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Nutrition
Add flavor, nutrient intensity and style to your Taco Tuesdays with this complex dish made simple. Everyone loves tacos but they get a reputation as fast/street food - more about comfort and less about health. This recipe combines the benefits of grass fed beef, sprouted grains and fresh herbs to make a tempting taco that will pack a healthy performance punch!
Kale gets all of the publicity for being king of leafy greens, but getting more fresh herbs like cilantro through a batch of pico de gallo is also a great way to bring nutrient-intensity to the table.
Bone Broth - Manny Pacquiao swears by it, Floyd Mayweather, Jr. pays $1,000.00 for a plate of collagen rich oxtail and here at the Lakers, it's no secret (see here, here and here) that we make sure it's always available to our players. Broth from bones is one of the oldest culinary staples and there is booming paleo-driven buzz surrounding it's revival. The question still looms: Beyond the anecdotes, is this so-called joint healthy potion just a fad (as reported by deadspin.com) that may as well be called "hot ham water?"
This post is designed to bring attention to the criminal activity within your diet that is happening below the surface without you knowing
A recent article on the potential benefits of drinking soda is a classic example of cherry-picking a portion of research findings and then translating it in a way that creates shock-value.
The FDA busted down the doors of KIND Snacks and went in for the big take down. They targeted KIND Bars as having too much "evil" saturated fat to be called "healthy." It's nice to see that the FDA is out patrolling grocery store aisles and trying to protect consumers from dietary delinquents. That is, it would be nice to see if they knew what you and I know: saturated fat is not so evil...
Burning primarily sugar for fuel is a devastating error in the quest to shed body fat. Not only does it mean that you limit your chances of torching body fat but the cost of running on sugar at the cellular level is much greater than the cost of burning fat.
The red meat debate is a highly polarizing topic that can quickly and easily create a divide between folks of all backgrounds. The latest chapter in this dispute is an objective review by Aaron E. Carroll recently posted on The Upshot of the New York Times titled "Red Meat is Not the Enemy".
Yahoo Health just posted an article highlighting the bags on bags of daily vitamins, minerals or supplement pills that Khloe Kardashian pops and posed the question: is it possible to overdo or overdose on supplements?
The longstanding salt debate was recently dissected in the Washington Post. The author left no stone unturned while rehashing the history of the classic controversy over salt being good or bad.
One of our Lakers players saw me reading this article about the new study showing that fast food is equally effective at helping the body recover after exercise as protein powders and supplements.
