Category: Health/Nutrition

  • Sugar: It’s Not Good For You

    Warmup Double Under Practice Skill Mobility WOD “Annie”  50-40-30-20 and 10 rep rounds of: Double-unders, Sit-ups. I struggled big time with Double Unders today — 13:46 was my time, which is over 1m more than last time. Some days you have it, some days you don’t. It happens – time to move on! Make sure…

  • Be the Change you wish to see…with your kids!

    Parents: Save Obese Kids by Getting with the Program Yourselves COMMENTARY| The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, or so we’ve heard for years. It’s a generalization, of course, but most axioms that persist contain a grain of truth. As it turns out, apples and grains might just be part of the solution to…

  • Spring is the time for Allergies

    I woke up as usual this morning but had a headache and realized I am doing 12.4 – CrossFit Open workout tomorrow morning and decided to head back to bed to take an extra rest day. I was even out of bed so I definitely give myself credit! Allergies are so bad right now in…

  • Introducing a 6 or 8 pack AB MAKER! FINALLY

    I am wondering if I am feeling like crap because of allergies. I never really have them bad, but Northern VA is famous for causing them. I can’t put my finger on things, but I just feel yucky and just not right! I am definitely glad it’s a rest day — I am SORE too!…

  • What is considered Lean Meat?

    I have been looking at eating leaner meat –and have been wondering What exactly does that mean? I found an answer at eatright.org What are Considered Lean Cuts of Meat? There are several cuts of red meat that are considered lean. Cuts that include the words “round”, such as top round or bottom round, or…

  • Ordering out Paleo

    My Yummy Dinner last night! Chicken Breast with no sauce — just grilled yumminess. Make sure you ask the waiter what is and isn’t gluten free because the BBQ sauce wasn’t so I skipped the sauce!  It can work eating out super easy! 

  • Do You Meditate?

    Can meditation really ease pain? Brain imagery confirms it Tough guy Mike Gluchowski balked at even the thought of meditation. But as he looked at his dozen prescription medications for his chronic pain and post-traumatic stress disorder brought on by a career in law enforcement in New York City, the New Port Richey resident was…

  • Obesity and Malnutrition

     How Malnutrition Causes Obesity Americans are overfed and undernourished. That’s right, the most obese children and adults in the country are also the most nutritionally deficient (1)! How can those two things possibly co-exist? The mistake is to think that if you eat an abundance of calories, your diet automatically delivers all the nutrients your body needs.…

  • Van Gogh’s Starry Night in Bacon

    No idea who created this masterpiece, but it’s made from Bacon so it’s a work of art! talk about mixed media

  • End the Low-Fat Myth

    Time to Stop Talking About Low-Fat, Say Harvard School of Public Health Nutrition Experts It is time to end the low-fat myth, Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) nutrition experts told food industry leaders at the seventh annual World of Healthy Flavors Conference held in Napa, CA, from January 19 to 21, 2011. The conference,…