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All About Environmental Eating: Part 2

When leading a lifestyle to benefit the environment, you have to pick…

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All About Nutrient Deficiencies

Cracked lips? Weird tingling? Scratchy eyeballs? Could be the morning after the…

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All About Bad Fats

What do margarine, Doritos, and kinky caterpillars have in common? Find out!

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Protein supplements:

Is protein absorption the problem?

Little Miss Muffet drank a 50 gram whey protein shake. Miss Muffet…

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All About Fructose

Afraid of apples? Petrified of pears? Don't be -- it's not as…

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Informal Experiments: How do pH strips work?

Cabbage: not just for coleslaw any more! Learn about pH strips and…

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All About BCAAs

Branched chain amino acids, aka BCAAs, are important players in protein synthesis.…

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All About Beta-Alanine

Beta-alanine supplementation may help buffer lactic acid and help with healing, muscle…

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All About Caffeine

There's nothing like a good ol' espresso buzz before a morning workout;…

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All about local food

And why local food is so important.

Eating local isn't just for crunchy-granola people; everyone can benefit from a…

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Finding a new doctor in ’09

While I’m called "Doctor Berardi" by some, I don’t have an MD…

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Research Review:

Stress and supplements

Should Santa have put phosphatidylserine on his Christmas wish list?

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All About Alcoholic Beverages

Drink to your health? What you need to know about alcohol consumption…

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John Berardi goes vegetarian? Here’s what happens when a confirmed meat-eater tries to build muscle on a nearly-vegan diet.

By some strange, twisted set of circumstances, JB finds himself trying to…

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Omnivore, vegetarian, flexitarian?

Oh the carnage! My recent vegetarian experiment has really ruffled some feathers.…

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All about carbs: Facts and myths

Carbs have a bad reputation in some dieting circles—but here’s why they’re essential.

Hint: Minimally-processed carbohydrates offer the real nutritional advantage.

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Forget the milk: Got fiber?

With the “Got Milk” campaign bombarding people with milk messages I kinda…

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High intensity interval training:

Here's how to do it the right way.

Serendipitous? Probably. Just last week, Jon Chamberg, strength and conditioning coach to…

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The truth about “body type dieting” for ectomorphs, endomorphs, and mesomorphs.

Body types have been used to determine what sports suit someone best,…

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All About Cardio

Now that we've been through the aerobics craze, Jazzercised and Jane Fonda'd,…

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The meat debate:

Good for us or disease waiting to happen?

This week, I wanted to discuss something that's come up quite a…

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Research Review: Is more really better?

One set versus multiple sets -- it's like the Sharks and the…

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All About Food Sensitivities

Gassy? Throat closing up? Sensation of digesting broken glass? It might not…

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All About Cortisol

Whether the economic crisis keeps you awake at night, whether you're stressed…

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