Diet

Playing With Your Food

January 23, 2011

As some may have noticed, I haven’t been posting here recently. Life gets in the way, and priorities change – I haven’t been reading all too much about health and fitness related research and hence have had not much to say. For most people, it’s times like this when all hell breaks loose on the [...]

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Børge Fagerli’s Advanced Concept Diet v2.0

November 21, 2010

I have found many of Børge Fagerli’s (owner of MyRevolution.no) articles and tips to be really useful. One of which is his Advanced Concept Diet v2.0. It was a really great read, chock full of great advice based on both practical and scientific knowledge. It was so good that I decided to do a translation [...]

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Protein Fluff

September 22, 2010

Ever since Martin Berkhan posted his “Amazing High Protein Recipes” describing protein fluff, I’ve been experimenting with the stuff. The basic recipe was to put some casein powder, skim milk and fruit (berries) together and whisk them together with an electric mixer until it became a bowl of frothy goodness. Extremely satiating and great tasting, [...]

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Bulk or Cut?

July 31, 2010
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While there are many people who strive for athletic performance, it’s more like that the the average person just wants to look good naked. That approximately translates to more muscle and less fat (and ladies, you get ‘curves’ by having more muscle as well). After the miracle period of beginner gains, we face a fundamental [...]

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10 Foods that Sobataged My Fat Loss Efforts

June 27, 2010
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I’ve dieted in the past, and while I kept to “healthy” foods, I still had trouble with adherence. Back then, I created a (mental) list of foods that I must avoid to prevent me from blowing my diet. These were 10 of those foods: Nuts – Pure Calorie Bombs Nut butters – peanut butter, almond [...]

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The Psychology of Scale Weight

June 14, 2010
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Scale weight is simply that – the weight that you see when you step on a weighing scale. TV shows like ‘The Biggest Loser’ have shown that we’re obsessed with scale weight. As such, many people who embark on a diet use scale weight as the defining factor of reaching their goals. That’s good, since [...]

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Why I’m Against Vegetarianism

June 10, 2010
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Basically, it’s not the healthiest route forward. Regardless of whether you’re an athlete or an office worker, going vegetarian isn’t the smartest thing to do. It’s Hard to Get Enough Protein Protein has many benefits which I talked about in the recent article ‘How Much protein should you eat?‘. Unfortunately, getting enough protein from non-meat [...]

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How much protein should you eat?

June 5, 2010

Athletes are known to put strong emphasis on consuming dietary proteins. Lyle McDonald does a great post on how much protein athletes need. That begs the question: What about everyone else? Protein is one of the most important nutrients in the body, yet the general populus doesn’t seem to care about it. Here’s what their [...]

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Being Fat is Your Fault

June 2, 2010
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The people who admit to that simple fact are the only ones who even stand a chance.

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Coffee

May 3, 2010
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Caffeine is one of the most ubiquitous drugs you can find. Available over-the-counter for a low price, it’s indispensable to some, and detested by others. Some (most) people claim that they can’t do without it, and others ardently claim that coffee is the root of all evil, citing anecdotal evidence of feeling much better without [...]

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