Fat Burn vs. Cardio Button: Which Is Best For Weight Loss?
Yearn for the fat burn! But do those “fat burn” buttons on exercise machines really live up to their names? What about the cardio button? Seems pretty straight forward, right? …
Yearn for the fat burn! But do those “fat burn” buttons on exercise machines really live up to their names? What about the cardio button? Seems pretty straight forward, right? …
Carbohydrate is the modern day ebola virus of nutrition. Nobody wants to touch it with a ten foot pole these days. Protein, on the other hand, is a nutrition rock star. …
High protein diets are all the rage. They’ve been the rage for quite some time now. In my work as an exercise physiologist and health speaker, I often discuss the …
When it comes to reporting on obesity in the mainstream media, it seems that you only hear about its connection to diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. While these claims are …
I EAT THEREFORE I AM… A NUTRITIONIST! If it were really that simple, we’d all be experts by now! It seems like every time we flick through social media, there’s …
I saw one of those tabloid women’s magazines the other day and there it was, an article for how to trim down and tone up your arms. The recommendation? One …
It’s a familiar scenario. People tell me how great their workouts were going, how much weight (fat) they were losing, but then <BAM!!> a brick wall in the form of …
I was recently approached by a company with a financial interest in the sale of the herbal slimming pill caralluma fimbriata. Their aim was to line up a PhD-level academic …
Non-exercise activity thermogenesis sounds like a scary name. And in practice it can be even more scary to innocent bystanders! I get lots of strange looks every time I go …
It’s a common question, but what exactly is metabolism? Simply put, it’s your internal calorie-burning firepit – the amount of energy your body burns to sustain itself. This includes your resting …