Nutrition - Blogs & Blog Posts

Nutrition: Lower Depression Risk Linked to Mediterranean Diet by Oitoo - Personal Training on Oct 19, 2009Eating a Mediterranean-style diet — packed with fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts, olive oil and fish — is good for your heart, many studies have found. Now scientists are suggesting the diet may be good for your mental health, too. A study of ov...

Hydration Strategies For Ultrarunners by Multidays.com on Sep 16, 2009Hydration Strategies for Ultrarunners It is only in the last 30 years that serious consideration has been given to how much fluid a runner needs to hydrate for an ultramarathon. Before that time, most people who ran marathons and ultramarathons were...

Best Post Workout Meal: Does It Really Help If I Take Sugar and Protein After Workout? by Muscle 4 Hardgainers on Sep 13, 2009Here's another issue we usually get a lot of conflicting advice about: Post Workout Nutrition. Sure, a lot of research had already established that we really lose a lot of essential nutrients during exercise, and the sooner we replace them after work...

What Color Is Your Diet? by Muscle 4 Hardgainers on Sep 12, 2009As “gimmicky” as eating from every color in the rainbow may sound at first, there is some very legitimate and scientific evidence that this is a great idea. Each various food color is indicative of the phytonutrients and other healthful nutrition...

Worst Foods To Eat If You Want to Burn Fat and Gain Muscle Weight by Muscle 4 Hardgainers on Sep 5, 2009In a previous post, I have listed the top food choices that are best for healthy weight gain and muscle mass building. A few of you got concerned when you saw that some of your favorite foods are not on the list and wrote to me voicing out your conce...

Griddled lamb cutlets with chickpea and sweet potato pilau by Bristol Running Resource on Sep 2, 2009We’re getting to the end of the kids Summer holidays and stocks are getting pretty low. I’ve been delaying a big food shop in favour of much more interesting activities like long runs, bike rides with the kids or trips to buy new school s...

Best Protein Supplement: The Hardgainer’s Guide To Protein Powders and Weight Gain Supplements by Muscle 4 Hardgainers on Sep 1, 2009What are the criteria you ought to look for when deciding what Protein supplement to buy? Are they even necessary? How do you know which is the best protein supplement for you? As a naturally skinny person, you want to know how much protein you need,...