Calcium, vitamin D, and other strategies to prevent osteoporosis.
www.precisionnutrition.com/all-about-bone-health
Strong bones are crucial to good health, and good nutrition is crucial to strong bones. By eating a whole foods diet high in essential minerals and vitamins, you can protect yourself from osteoporosis, the “silent thief.” Find out what you need to protect the health of your skeleton for years to come.
Strategies to reduce, even avoid, symptoms.
www.precisionnutrition.com/all-about-jet-lag
Nobody enjoys feeling disoriented, nauseated, tired, and unable to concentrate or sleep. But with a few simple precautions, you can vastly reduce your symptoms and enjoy a smoother transition, whether your trip is for business or pleasure.
Part 3
www.precisionnutrition.com/nutrition-for-injury-part-3
We all realize that nutrition can play a role during injury recovery. But most people don’t know how to use nutrition this way. By understanding how the body repairs itself after injury, we can target specific systems to speed up healing. In the end, it all comes down to managing inflammation and creating an anabolic state. In this 5-part video series, we’ll show you how to manage both with food (and a few nutritional supplements).
Precision Nutrition Coaching
www.precisionnutrition.com/sean-simone-body-transformation
Simone Paradisi didn’t know she wanted to try a weight loss program until the day she ran into a friend who’d recently completed Precision Nutrition Coaching – and who looked so good, Simone didn’t recognize her. A year later, Simone and her husband, Sean Patrick, were looking and feeling equally great. Their message to other couples who might be considering the program? Do it. You won’t regret it. It’s a journey you can take together – one healthy step at a time.
www.precisionnutrition.com/all-about-food-porn
Images of delectable food surround us these days. From the television or computer screen to the flyers coming into our mailboxes, we’re surrounded. And no, it’s not just your imagination: Pictures of food really do stimulate us to eat, and even to overeat. To find out how and why food imagery exerts such power – and what you can do about it – read on.
Which is really better for fat loss?
www.precisionnutrition.com/rr-cardio-vs-weights
Contrary to recent headlines, aerobic exercise alone is not a recipe for faster fat loss. Instead, a combination of resistance training and aerobics will lead to the most impressive, and longest lasting improvements in body composition.
3 people you should listen to, part 1
www.precisionnutrition.com/pn-roundtable-part-1
In this roundtable discussion, Ryan Andrews quizzes PN superstars – and real people – Nate Green, Krista Scott Dixon, and Brian St. Pierre about nutrition, body composition, supplements – and their taste in trashy music.
Precision Nutrition Coaching for Women
www.precisionnutrition.com/laurie-body-transformation
As a former aerobics instructor, Laurie Pooch knew a lot about fitness. And at 56 years old, with a history of serial dieting and thyroid problems behind her, she thought she’d tried everything to lose her excess weight. What she hadn’t tried was giving up some control and letting her coaches light the path. Lean Eating gave her that expert support – and left her 51 pounds thinner, $25,000 richer, and a whole lot happier.
Precision Nutrition Coaching for Women
www.precisionnutrition.com/cheryl-body-transformation
At 49, Cheryl Eckler wanted to lose weight. She needed to lose weight. But, as a life-long learner she was too smart to be taken in by diet scams. And she wouldn’t consider weight loss programs. However, she couldn’t keep living the way she was. By her 50th birthday, something had to change. Skeptical and paralyzed, a chance encounter lead her to Lean Eating. Through the program, she lost 70 pounds. She even went on to win our $25,000 grand prize.
Precision Nutrition Coaching for Women
www.precisionnutrition.com/meegan-body-transformation
Girl meets life rut. Girl meets Precision Nutrition Coaching, climbs out of life rut. Girl meets girl. Girls lose 100 lb each. First girl gets hit by a truck. Girl uses Precision Nutrition Coaching lessons to recover and rebuild.
Precision Nutrition Coaching for Men
www.precisionnutrition.com/steve-body-transformation
An emergency room surgeon, Dr. Steve Leech is in the business of fixing and stitching when things go wrong. But Steve’s own health started sliding. When he reached 255 pounds he knew he needed to fix something. That’s when he joined Precision Nutrition Coaching. After one year in the program, Steve had lost 55 pounds and transformed his body from soft and flabby to muscular and lean.
