Rethinking “Carb Loading”

Load up on bagels, bread and sports drinks the day before a race.   Eat all you can at the pre-race night pasta party. Finally, when you cross that finish line, it’s time to down the cookies and more coca cola in order to replenish those glycogen stores.  You deserve it,  you’ve earned it, right? […]

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A Better Whey to Recover

How many people do you know who feel they need to recover from a workout with a smoothie made with a whey- based protein powder? And how many of those people differentiate between recovering from a six hour Ironman training ride and a one hour strength session in the gym? Through no fault of their […]

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In Vino Veritas … et non est sanitas

The saying arises from the belief that alcohol releases inhibitions…at least the first part of the saying, to which I took the liberty of adding to. But there is health in wine. From a factual standpoint, wine does indeed offer many health benefits and in particular, for the heart. Here’s a snippet of some of […]

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