Raising your Metabolism with Protein

Consuming more protein has been shown to be a great step toward raising your metabolism.  This doesn’t mean starting a bacon and fried chicken diet, but rather adding more low-fat, nutrient rich, lean meats and legumes to your diet.    What Proteins Do Proteins...

Why Eating Out is so Bad

Eating out is a fun way to celebrate a birthday, anniversary, or other special occasion. However, eating out should not be a part of your regular diet. If you are attempting to lose weight or maintain a healthy lifestyle, it is almost impossible to do so if you are...

Learn The Truth About The Historical Use Of Soy

Just How Much Soy Did Asians Eat?  In short, not that much, and contrary to what the industry may claim soy has never been a staple in Asia. A study of the history of soy use in Asia shows that the poor used it during times of extreme food shortage, and only then the...

Nutrition for Athletes

Nutrition is a hot topic with everyone from the housewife trying to find the best meals for the family to the bodybuilder trying to attain the leanest body possible. It is an area surrounded by controversy. Doctors, researchers, dieticians and food and supplement...

How Important is Nutrition and Physical Fitness

A young person may get away with a less than perfect diet, and the effects of those couch potato hours may not show up so soon, but older people don’t have such luck!  Is it just metabolism?   Quite often, neglecting the body has a rapid visual and physical affect on...