defending that my diet’s not all raw
I read the raw foodists all the time (Patenaude, Wolfe, Boutenko, and lots more). I think their diet is fantastic. Sometimes I go all raw, for a few days, weeks, or even months. I wouldn’t criticize anybody for a minute who wants to do it permanently, as some of my friends do–they [...]
40 Comments • Continue Reading →GreenSmoothieGirl Law of Physics (how will I find the time?) . . . part 2 of 2
Back to how it can be true that if you spend energy, you get energy: First, are you a parent of at least two children, or are you close to someone who is? Many first-time parents are so smitten by their firstborn that when they begin to consider bringing another baby into their family, [...]
2 Comments • Continue Reading →How much water should a person drink a day . . . part 1 of 6
My husband and father-in-law are both former college football players. My FIL was told, while playing football, “Don’t drink water!” My husband was told by his own coaches and trainers in the 80′s, “Don’t drink too much water!” Every year a college or high school football player drops dead in the August [...]
Leave a comment • Continue Reading →Educate kids about nutrition
Sometimes I wonder if my teenaged son is absorbing what I teach him about health, or if he’s just too annoyed with me and absorbed with “fitting in” to care. Yesterday after double header baseball games, one of the coaches ranted at the boys about the huge mess they’d made in the dugout, with [...]
4 Comments • Continue Reading →a bodybuilder who “gets it!”
I leveraged some of this from a blog by Jason Ferruggia, one of the few bodybuilders who actually knows better than to drink whey protein shakes:Many of you know that dairy is not good for getting lean, and that consumption of dairy products has been linked to a decreased immune response. Most of us [...]
Leave a comment • Continue Reading →Who you gonna call? Part III: nutrition advice from personal trainers
My friend Cheryl told me at the gym the other day that she got online with a “Virtual Personal Trainer.” This guy has quite a following here locally and helped a friend of Cheryl’s. She said to the trainer, “I’m trying to be vegan. Can you help me increase my muscle mass [...]
4 Comments • Continue Reading →Vegetarian athletes
I don’t think anyone knows exactly what seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong’s diet is. But if you read his story written by his nutrition coach, you know a couple of things. First, he eats 70 percent carbs, 15 percent protein, and 15 percent fat. You’d have a very hard time [...]
1 Comment • Continue Reading →The 247 lb. vegan
Tony Gonzalez of the Kansas City Chiefs is the NFL’s highest-paid tight end. He’s 6’5″ and weighs 247 lbs. In the off season last year, he went vegan after a health scare (Bell’s Palsy). His experience is interesting, since no study I am aware of compares how vegans can amass or maintain muscle mass compared [...]
2 Comments • Continue Reading →Parental responsibilities and rights
You might consider that part of parental responsibilities and rights includes keeping your talk about nutritious food positive, while expecting some reaction to your changes toward good nutrition.Avoid adopting the attitude, as you speak to your kids, that eating good food is a chore to be endured on our way to dessert. With a little [...]
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