Posts by Craig Ballantyne
Strange Internet Trend for Weight Loss
Nutrition bloggers have a strange habit. They like to take pictures of their meals and post them on their websites. But recent research has found that this might be giving them an unexpected benefit.
Read MoreThe Worst Thing You Can Do for Muscles
There are some things we should NOT do to our muscles. One of the worst is to stop moving them.
Swedish and American scientists teamed up to find out just how bad complete bed rest is for muscles. In the study, they subjected eight men to a three-day period of lower-limb suspension (for one leg only).
Read MoreHigh-Protein Diets for More Fat Loss
While the media focus on low-carb vs. low-fat diets, they tend to miss the point about high-protein diets. It’s well known in the fitness industry that higher protein intakes help with fat loss. For one thing, protein helps control appetite.
Read MoreWhat’s a Good Substitute for Bread?
As bread is always being lambasted as being too high in carbs, exactly what can be used as a substitute that is both nutritious AND practical – i.e., that can be used every day to make a sandwich for lunch? Everything I can think of has a grain in it!
Read MoreWhy Workouts Make You Say “Ouch”
My trademark attorney just e-mailed me and said he was going to the gym for the first time in 18 months. I quickly e-mailed back and told him to take it easy.
As anyone who has started a new exercise program knows, his muscles are going to be sore. But why is that? And why does it take a day or two for it to happen?
Read MoreDon’t Diet TOO Much
Bodybuilders have long known that if you eat too little for too long, you can actually decrease your resting metabolic rate (the number of calories you burn at rest).
Read MoreWhy Nuts Do NOT Make You Fat
I’m a huge fan of eating raw nuts for health and weight loss. But every time I recommend them, folks ask me, “Won’t all the calories and fat in nuts make me gain weight?”
Read MoreRestaurant Dinner Diet Secrets
When you eat dinner at a restaurant, it’s easy to eat more than 1,500 or 2,000 calories at one sitting. Yikes! That’s a full day’s worth of calories.
Read MoreThe 0.3% Solution
Guess what? You can improve your health and change your life. And all it takes is 12 weeks.
If 12 weeks seems like a big commitment to you, you need to take a good, hard look at your priorities…
Read MoreAre You Lying About Your Diet?
Today, I’m going to talk about weight loss. And I’m not going to be politically correct. So if you are easily offended, press your “page down” button right now…
Read MoreMuscle Myth Buster
You can burn an extra 50 calories per day just by gaining a pound of muscle – right? Wrong! That is a myth, one that won’t go away
Read MoreThe Diet Secret You Probably Aren’t Using
The worst thing you can do when trying to lose weight is “go it alone.” Support from your friends and family can help you eat better and exercise more.
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