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Category Archives: Diet
Decoding Nutrition
Nutrition is the selection of foods and preparation of foods, and their ingestion to be assimilated by the body. By practicing a healthy diet, many of the known health issues can be avoided.
Decoding Diets
A healthy eating plan gives your body the nutrients it needs every day while staying within your daily calorie goal for weight loss. A healthy eating plan also will lower your risk for heart disease and other health conditions.
The Paleo Diet
In a nutshell, the Paleo diet (or, as I like to think of it, the Paleo template—the word “diet” tends to mislead folks into thinking this is nothing more than a temporary weight-loss program) is based on the notion that for optimal health, modern humans should go back to eating real, whole unprocessed foods that …
Pumpkin Power
Pumpkins are blocks that appear on grass, spawned in random clusters in most Overworld biomes, though somewhat rarely. So we- wait a second..
Guide to Apples
The apple tree is a deciduous tree in the rose family best known for its sweet, pomaceous fruit, the apple. It is cultivated worldwide as a fruit tree, and is the most widely grown species in the genus Malus. Apples are also fucking delicious.
Giant Sports Muscle Maker
Giant Sports have cemented their place in bodybuilding and sports nutrition by making some of the most delicious protein powders around. Taking on the likes of Optimum Serious Mass, Giant Sports Muscle Maker is the company’s first attempt at a high calorie mass gainer. Boasting some impressive stats, let’s take a look to see how …
Drunk & Healthy
Let’s face it, it’s hard seeing the benefits of a healthy diet and exercise when we’re always going out for some drinks with friends. Beer is filling and full of carbs, mixed drinks are too sugary, and wine… well, these are nights of debauchery. How can we drink our alcohol and have flat stomachs too?
Caffeinated Beverages
Whether you’re a student in need of a late-night pick-me-up before an exam or a hardworking adult pulling an early morning shift, you may depend on caffeine to keep you alert. A study in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association reports that Americans consume an average of 200 milligrams of caffeine daily. Most of …
10 Facts About Caffeine
Caffeine is a bitter, white crystalline xanthine alkaloid found in various seeds, leaves, nuts, and berries. The caffeine ingested by insects when they feed on these plant parts functions as a natural pesticide that can paralyze and kill them. But humans are tougher, amirite gise?