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The Un-Cola
Here’s what I drank while relaxing this Memorial Day weekend. Looking for a healthy alternative to soda? Just pick your favorite seltzer, squirt in some agave nectar to taste, and color with some ginseng extract if you please. Stir gently … Continue reading
How to be a Half-Assed Vegetarian Part 2
If you’re like me, you’ve been asking yourself these questions a lot lately . . . Why am I feeling tired all the time? Getting sick easily? Having trouble recovering from my workouts? Are the stresses of work, family, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Brendan Brazier, Garden of Life, Health, martial arts, nutrition, randy couture, Trader Joe's, Vegetarianism
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How Martial Arts Can Help In Losing Belly Fat
Hi, Everyone: Here’s a cool guest post from James, a writer for bellyfat360.com. He provides us with some great advice about fitness in this article and on his website. If you’ve been wanting to start training in martial arts to help reach … Continue reading
Posted in Fitness, Guest Post, Nutrition
Tagged Abdominal obesity, Aerobic exercise, belly fat, diet, karate, martial arts, Physical exercise, Weight training
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How to Be a Half-Assed Vegetarian
Moo So I’ve been cycling off meat and dairy recently. As a byproduct of last year’s experiment with the Slow Carb Diet by Timothy Ferriss, I found myself eating A LOT of meat. I was stuck in a sort of cycle: grill some … Continue reading
Posted in Nutrition, Reviews
Tagged Brendan Brazier, Dietary supplement, Health, Ori Hofmekler, Protein, Timothy Ferriss, Vega, Vegetarianism, Warrior Diet
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A Review of The Warrior Diet
Welcome to 2012! With the new year comes new resolutions for many of us. Many of which, of course, involve diet and exercise. ‘Tis the season for new gym memberships never used, failed fad diets, patches, pills, and other quick … Continue reading
Posted in Fitness, Nutrition, Reviews
Tagged diet, Health, Herschel Walker, Mike Mahler, Warrior Diet, Weight loss, Weight Watchers
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A Guide to “Eating” Healthy During the Holidays
Supplements ‘n Stuff It’s not likely many of you have included dietary or performance supplements on your Christmas lists. Santa generally sticks with toys, I think, but you never know if he’ll make exceptions for dedicated athletes and martial artists. … Continue reading
Posted in Nutrition, Shopping
Tagged Dietary supplement, Fish oil, Health, Michael Pollan, nutrition, Omega-3 fatty acid, randy couture, Timothy Ferriss, Trader Joe's
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The “Eco-Atkins” Diet
As I mentioned when concluding my test of Timothy Ferriss‘s Slow-Carb Diet as detailed in The Four-Hour Body, I liked the diet but I was somewhat dissatisfied with the amount of animal protein included in the meals. I felt somewhat … Continue reading
The Bucket List
If being sick is a carbolic activity, then getting a stomach bug is a real workout. All the jumping, sprinting, and corework definitely wears you down! Maybe that’s why so many fighters seem to get sick before their fights? … Continue reading
The Slow-Carb Diet: Final Thoughts
It’s been a bit of a long run, but here is my final post on the Slow-Carb Diet as detailed in Timothy Ferriss’s The 4-hour Body. I know a few other people who’ve tried it with good success. Here is one … Continue reading
Posted in Nutrition, Philosophy
Tagged 4-hour body, Dan Buettner, Timothy Ferriss, Weight loss
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The Slow-Carb Diet: Weeks 2-4
The middle and end of this month-long experiment went well, though definitely not as expected. I spent weeks two and three getting past the “acclimation stage” of the first week. The bloating I experienced from switching from a mostly plant-based … Continue reading
Posted in Nutrition, Reviews
Tagged Casey Viator, Colorado Experiment, slow-carb diet, Timothy Ferriss, Weight loss
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