Leonard, M.P.H., R.D., a pediatric sports nutritionist at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, recommends a young athlete’s diet should contain 20-30% calories from fat, 50-65% calories from carbohydrates, and 15-20% from protein. She also says that endurance training [...]
Weekly Nutrition Tip #16
Tip #16
Don’t Displace, Dummy!
by Dr. John Berardi
There’s a big difference between a healthy diet to which treats are occasionally added and an ‘all-treat diet.’ In the former, unhealthy foods are consumed rarely [...]
Weekly Nutrition Tip #15
Tip #15
Good Fats
by Dr. John Berardi On average, most people should ensure that 25-35% of their energy intake comes from fat, with your fat intake split equally between saturates (animal fat), monounsaturates (olive [...]
Nuts May Help With Weight Control
Many people avoid nuts, believing they are too high in calories; however research now suggests that nuts can help with weight control.
Nuts, with the exception of chestnuts, contain 160 to 200 calories per ounce. Most of these calories come from unsaturated fats. Populations studies have shown that people who eat nuts regularly are [...]
Wellternatives Finds Healthy Alternatives At Restaurants Via Cell Phone Or The Web
WellSphere has launched Wellternatives, which recommends healthy alternatives to your favorite foods at numerous chain restaurants from any cell phone or by using the web.
From WellSphere:
We just launched Wellternatives – our new free healthy eating service that recommends healthy alternatives for your favorite dishes at hundreds of thousands of chain restaurants. We designed it so [...]
Weekly Nutrition Tip #14
Tip #14
Protein for Fat Burning
by Dr. John Berardi
Protein is by far the most thermogenic of the macronutrients (protein, carbohydrate, and fat). Due to the high metabolic costs of processing it, protein provides [...]
