What is WHR? WHR stands for Waist to Height Ratio. The goal was to come up with a similar, easy to measure standard like the Body Mass Index (BMI), that could be used to evaluate someone’s overall health. The common complaint with BMI is that it doesn’t take into account muscle mass as well as […]
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Below I’ll outline the results of my 30 day low fat, high carb experiment. For the methods and intro click here. Day 1 Wake up, walk the dog, and drink an iced black coffee. Exercise: Jumping Jacks and Burpees Weight: 167.6 Waist: 33 ¼ Meals: 9 AM – 3 cups mixed salad greens topped with
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So I found this video recently I got inspired. One of the reasons I started this blog was to run experiments, track the results, and see the effects of different diet paths. Specifically I wanted to test out various diets high in leafy greens and veggies both for cutting and for adding muscle. Plus they
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I’ve been wondering lately. Is it possible to eat a low-carb, high fat diet without getting heart disease? What does the science say? While the Atkins diet has been around since the 70s there isn’t a ton of research on some of the new low-carb fads like Paleo and Keto. Still, there’s research out there
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The goal of this blog has always been to help you lose weight, gain muscle, and do so in a way that prevents some of the biggest killers or cripplers of Americans – heart disease and diabetes. In this article we explore the question, “can diet reverse or improve existing prediabetes, Type I diabetes, and/or
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What is IGF-1? IGF-1 and Human Growth Hormone work hand in hand to make you grow from child to adult and then later in life, to help you replace the billions of cells your body sheds every day. IGF-1 stands for Insulin Like Growth Factor and it’s structure is similar to insulin, hence the name.
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What Cholesterol Test Kits are FDA approved and why does this matter? Currently there are 10 over the counter home test kits that the FDA has approved to measure cholesterol. You can find the most current list by using the FDA’s Over The Counter (OTC) database search tool – https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfIVD/Search.cfm Simply type in “cholesterol” in
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Are you a food addict? A loaded question if ever there was one. What does it mean to be a food addict? We all have to eat. But some of us get more deeply into it than others. Here’s the list a questions to try on yourself. Do you eat past the point of feeling
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So you wake up and take a few steps and, bam, shooting pain in your heel. You did some online research, think you have plantar fasciitis, and now you’re looking to fix it. What follows below are a couple easy, quick, and cheap methods to get rid of your plantar fasciitis in a week or
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