Category: Nutrition

Explaining basic terminology for Carbohydrates, Proteins, and Fats with links to further resources relating to nutrition..

Quick Reference Guide to Visualizing Serving Size Nutrition guidelines detail the things you should be eating, Many will include suggestions to eat either a serving or a portion size, but what is that exactly? Are…

Do you feel like a beginner fitness rookie? Your questions answered. Often I am asked questions of people wanting to make changes to their everyday living, the most common are: How much time should you…

 Antioxidants Heavy: The Walnut     According to the report: the walnut is ranked as having the highest concentration of anti-oxidants. Reports Tamara Croes, on the University of Scranton’s findings she discusses in her Earth…

Walnuts Contain Healthy Antioxidants Walnuts have always been a favorite snack in our household; Costco sized bags remain on #1 son’s gift list. We don’t mind his love of walnuts; as long as we keep…

Fitness Nutrition: Antioxidant Quercetin One of the most common questions I am asked is how, when and what to eat to get better results from training.  This question is very complex as each person’s dietetic…

Federal Dietary Guideline Updated I have been reading the guidelines put out by the Federal Dietary Commission, which are required to be updated every 5 years.  I like the general recommendations that they have listed…

Taco Bell and Where’s the Beef Via KTLA News Recently I shared a few news reports on McDonald’s and how it was mostly made up of lesser quality meat plus a whole lot of other…