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Spring Leads in January
Greetings fellow Fitness Professionals, I want to remind you that you are the “Solution”! January is here…Oh Yah!  Most of you are in full swing of the “busy season...
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Establishing Your Business Entity
In today’s fitness world Fitness Professionals are working in different capacities than just the traditional “health club” environment.  They are in homes, private studios, expr...
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All About Beta-Alanine
Beta-alanine, also known as 3-aminopropanoic acid, is a non-essential amino acid.  It’s found naturally in the body, which can synthesize beta-alanine from the breakdown of pyrimidine nucle...
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All About Caffeine
Caffeine structure What is caffeine? Caffeine is a methylxanthine. Other common methylxanthines include theobromine and theophylline, which are found in cocoa and teas. Methylxanthines act as adenos...
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All About Local Food
What is local food? There is no technical definition for local food.  The general idea of eating locally is based on the following ideas: •    Eating food that was grown and...
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All About Alcoholic Beverages
Ancient Bablyonians drinking beer, approx. 2000 BCE What is alcohol? People have long used chemicals to alter their mood, and probably one of the first substances they used was alcohol. There are m...
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All About Carb Cycling
What is carb cycling? In the most basic format, carb cycling is a planned alteration of carbohydrate intake in order to prevent a fat loss plateau and maintain metabolism along with workout performan...
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All About Intermittent Fasting
What is intermittent fasting? In general, fasting is when someone willingly abstains from some or all food, drink, or both for a certain amount of time.  For most medical purposes, a person is a...
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All About Carbohydrates
What are carbohydrates? Carbohydrates are organic molecules typically classified according to their structure. And, structurally speaking, there are two types of carbohydrates: simple and complex. S...
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All About Eating for your Body Type
What is eating for your body type? Many people think that “body type” just describes the way someone looks. In fact, your body type can also provide information about how you respond to f...
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All About Cardio
What is cardio training? Cardio training is exercise with the purpose of developing cardiovascular or aerobic fitness. Cardiovascular fitness is a good measure of the heart’s ability to pump ox...
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All About Food Sensitivities
We digest and absorb nearly 97% of the food we consume.  However, our absorptive ability is severely restricted when the lining of our intestines becomes irritated or flattened.  This can oc...
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All About Cortisol
What is cortisol?   Cortisol structure Cortisol is a hormone that belongs to a family of steroid hormones known as glucocorticoids. It’s secreted by the adrenal cortex, which is located ...
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All About Sleep
People will go to great lengths to ensure that they have a smart and well structured exercise program, nutritional plan and supplementation regimen.  Yet they often forget about or abandon their ...
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All About Creatine
What is creatine?   Creatine structure Creatine is an amino acid derivative constructed from arginine, glycine and methionine. It is produced naturally by the body in the kidneys, liver, and p...
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All About Soy
What is soy? The soybean plant originated in China and made its way to North America in 1765.  Soy production in North America started as a means to feed animals, only becoming a food crop for h...
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All About Cardiovascular Disease and Nutrition
What is cardiovascular disease? Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) include coronary heart disease, stroke, hypertension, and rheumatic heart disease. The most common form is atherosclerotic diseases of th...
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All About Flax
What is flax? Flax is one of the oldest cultivated crops. Evidence suggest that people cultivated it in Babylon in approximately 3000 BCE. The seeds have traditionally been used in healing, and the f...
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All About Dehydration
What is dehydration? When normal conditions exist in the body, various mechanisms preserve fluid and electrolyte balance. If the mechanisms fail due to illness, stress, exercise, climate variations, ...
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All About Diet Sodas
Diet soda is a no brainer. We drink it to avoid the sugar calories from regular soda, right? But do the benefits of consuming fewer sugar calories outweigh the risks of consuming artificial ingredient...
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