How to protect yourself and your family.
www.precisionnutrition.com/all-about-environmental-toxin
Environmental toxins are cancer-causing chemicals and endocrine disruptors that can harm our health by disrupting sensitive biological systems. Here, we review what endocrine disruptors are, where they come from, and how to minimize exposure.
Helping your toughest clients follow the rules
www.precisionnutrition.com/the-compliance-solution-part-2
To be a life-changing fitness pro, you need to take responsibility for both the advice you offer, and your client’s ability to follow that advice. Yes, even those “difficult clients.” The ones other fitness professionals tell you to fire. Here at Precision Nutrition, we don’t fire our clients. We take a completely different approach. In this 4 part video series – filmed live at the 2011 Perform Better Summit in Long Beach, California – we’ll share that approach with you. And, by the end of the series, you’ll be better equipped to get unbelievable results with every type of client you work with. Even the challenging ones.
Why "willpower" may not be your problem.
www.precisionnutrition.com/fast-weight-loss-changes-hunger-hormones
Short-term very-low-calorie dieting disrupts powerful hormones that control appetite, hunger, and satiety for up to a year after a strict diet. Crash diet now, feel hungry later… even several months later. Only long-term, slow and careful dedication to building new healthy habits works for permanent fat loss.
www.precisionnutrition.com/all-about-glucomannan
Glucomannan, from konjac root, is a form of beneficial soluble fibre that can improve bowel health, blood sugar and lipids, and other health conditions. It can also help you lose fat and stay lean by improving satiety and appetite hormones.
Fast vs. slow whey for protein synthesis
www.precisionnutrition.com/whey-vs-casein
Whey protein digests quickly while casein digests slowly. In this experiment, researchers tried to determine whether fast digestion or slow digestion is better for protein synthesis and muscle building. The conclusion? Fast digestion is best for boosting muscle protein synthesis.
Fit, healthy, and sexy after the birth of your baby.
www.precisionnutrition.com/amanda-interview
New mom – Amanda Graydon – is on a mission to help moms around the world stay fit, healthy and sexy during (and after) their pregnancy. In this article she shares her top strategies for avoiding fat gain and stretch marks while staying healthy and ensuring a safe environment for baby.
Two experiments in the minimum effective dose.
www.precisionnutrition.com/minimal-exercise
Marsha lost a whopping 20 lbs of body fat in 16 weeks, dropping from 150 to 130 pounds, by doing only 8 and a half hours of exercise. That’s 32 minutes of exercise a week. Is Marsha just lazy? Or is she onto something? Click here to find out.
What is it? And why is it so good for you?
www.precisionnutrition.com/all-about-resistant-starch
Resistant starch is a type of starch that isn’t fully broken down and absorbed, but rather turned into short-chain fatty acids by intestinal bacteria. This may lead to some unique health benefits. To get the most from resistant starch, choose whole, unprocessed sources of carbohydrate such as whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and beans/legumes.
www.precisionnutrition.com/elimination-diet
If you’re suffering from food intolerances or sensitivities, an elimination diet could be the most profound dietary experiment you’ll ever try.
www.precisionnutrition.com/all-about-high-blood-pressure
High blood pressure is a major risk factor for many chronic diseases. The good news? You can control it significantly with diet, exercise, and lifestyle. Here’s how.
www.precisionnutrition.com/food-and-mood
It was once thought that the only connection between ones emotions and food was the tendency of some people to eat when they were depressed or under stress. But, recent research has been painting an altogether different picture. We now have the understanding that the foods we eat can actually cause certain mood states.
www.precisionnutrition.com/all-about-food-additives
Remember when you’d get done with a bowl of Froot Loops and the milk would be blue? Those were the days. But where did that color come from? And are we all going to regret slurping up that milk?
www.precisionnutrition.com/2-years-of-low-carb-what-happens
Which diet — low-fat or low carb — is best for long-term weight loss and general heart health?