How many times during this week, did we consider how our food choices affect the health, function and appearance of our body? How many times did we connect our food choices to preventing disease? Of course eating healthy doesn't always lead to or guarantee us our health. But does eating healthy have any negative side effects? I don't think so unless we consider feeling better a negative! But what about the question "Do certain foods prevent cancer?" Do certain foods prevent cancer? If you've been reading my tips you're probably familiar with my feeding our body series, so today's tip is about fighting disease by feeding our body with certain foods on a regular basis. I'm also dedicating this tip to Breast Cancer, because October is "Breast Cancer Awareness Month"....More

As you fight for survival on your last interval or final mile of long marathon training run, you may wonder if your body will ever fully recover from the beating of the workout. While muscular fatigue is inenvitable after an intense workout (this is why recovery training days are so important), the following five nutritional strategies will help rejuvenate your muscles, preparing them for peak performance at your next workout...More

The saying that "Don't Put Off For Tomorrow, What You Can Do Today" is true for many things I think, including our keeping up with our health & fitness regime. Since we're smack in the middle of the holiday season, many of us are so busy, that it's really hard to make it to the gym....More

We are all creatures of routine and our diets are no exception. Time-strapped athletes tend to gravitate towards the same foods and supplements that allow them to fuel their bodies quickly and effectively. But a proper training plan requires changes in training intensities and durations throughout the day, week, and season. This means variance correspondingly in energy expenditure daily, weekly, and seasonally. Nutrition periodization is a hot topic right now. The essence of this plan is to match your diet to the specific requirements of the training phase you are in on the macro level. ...More

Trade-off is one of my tools that merits my repeating often. Regardless of what we eat, calories count first, so let's "Trade-off"!As we continue eating and drinking our way through the holiday season (and let's not forget beyond, too!) let's focus on the different kinds of trade offs we can make, and there are many. Because there is no perfect way to eat, and we'll always encounter days with holidays, birthdays, business dinners .... well you get my point, trading off can become an important weight management tool. ...More

"Labor Day" is almost upon us and most of us will look forward to our last official Summer barbeque with lots of food. Since many of us are still concerned about overeating (even though we can pack away the bathing suits) while we want to enjoy ourselves, let's look at a few tools that might help us to tame our appetite. After all, there's always a holiday, event, and celebration we can overeat at!...More

Yes it's a new year, and we all want to be thinner, more fit, and healthier. One concrete step we can take is to eat foods that offer us the most overall benefit to accomplish our goals (notice, we're talking about what we can add to our diet, not take away!). So, this week's tip is a list of Our Top Ten favorite foods that is, which are healthy, contribute to disease prevention, aid our weight management efforts, and are delicious especially if we use some creativity! ...More

When we choose to go lean by lowering our fat intake, we reduce our calories significantly while actually allowing us to eat a bit more food! This does lead to weight loss over time (this is a nice reward!). We also get a bonus, improved health from less dietary fat and even if we don't lose during this season well, we can prevent a gain Now I'm not suggesting we lose all the fat in our diet since some dietary fat is necessary (remember our omega' 3's?) for our health, for our pleasure and for the good flavor it gives our food. But we can "Go Lean"...More