Great Medicaments

There are messages a-plenty when it comes to optimizing peri-workout nutrition with supplement companies, sports nutrition authorities and body building forums all offering opinions. The result is a lot of confusion. My aim is to try and deliver a back-to-basics approach to pre, during and post workout nutrition.

To alleviate too much confusion, we will apply the following principles to sub-elite exercisers Read the rest of this entry »

Think vegetables are blah? Think again! This colorful and tasty dish combines vegetables, fruit and chicken with lots of flavorful spices to create a Mediterranean flair that's sure to entice.

(Makes 4 servings)

1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup red bell pepper strips
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 teaspoon turmeric
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
Read the rest of this entry »

Think vegetables are blah? Think again! This colorful and tasty dish combines vegetables, fruit and chicken with lots of flavorful spices to create a Mediterranean flair that's sure to entice.

(Makes 4 servings)

1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup red bell pepper strips
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 teaspoon turmeric
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
Read the rest of this entry »

The largest study of its kind has reached a verdict… and it’s not a positive one for multivitamins. It concludes that long-term multivitamin use has no impact on the risk of common cancers, cardiovascular disease or overall mortality in postmenopausal women. The study is published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Let’s figure out what all this means.

The study assessed multivitamin use among nearly 162,000 women over the course Read the rest of this entry »