Weekly Nutrition Tip #27
Tip #27
Eat Fat, Lose Fat
by Dr. John Berardi
To lose fat, sometimes you have to eat fat. Monounsaturated fats and certain polyunsaturates actually speed up the metabolic rate. The best of the fat [...]
Weekly Nutrition Tip #26
Tip #26
Berardi’s Law
by Dr. John Berardi
If a food is in your possession or located in your residence, you’ll eventually eat it. If you wish to be healthy and lean, you must remove [...]
Weekly Nutrition Tip #25
Tip #25
The Critical Meal
by Dr. John Berardi
Breakfast is a critical meal. After a catabolic overnight fast, a balanced breakfast helps to regulate blood sugar, helps to regulate energy balance, and helps to [...]
Weekly Nutrition Tip #23
Tip #23
Omega 3 Snacks
by Dr. John Berardi
Once you’re splitting up your fats correctly (about 1/3 of your fat intake coming from each of the three types of fat), your next goal should [...]
Weekly Nutrition Tip #21
Tip #21
Increasing Water Intake
by Dr. John Berardi
Sedentary individuals should drink at least 2L or about 8 cups of water per day, athletes should drink at least 3L or about 12 cups of water [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Why Alcohol Makes You Fat
I recently purchased the TNT Diet Jeff Volek and Adam Campbell. I haven’t read much, but while skimming I found a nice page on alcohol and how it makes you fat. Since I have posted before on the negative health effects of drinking alcohol, I figured that I would share a little from [...]
Weekly Nutrition Tip #12
Tip #12
Skip the Cheat Meal, Fatty
by Dr. John Berardi
Cheat meal frequency should be minimized when you’re over 15-20% body fat. Basically, the fatter you are, the more likely that any excess [...]
