“Where do you get your protein?” It’s the first and most common question vegans are asked about their plant-based diet. This is an especially relevant topic for athletes who follow a vegan diet and have higher protein requirements. Many...
The jury is still out on whether eating late at night leads to weight gain. But one thing is certain: if you want to lose weight, you need to create a calorie deficit. The number of calories you consume...
The hardest part of dieting is not the self-control or reduced calories that are part of any weight-loss plan. It’s the seemingly cruel way that your body fights against you to make you hungrier than ever and push you towards...
You might want to think twice before you rush to slug down another post-workout smoothie. Your pre-workout routine of oatmeal and fruit? It might not be helping in the way you think. And the extra BCAAs you’re drinking during...
The rules of breakfast may have been rewritten, but that doesn’t mean the goal of breakfast has changed.
Even though breakfast is not the most important meal of the day (science suggests that no one meal is more valuable than...
Of all the ways you can easily become confused by what foods are “healthy,” the most common is the cruelest. The diet industry loves to take a concept that you understand on a basic level, and then twist science...
During the holidays, you will likely eating quite a bit of sweets and fattening meals, from your big Thanksgiving dinner to treats during a cookie exchange or desserts after your holiday meal. It is good to detox your body...
Following a keto diet may deprive you of essential nutrients. (Source: Getty images, file)
Most of us have heard of the keto diet; you may have either followed it or even =been recommended the same for weight loss. But the...
For the past few months, I’ve been feeling pretty YOLO about things.
“Yes, we can go to the park at 7pm at night when you both need baths.”
“New shoes when I don’t really go anywhere? Sure, why not.”
“Yup, I’m going...
There’s a risk you might read only one sentence and then leave this page, but it’s worth the risk to make sure this point is clear: you will not gain weight from eating too few calories.
If there’s nothing else...