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Of all the comfort foods that men may use to fill their bellies, pizza is a proverbial favorite. Crispy crust, rosy red sauce, velvety cheese and greasy meats team up to provide the perfect gustatory mix of great taste. But not everyone fancies the cost these days of take-out pies, and that is...

When you walk in to any nutrition store, one of the supplements that is always recommended when trying to increase muscle mass is creatine. To give you an idea of its popularity, creatine is estimated to generate 100-million dollars this year in sales. For the most part, we know what creatine...

The most challenging thing you will face when it comes to counting macros is figuring out the proper portion sizes when you’re eating out. It’s nice, in the comforts of your own home, to weigh, measure and prep your food to the exact specifications necessary. Unfortunatly, it won’t always work...

Fish oil supplement can make you fitter, slimmer, and more muscular, says a new study published in the online journal PLOS One. Subjects in the experiment were older females who took five grams of fish oil a day (two grams EPA and one gram DHA). After 12 weeks of daily supplementation, all of...

When training, you need to take in enough protein to build muscle. Working out breaks down your muscles, and protein helps repair your muscles after your workout. Aside from meals, you can eat protein snacks before or after your workout. Here is an in-depth guide on why protein is essential, how...

While most fitness-minded guys obsess about protein, we ignore fiber—at our peril. Eating enough roughage is incredibly important. There is little to debate about that, despite what the hardcore carnivore crowd will tell you. In a recent and comprehensive Lancet study of previous research...

What Is AG1? AG1 (formerly called Athletic Greens) is a type of dietary supplement known as a “greens supplement.” Greens supplements typically contain: Powdered forms of vegetables like leafy greens, broccoli, and beets Fruit such as blueberries, raspberries, and goji Other nutrient-dense...

By Ryan Andrews, MS, MA, RD, RYT, CSCS SHARE Getting enough fiber by building your diet around vegetables, fruits, legumes, whole grains, nuts and seeds, is important for overall health and disease prevention. What is fiber? Dietary fiber is a non-digestible polysaccharide, which means it’s a...

Debunking the Biggest Untruths Damn You, Wilburn! Sometimes I wish Wilburn Olin Atwater hadn’t become a pioneer in the field of nutrition. I’d have been happier if he’d instead become a chimney sweep, corset maker, rag picker, or some other respectable late 19th-century profession. Atwater...

A low-carb diet is a good approach for severely overweight, insulin resistant, sedentary people. But that doesn't mean it's the best diet for lifters and athletes. If you're active and relatively lean already, your carb intake can be higher because leaner people have better nutrient partitioning...

You don't have to stay ripped year around, but you absolutely can stay lean and pack on quality muscle by doing the following: Shoot for 1 to 1.25 grams of protein per pound of bodyweight. Don't piss me off by asking if that's "grams per pound of lean body mass." No. It's grams per pound of...

Who has time to cook a few extra chicken breasts every few days? Who has time to make a big pot of rice or potatoes? Someone should invent a kitchen appliance where you just throw the meat and starches in overnight and BAM, cooked food for the week. That would be amazing. That's a zillion...

Eat More But Lose Fat and Gain Muscle Bodybuilding’s holy grail, its equivalent to the quest for nuclear fusion, has always been the diet that allows you to put on muscle while cutting fat. Oh, some of the keto people will tell you they have that covered with their diet, but aside from being...

In choosing a high-protein, low-carb diet, there's so much emphasis on your three square meals that it can be easy to overlook appropriate snack choices — despite the fact that snacking accounts for one-third of our daily energy intake. Snacking doesn't have to put a damper on your fitness...

THE MENTAL ASPECT AND THE MUSCLE MATH Eating carbs for many of us is a mental barrier, especially those of us who had a hard time getting lean and then finally got very lean by cutting carbs. But it doesn't have to be that way. As long as your muscle glycogen stores are not close to full, the...

Maybe you've got a grandparent or two that you care about, or some parents that are getting close to being grandparents themselves. You might have seen how they faced war, economic instability, and personal hardships, but none of it came close to defeating them. No, it wasn't until old age and...

HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW... Turn raspberry cheesecake into cookies with just three ingredients. Eat your coffee. Make mocha chip cheesecake cookies. They're low carb and caffeinated. Make banana-banana cookies using oats, bananas, and banana protein powder. Make high protein icing from just...

While conventional diets may be fine for the average person, they definitely don't work for bodybuilders. It takes an extraordinary nutrition plan to build an extraordinary physique. After lots of reading, research, and speculation (followed by more screwing up than you'd want to know about) I...

LAST TO BURN, FIRST TO COME BACK Most people have body fat trouble spots, even bodybuilders and fit people. You know what I'm talking about: the annoying pouch of fat just below your belly. Or that fold of flab protruding above your jeans like one of those oversized muffins you see at gas...

by K. Aleisha Fetters, C.S.C.S. Whether you’re trying to gain muscle, lose fat, or just get the nutrients you need on the go, protein powder can be a great addition to any healthy-eating plan. But which one is right for you? After all, the protein powder aisle is stacked with so many options...