Looking for al lighter start to 2013 and a way to recover from all of that holiday eating? I shared my favorite ingredient substitutions with Tracye Hutchins of CBS Better Mornings Atlanta on January 2nd: Simple food substitutions for healthier 2013. … [Read more...]
Stay Warm with Comfort Foods
Everyone has at least one favorite dish they fall back on when the weather gets cold and they crave warm foods and the comfort of family dishes passed down from generation to generation. And though they satisfy your taste buds, traditional comfort foods aren+ACY-rsquo+ADs-t always good for your waistline. … [Read more...]
Pre-Workout and Post-Workout Meal Ideas
You+ACY-rsquo+ADs-ve seen them. The people who faithfully go to the gym day after day and spend quality time on the cardio equipment and in the weight room. Yet their bodies never seem to make any visible changes. They are training. But they aren+ACY-rsquo+ADs-t training smart with a plan that is specifically … [Read more...]
You Booze, You Lose. How Alcohol Can Wreck Your Athletic Performance
It+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s called a beer gut for a reason. But, over drinking will do more than just cover up those abs you+ACY-rsquo+ADs-ve been working so hard for. Take a close look at how it will wreck your athletic performance: Athletic Performance +ACY-amp+ADs Recovery Alcohol has a number of effects on the body that can … [Read more...]
UGA vs. Georgia Tech - Tailgating with Georgia’s Finest Foods
UGA vs. Georgia Tech is one of college football+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s most intense rivalries, dating back to 1893. It has been described as Clean Old-Fashioned Hate complete with taunting, pranks and a sea of gold, navy, red and black. But, you can do even more to show your school pride by choosing Southern foods … [Read more...]
The Great Gluten Debate
Get two passionate Italian scientists in the room and you are in for a show. If the nitty gritty details about mucosal villous atrophy sound about as exciting as reading a manual on how to fix your vacuum cleaner, at least you+ACY-rsquo+ADs-ll be entertained by the Cramer Mad Money Style voice inflections, … [Read more...]
Mitigating the Pain of Overtraining
In college our cross country coach would often tell us to run an easy 60 minutes on Sundays after our Saturday races. The temptation to run further, just to see how long I could go, was too much and I+ACY-rsquo+ADs-d often be out there for 2 hours (not to mention a few times I got lost and was frantically … [Read more...]
Breast cancer: Give yourself fighting chance
Breast cancer awareness month is over but the fight to find a cure and discuss prevention strategies shouldn+ACY-rsquo+ADs-t take a backseat just because the pink ribbons are slowly disappearing from store shelves. If this disease hasn+ACY-rsquo+ADs-t touched you, it will because an estimated one in eight women … [Read more...]
Sleep - a Critical Component to Sports Performance
Years ago hitting the gym and throwing around some steel was considered the most critical aspect of sports performance training. However, in more recent years a more comprehensive model of performance has developed based on decades of research on nutrition, sleep, psychology and several other … [Read more...]
Looking for the Best Nutrition Bar?
Nutrition bars fit a need: they are convenient. Portable nutrition at it+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s best, no stopping, no drive throughs and your hunger pangs are taken care of in an instant. So which bar is best for you? That depends on your particular nutrition needs. However, most people are looking for one is … [Read more...]