Portfolio Category: Nutrition 101

Sugar: The Sweetest Poison Part I

What do you think of when you think of sugar? Most of us think the white granules we add to coffee, sprinkle over our cereal or put in when we make cookies.  In reality, that is only a tiny fraction of the sugar that we consume in our lives.  In this article, we'll go over…
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Sugar: The Sweetest Poison Part 2

This brings us into the turn of the century.  Roughly 75 million Americans have Metabolic syndrome (insulin resistance), and chances are if you have a heart attack, you have Metabolic syndrome.  This brought research back to the topic of sugar and found that feeding someone a diet full of sugar had a "very obvious, very…
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Supplements

Should you take supplements?  Chances are you should. Now I'm not saying you should run out and get every product on the shelf, but here are 3 basics that I would highly recommend to anyone no matter your fitness level, age, gender, or goals: Multivitamin: To get all the nutrients you need without a huge…
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