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6 Health Issues You Didn’t Know Came From Dehydration

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6 Health Issues You Didn’t Know Came From Dehydration Dehydration can cause health issues long before reaching lethally low levels. Losing only 10% of water weight can cause serious health complications. Nutrition impacts hydration levels as well as; health, illness, medications, activity and environmental conditions. Symptoms of over hydration and dehydration are similar, confusing the […]

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Energy, Calorie Intake, and Daily Burn

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Energy, Calorie Intake, and your Daily Burn As a nutrition coach, I’ve spent years studying nutrition and exercise. The science behind energy balance seems like simple math (calories in vs calories out), in reality, there are many variables to confuse the math. It’s those variables that frustrate and confuse us. When it comes to the

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Foods to eat around your workout based on body type

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The what, why, and how much to eat around your workouts The following info-graph, by John Berardi and Brian St. Pierre of Precision Nutrition, outlines workout foods and timing based on body type. Nutrition timing isn’t needed for everyone but worth a try if you’re at a sticking point with your program goals. Ectomorphs typically

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Ask Ann: Proper Core Training | Girls Gone Strong

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Core Training is a hot topic as Abs are often the focus of fitness What is the best way to strengthen your midsection you ask: I’ve search and found this article to share: Ask Ann: Proper Core Training | Girls Gone Strong Ann Wendel from Girls gone Strong, responds to a reader questions regarding proper

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The Math of Macro Tracking

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The Math of Macro Tracking Macro Tracking has a tetris effect, it can be as mesmerizing. I typically base my eating on my height, weight, and activity level. The easiest way I’ve found it to use a food tracker, pick one that syncs with a wider variety of aps. I’ve been food tracking long before

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Nutrition, Fitness, Fuzzy Math and keeping balance

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Nutrition, Fitness, Fuzzy Math and keeping a balanced budget What is it about nutrition that can make a person start mentally negotiating with themselves?  How often have we all heard skewed logic discussing the math of exercise and nutrition like this: “I exercised today, I’ll reward my hard work by having an ice cream when

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