MACRO FOCUS: THE BASICS OF CARBOHYDRATES
Carbohydrates primarily provide the energy that your muscles need to perform during a hard workout. And hard workouts build muscle. Glycogen, which is […]
SILLY SEASON NUTRITION TIPS
Something I’ve learnt over the years is that the silly season isn’t just defined by the period across Christmas and New Years […]
NUTRITION – K.I.S.S
There’s always a new expert in the field of nutrition, new books, new approaches, and lots of new information. If you are […]
BODY WEIGHT DOWN BUT BODY FAT % UP?
You’re exercising a lot, you think that you’re eating well most of the time, everyone says you’re looking “slimmer,” and the scale shows […]
PORTION CONTROL: YAY OR NAY?
Should you control your food portions? It’s a question I’ve covered a lot on the blog and in nutrition seminars. My answer […]
UNDERSTANDING CHOLESTEROL
I come from a South African Indian family and community where poor nutrition and therefore poor health is unfortunately a way of […]
POST-WORKOUT FRUIT
The benefits of a good post-workout snack or meal, for just about all body composition and performance goals, is well established. The […]
WEIGHT LOSS vs. FAT LOSS
Most people want to look better naked, right? Or at the very least feel comfortable and healthy with their bodies. The two […]
CARBS, EAT THEM
Thanks to misdirection, the #LCHF army, and certainly some misunderstanding, a common mistake made by those starting to eat a more paleo/primal way […]
SILLY SEASON NUTRITION TIPS
This is a repost from last year, with some changes. How to maintain all your health and fitness gains during holidays is always a […]
MACRO MADNESS
Just on Mondays, though. Because you only measure your macros on Mondays, after eating crap since Tuesday, because you’re going to start […]
A COMMON NUTRITION GROUND
Macro Mondays, Take-away Tuesdays, calories in vs. calories out, the Zone, Paleo, primal, Banting – it’s like naming a list of politicians […]