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Ice Cold Protein Support your health and physique goals with these easy-to-make yogurt treats. Healthier ice cream and froyo alternatives are tricky. Fat-free options add more sugar. Sugar-free options usually add sugar alcohols which wreck your gut. So, make your own. These "pops" are high in...

Make This in 5 Minutes The healthiest salad should contain an ideal blend of protein, fatty acids, phytochemicals, vitamins, and minerals. Here's how to make it. I recently stumbled on what has got to be the smartest, most nutritious, easy-to-make lunch recipe in the whole damn world. It might...

A Consumer Report Here are two examples of how grams-of-protein per serving can be manipulated to make a product or food seem magical. I recently read an article about a certain brand of protein powder and how it contained a mammoth 50 grams of protein per serving. Let’s call it Muscle Moo 5000...

It's healthy, packed with protein, and tastes like dessert. Easy recipe here. Stop shame-purchasing muffins at the drive-through on busy mornings. Instead, whip up a loaf of this on Sunday. Breakfast will be ready to go all week. Think of it as portable oatmeal with a protein kicker. This is a...

Stop the Regain After Dieting Here's the real reason you regain body fat after a diet, plus three ways to fix the problem. You've seen it. You've probably experienced it. It's called fat overshooting. That's the sciency way of saying that after a fat-loss diet, most people gain all the fat...

3 Easy, No-Cook Recipes A higher protein diet solves a lot of issues. So eat cheesecake. Eat ice cream. Heck, eat pumpkin pie for breakfast. Just make 'em like this. Eat more protein. It’s the easiest way to make a positive change in your body composition. But a protein diet, or a...

How to Cure Stabilized Fat Storage Still lugging around an extra 15 pounds or so of fat? Here's a simple, not-too-painful way to get rid of it. Some people have been fighting the same 15 pounds of extra body fat for years. They are no longer gaining weight, and they're certainly not obese. But...

A Muscle-Sparing, Fat Loss Strategy Lifters and athletes need a diet strategy made just for them. This one preserves muscle mass and protects your metabolic rate. Every fat-loss diet is simple. In fact, losing weight is easy. It's basic calorie math and willpower. Eat fewer calories or expend...

How to Evaluate Your Protein Powder There are several protein scoring systems. Here's the one that lifters should pay attention to. Evaluating the quality of a protein comes down to bioavailability and amino acid profile. Bioavailability refers to how much of a particular protein you absorb. To...

The Double-Duty Protein This protein boosts metabolic rate and muscle protein synthesis. Casein has several monikers. For example, it's been called the "bodybuilder's protein." Casein is time-released and slow digesting, leading to a constant release of amino acids into the bloodstream, which...

The Most Filling Dessert Low calories, low carbs, no added sugar, high protein. Here's how to make it. People who eat at least .8 grams of protein per pound of body weight are leaner and better looking. Bump that up to 1 gram per pound, and, well, these folks are just too sexy for words. That's...

The Metabolic Eating Solution This simple eating strategy never fails, no matter your goals. Here's how to do it. Protein is the enemy of love handles, belly fat, and even full-blown obesity. It's the jet fuel for building muscle, the driver of healthy metabolisms, and the nemesis of aging...

Age-Related Protein Utilization As you age, your body doesn't absorb or utilize protein as efficiently as it used to. Here's what to do about that. Bodybuilders and people who lift weights are usually ahead of the training and nutrition game. Bro-science aside, we often figure things out before...

The Least Amount You Need What's the least amount of protein you can eat and still make gains? Here's what a recent meta-analysis says. You know the general rule: For muscle and strength gains, lift weights and consume about a gram of protein per pound of body weight daily. Some people eat a...

Lose Fat Without Really Trying Burn extra calories and oxidize more fat all day and all night, even when eating at maintenance intake. Here's how. If I were given a million-dollar advance to write a diet book, I could sum it up in one sentence: Eat about a gram of protein per pound of body...

A 500-Calorie Strategy for Clean Gains Ditch the dirty bulk. Build muscle at the optimal rate and avoid excess fat gain. Here's a simple way to do it. Fact: An experienced lifter needs a calorie surplus to build muscle at the maximal rate. Another Fact: Most experienced lifters consume far too...

A Cure for Normal Weight Obesity Women lost fat and gained muscle without dieting or even training by making one easy change to their meals. Here it is. Talk to the average out-of-date dietician and they'll tell you that women need between 40 and 50 grams of protein daily. Poke around the...

Get Shredded Without the Jitters Want to speed up the fat-loss process and avoid the racing heart and sleepless nights? Try one or two of these jitter-free supplements. Your mother or grandmother, bless her heart, was probably a junkie in her younger years. See, when a woman wanted to lose...

Fight the Protein Police Follow the average protein guidelines of the so-called experts and you'll look average: overweight and under-muscled. Forget that. Do this instead. The average person is pretty below average these days. About 74% of US adults are overweight or obese. It's perfectly...

A Huge Study Sheds Some Light Eggs are one of the cheapest and most nutritious whole foods you can buy and, contrary to what's commonly believed, one of the healthiest. At a cost of $0.03 per gram of protein, eggs are the most cost-effective whole-food source of protein there is. They're also...