The fear of “chemicals” is really fascinating to us. “Unnatural artificial chemicals”. Sounds kinda scary right? But what is natural? Something found in the jungle? And does something being “natural” say anything about whether or not it is
Good news! You CAN and SHOULD enjoy some candy once in a while without feeling like you are going to get fat. People want an easy explanation for obesity. Sugar gets all the blame. Here’s the cold hard
Has someone ever told you not to heat olive oil? Was the reason that they feared olive oil would suddenly transform into saturated or trans-fatty oil? Well, let’s break this down once and for all! Some say that
Peppers, in general red and yellow, contain high amounts of antioxidants (vitamin C, carotenoids, polyphenol). The levels of these compounds in pepper depend on many factors, including cultivar, maturity, growing conditions, and climate. It also depends on how
Time to destroy the myth that we absorb a maximum of 30 g protein per meal! This myth comes from the fact that muscle protein synthesis (MPS) stops increasing if more than 30 g is consumed and so it
It is normal to worry about timing of meals when trying to cut or build muscle. We have already covered the fact that protein timing is generally less relevant as long as the total amount of protein consumed
‘What the Health’ claims that red meat is in the same WHO category as tobacco when it comes to cancer. Have they fooled you with this statement? First off, cancer has been associated to PROCESSED RED MEAT consumption
Two groups of obese men either followed a 33% energy deficit diet (67% of maintenance energy) continuously for 16 weeks, or took a two-week diet break at maintenance intermittently after every two weeks of dieting (INT) for a
Tapering is the process of making your workouts easier for to boost performance later on; supercompensation and elicited peak performance. The average amount of improvement from a taper in the literature is 3% with an expected range of
If you regularly consume caffeine in the low to moderate range of ~1-2 mg/kg/day (50-150 mg for most women, 75-200 mg for most men, or 1-3 cups of coffee), you will likely get the majority of ergogenic effects
