Nutrition for weight management is specific in it’s nature in that it is constantly going to be changing, as client’s body composition changes. It’s very important that weight loss / gain is tracked and structured, so that best results are…
Performance nutrition is very different than nutrition for general health and wellbeing. If you are an athlete, or a recreational trainee seeking to optimise your performance, your nutrition is going to play a crucial role in achieving this. As such,…
Bone size and muscle bellies length Genetic information Age Cardio – vascular Myostatin – Myostatin is a protein that was first isolated by researchers at the Johns Hopkins University in 1997. The bone structure and length, and therefore the length…
There is a trend these days where many people seem to be advocating against the ‘skinny’ or ‘model’ kind of look, and that is absolutely fine – it is both unhealthy and unrealistic for most. However, the opposite is just…
Not all protein is the same. If you go to a supermarket, you will be able to read the breakdown of fats and carbohydrate on a typical nutritional label – but for protein you won’t. It just says – protein…
Never before have we had these levels of metabolic syndrome (obesity, diabetes, hypertension, high triglycerides) as we have today. Back in the 70s there has been a strong propaganda against dietary fat. People have been led to believe that dietary…
In generating any serious training program, certain principles need to be followed in order to see continuous progress. These are those principles: Principle of overload Principle of individual differences Progression Adaptation Specificity Use / Disuse Principle of overload basically requires…
Throughout recent years, carbohydrates have gained a bad reputation, as the single macronutrient that makes us store fat. Now, where did this come form and why? Carbohydrates are a macro nutrient, much like proteins and fats. They carry 4 calories…
Throughout my education I have learned that nutrition has great power over our bodies, both physically and mentally. Studies are increasingly showing that certain nutritional approaches can be used to successfully treat many diseases. While medication can be effective as…
What is Alcohol? Ethanol is best described as a carbohydrate molecule with the following structure: CH3-CH2-OH. So, as we can see, it is a Carbohydrate. However, unlike other Carbohydrates that have 4 calories per gram, Ethanol has 7! Yes, does…
