The Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) is the rate at which energy is released from food when an individual is awake but resting. As food is broken down by each chemical process of digestion, heat is released. This heat is what allows our bodies to remain at a comfortable temperature in order to keep us alive. [...]
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Healthy Bacteria Make For A Healthy Body
Posted in Anatomy, Athletic Nutrition, Detoxification, Immune System Health, Nutrition, tagged Alternative Medicine, Anatomy, antibiotics, Coffee, Coffee Addiction, Coffee Adiction, Coffee Alternative, Cravings, Detoxification, diet, Disease, Fat, Gut Bacteria, health, Healthy, Healthy Bacteria, Healthy Diet, Holistic, Immune System, Nutrients, Nutrition, Obesity, Prebiotics, Probiotics, Snack, Snacking, Stress, vitamins, Weight Loss, wellness on June 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Having a good balance of healthy bacteria in the large intestine of the body is extremely important because they not only aid the digestive process but they also support your immune system and provide many other benefits. The large intestine is home to about three pounds worth of bacteria, both good and bad, all working [...]
Dark Chocolate, Red Wine… that Resveratrol is oh so Devine
Posted in Alcohol Protection, Anti-aging, Antioxidants, Athletic Nutrition, tagged Alcohol Fatty Liver Disease, Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Anti-ageing, Anti-aging, Anti-Inflammatory, Anti-oxidant, antiaging, Antioxidant, Cacao Powder, Cocoa Powder, Dark Chocolate, diet, Disease, Fat, Free Radicals, Grape Seed, Grape Skins, Grapeseed, health, Healthy, Healthy Diet, Heart Disease, Holistic, Inflammation, Muscadine Grapes, Nutrients, Nutrition, Obesity, Organic, Oxidative Stress, Polyphenols, Red grapes, Red Wine, Resveratrol, trans-resveratrol, vitamins, Weight Loss, wellness, Wrinkles on May 6, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Any discussion on an antioxidant should begin with explaining why they are important so if you already know about free radicals then skip to the next paragraph or you can continue on here for a refresher. Oxygen is necessary for life but, unfortunately, oxygen also causes chemical reactions within the body that generate free radicals. [...]
Exercise Practice Makes Exercise Perfect
Posted in Anatomy, Athletic Nutrition, tagged Adenosine Triphosphate, Aerobic, Anaerobic, Anatomy, ATP, Breathing Hard, Damaged Muscles, Endurance, Endurance Training, Energy, Exercise, Fat, health, Healthy, Heart, Homeostasis, Labored Breathing, Lactate, Lactic Acid, Lactic Acid Threshold, Muscle Soreness, Muscles, Nutrients, Nutrition, Obesity, Oxygen Debt, Physically Fit, Running, Sore Muscles, Strength Training, Ventricles, VO2 Max, Weight Loss, wellness on March 30, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Physically fit people will return to normal breathing and heart rate levels more quickly than unfit people. Why is this? Well it is partly because their bodies have been stressed more often and are more “used to” inducing a quick response to bring the body back into homeostasis. Practice makes perfect, as they say, so [...]
Is IGF-1 Really a Safe Fountain of Youth?
Posted in Anatomy, Anti-aging, Athletic Nutrition, tagged Ageing, Anti-ageing, antiageing, Athletic Endurance, Athletic Performance, Belly Fat, Body Building, Cancer, Chlorella, Colostrum, diet, Endurance, Feeling Young, Grey Hair, HGH, Human Growth Hormone, IGF-1, Insulin Growth Factor, Insulin Like Growth Factor, Looking Young, Milk, Muscle, Nutrition, rBGH, Sports, Sports Nutrition, Supplements, Tumor, Tumor Growth, Weight Lifting, Weight Loss, Wrinkles, Young, Youthfullness on March 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Many athletes use a substance called IGF-1 or Insulin like Growth Factor in order to improve endurance and athletic performance. It is also known as the “Anti-Ageing Supplement” or “Fountain of Youth” helping to protect the body from the ravages of age like wrinkles, sagging skin, Grey Hair, Weight Gain, etc. I decided to do [...]
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