Diet and nutrition articles on topics relevant for certified personal trainers and their clients.
Nutrition plays a pivotal role in achieving fitness goals, and understanding how to read a nutrition facts panel is a crucial skill for anyone on a fitness journey. As a personal trainer, empowering...
Is it possible for a “clean” protein source to work against your muscle-gaining goals and harbor toxic chemicals and artificial sweeteners? The answer may terrify personal trainers and their...
Perhaps the time-worn expression “having a gut feeling” holds more potency than any of us realized. Studies of the intestinal gut microbiome reveal how disturbances in its biodiversity can affect...
Recent research has surprised scientists and befuddled nutrition experts by announcing a data-based finding that diabetics consuming ½ cup of ice cream have a lowered incidence of developing...
Adults living with high blood pressure (a reading higher than 140/90 mm Hg) often present with a host of comorbidities, most often pre-diabetes/type 2 diabetes, high levels of LDL cholesterol, and...
Personal trainers preach that healthy insides, accomplished through clean eating, lead to improved overall health. Now conclusive research points to how improving one’s diet may alter the intestinal...
Diet culture would have us believe that “sugar is evil” which is not accurate to the degree that diet culture messaging would have us believe. But there is something we need to be aware of and share...
Personal trainers can clearly see how trends in nutrition come and go as swiftly as trends in fashion. A quick internet search or social media scroll will net consumers more “eat this and not that”...
While leading an active life is beneficial to overall health, aerobic exercise specifically helps the human body to maintain a healthy cholesterol profile. Before getting into the details of how and...
All humans have food cravings. Some cravings are sweet, some savory, and others salty. For some people, cravings can be specific and consistent, or bizarre and rare. Such cravings can penetrate on a...
