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The Best "Candy"

Is there such a thing as healthy candy?  I don’t think so…  Wikipedia’s definition of candy is: a confection made from a concentrated solution of sugar in water, to which flavorings and colorants are added.  The word candy comes from the Sanskrit meaning “piece of sugar”.  Hard to believe any food item which is defined as [...]

Hydration 101

If your going to read anything about fluid intake, please start here.  There is a lot of information on the web offering their opinion about how much is recommended.  It’s all controversial; how can a fluid intake be given without knowing your height, weight, sweat rate or even intensity?!  Plus the ranges of fluid intake are [...]

Review: PhytoBerry

 

About 5 years ago, phytochemicals were the newest word in the health industry world.  Boasting its life saving qualities that will save humans from a common cold to cancer.  Now, with more research being done, phytochemicals have lost a bit of their steam. 

Before the product review, what are phytochemicals?  Phtyo means from plants [...]

Review: Steaz Energy Drink

Labelled as “Organic Fuel” for the mind, body and soul, Steaz Energy drink, is just another can full of sugar except costs twice as much ($1.99).  This product can be found in the organics section at your grocery store.  Over 80% of the ingredients are organic so there allowed to market it as such.  However, most [...]

Diagnosing the Triple T

The weeks have flown by since my last race in California 70.3.  My time has been filled with a lot of training but even more with soul searching; where to next? 

Racing has started to become a large portion of my life, especially in the absence of a true 9-5 white/blue collar job.  Getting up [...]

20/60/20 vs. 30/50/20

Protein/Carbohydrates/Fat

This week I’m paying careful attention to how my body reacts to a 30/50/20 diet.  On Monday, I plugged the percentages into Excel to see how much of each I’d have to consume at each meal.  Here’s the breakdown:

Calories Protein Carbs Fat 3000 900 1500 600 gms 225 375 67

The 3000 calories [...]

Nailing the Early Morning Workout

There are not many people I know that enjoy the early morning sessions.  I’m talking the suns not up, the street lights are on and your eye lids still have “sleepies” in the corners.  Getting the quality nutrients in before hitting the gym or going out fora run can at least make you feel [...]

The Versatile Potato

When people think of a potato the first image that usually goes into their heads is fried.  Deep fried, shoved into a little cardboard container and then heavily salted.  Salvitating yet?  No, me either.

The potato got a bad rap.  Its a shame because post workout this vegetable can be a great recovery food.  [...]

Question – Race Day Fueling

Good Morning Cliff. As a triathlete that also has to be careful what I eat on race day, I have struggled with this. What do you use for longer races, like 3 1/2 to 4 hours? If you read my post last year on the KTown Tri, I note that gels are only easily digestible [...]

All Crap

So here’s a story for you.  I wouldn’t have shared this except this scenario happened to me twice, in the same store, in the same place, and almost at the same time.

Last Sunday I was at Bushtakah’s discount sale on the hunt for gels.  I ran out so I wanted to take full advantage [...]

Salmon Recipes

You hear it all the time, are you getting enough Omegas in your diet?  Are you eating enough fish?  Well I can safely say that I’m not.  I know fish is good for you but I’ve been having a hard time getting it in.  This is truley frowned upon since I am from the East [...]

Subway Meat

Had a thought last night while a Subway commercial came on during the hockey game: where does Subway’s meat come from?  Back in the day, like 2000, when Subway wasn’t on every corner, the food seemed more fresh.  Now with the ever growing fast food price competition it seems that the once healthy option that Subway [...]

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