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Boost your Metabolism All Day!!!
I am sure you have heard the importance of metabolism and it's impact on weight loss goals. What you may not know, is what methods are the most effective for naturally keeping your metabolic rate high throughout the day. Many people turn to unnatural and unhealthy means for increasing their heart rate like caffeine and diet pills known as thermogenics. That not only increase the heart rate but the internal ... Read more »
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Eggs are Healthy for You
It's been long debated whether or not eating eggs is in fact good for you. Nutrition experts have gone back and forth with whether eggs high cholesterol content has an impact on consumers own cholesterol levels. It had been hypothesized for some time that eating eggs could increase cholesterol levels which could eventually lead to heart disease. However, more recently in 2000 a research study was conducted to identify if there ... Read more »
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Fad Diets Have Short Lived Results
Here's the scenario: You have a big event coming up, your pants are getting tight, or bikini season is around the corner. You decide that you must drop 10 pounds and rather quickly. So for the next month you skip meals, eat very little in the hopes of losing weight. Like magic you lose 10 pounds! However, somehow despite your best efforts to maintain this leaner version of yourself the ... Read more »
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The Gut-Brain Connection
Article abstract taken from Harvard Medical Schools e-newsletter Have you ever had a “gut-wrenching” experience? Do certain situations make you “feel nauseous”? Have you ever felt “butterflies” in your stomach? We use these expressions for a reason. The gastrointestinal tract is sensitive to emotion. Anger, anxiety, sadness, elation—all of these feelings (and others) can trigger symptoms in the gut. The ... Read more »
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Exercising On An Empty Stomach
As a certified San Diego personal trainer I was shocked when I overheard another trainer explaining to their client that in order for them to lose weight they would have to exercise first thing in the morning on an empty stomach. Many clients ask me about this phenomenon that has been flooding the fitness market. I am writing to clear this up once and ... Read more »
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Why Breakfast is the Most Important Meal
You have heard it time and time again. The importance of eating a well-balanced breakfast. Well, believe it or not if you are struggling to lose weight, lack energy and motivation, experience headaches or irritability it may be due to what you are neglecting to eat for breakfast. When you rest at night your body's metabolism slows down in order to preserve enough energy to feed your brain and resting body ... Read more »
