The 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).

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High-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.

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What’s a Good Substitute for Bread?

Bread Substitute

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!

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Why 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?

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The 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…

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