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Here's a strategy: Think of the desserts that seem "off limits" on a diet, then make those same treats with ingredients that actually support your goals. Or think of the things people consider bland "diet food" and learn to make them taste good with seasonings, dips, or sauces that you whip up...

Help Yourself to Hypertrophy Is your main goal to build muscle? Then here’s what to do (and what not to do) to pack on the pounds. 1. Don’t Diet Every few years, there’s a resurgence in meal reduction diets. Their premise? The optimal way to gain muscle is to greatly reduce meal frequency...

Ahh, the lean bulking diet; say what you want about the merits of trying to add pounds of muscle without adding a single ounce of extra bodyfat, but as a nutritional consultant I can tell you one thing: some of these lean bulking diets are the most meticulous and repetitive things the world has...

Everyone's done it. You go to Costco to pick up some boneless chicken breasts and some toilet paper and you leave with a 72-pound wheel of cheese, 12 boxes of Nutter Butter cookies, a pallet of kitty litter, and a kayak. It's easy to get swept up in all that raw capitalism, but if you can keep...

Food Sequencing for Metabolic Health Food, Fat Loss, and Credibility There are many different ways to think about food and fat loss. Unfortunately, the view that calories are all that matter dominates most discussions. Anyone who says calories don’t matter for fat loss is either ignorant of...

THE REVOLUTION HAS COME, ARE YOU READY? The world of strength training is obviously full of contradiction and confusion. Just pick up any standard bodybuilding magazine and you'll see different people with drastically diverse views, all telling you that they have the one method to help you...

COLLAGEN: SKETCHY HISTORY, BUT HEALTHY STUFF Collagen has been a mainstay in the supplement business for a long time, only not in a particularly honest way. Protein or energy bar manufacturers often use collagen in the form of gelatin to add moisture and chewiness to their products. That's okay...

Take This, Forget About That Health Supplements: What to Take, What You Can Probably Skip When America wants nutrition advice, they generally defer to medical doctors. Why that is, I don’t know. Most medical schools only spend about 15 minutes teaching nutrition. As such, I’m always skeptical...

For fat loss, what's one of the biggest mistakes that even experienced lifters make? It's this: getting into a caloric deficit by using mostly caloric restriction. Wait, what? "Caloric deficit" and "calorie restriction" are kinda the same thing, right? Well, yes and no. Sure, the most...

The Bedtime Protein Shake We all kinda-sorta know that having a protein shake before going to bed is a good strategy to build muscle, but it’s still satisfying to read a scientific paper that says we’re not just right, but really right. It’s particularly satisfying when that paper is a big...

Beginners trying to lose body fat don't need to follow an advanced fat loss program in order to get results. If you're fat, you're fat, and following an advanced training program won't necessarily speed up the process. All you really need to do is move. The same can be said about newbie...

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...

So you want to lose a few pounds and heard whey protein powder may be a good idea. You heard right, a good source of protein can aid nearly all aspects of weight loss. For instance: The Atkins diet is basically a high protein diet. The Ketogenic Diet requires significant protein. And high...

When it comes to building muscle mass, the food you put into your body is equally (if not more important), than what you do in the gym. To increase muscle size and density it’s inevitable that you’ll have to pick up heavy weights and move them around with great intensity, but if you aren’t...

Collagen protein is an important source of energy for your body. But did you know that it has many other benefits? From lean muscles to smooth skin, collagen offers a lot! There are two main kinds of protein: Whey and Collagen. Both provide great benefits but they do different things. We’re...

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...

Whether your goal is to lose weight or build muscle, the path is actually quite a bit more straightforward than you might presume: controlling energy balance (i.e. calories in vs. calories out) and exercising accordingly. Yet, the war between clean eating and flexible dieting, aka if it fits...

What you eat and when you eat can make a world of difference before a tough workout or competitive event. Fine-tuning your pre-workout meal will ensure your body has the nutrients it needs to perform at a high level for hours on end. Even better, it will help maximize the effects of your...

THE "BEST" PROTEIN POWDER? NOT SO FAST! What's the best protein powder? Well, the Men's Health website recently posted an article that listed what they thought were the 15 best protein powders to "help you build muscle." Presumably, the two co-authors sampled the entire spectrum of powders in...

Legendary fitness pioneer Jack LaLanne knew intuitively that his body needed protein to grow muscle, only he didn't have the luxury of modern protein drinks when he first started exercising. Instead, for a brief six-week period, he tried drinking a quart of beef blood from the slaughterhouse...