Greens supplements go head to head in the battle for best tasting.
www.precisionnutrition.com/greens-taste-test
Move over, Pepsi Challenge. Time for a real taste test — and a drink that’s actually good for us! Starring more of Ryan’s family and the veteran taste test celebrities, Nephews 1 and 2.
www.precisionnutrition.com/all-about-raw-food
Early anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss proposed that the difference beween “nature” and “culture” was akin to “raw” and “cooked” — cooked food symbolizes human creation, civilization, and technology. But is cooked food always ‘progress’? Is ‘raw’ food, in fact, what we were meant to eat?
www.precisionnutrition.com/all-about-gluten
Vague digestive complaints? Headaches and skin rashes? You may want to avoid that sandwich or plate of pasta. Why and how your daily bread may be making you ill.
www.precisionnutrition.com/can-cla-help-you-lose-body-fat
Conjugated linoleic acids, or CLAs for short, are produced during ruminant (aka cows and sheep) digestion and thus found in meat and dairy. CLAs may help you lose body fat… that is, if everything else is perfect. (Or you’re Danish.)
www.precisionnutrition.com/all-about-energy-balance
“Energy balance” is the relationship between “energy in” (food calories taken into the body through food and drink) and “energy out” (calories being used in the body for our daily energy requirements). This relationship, which is defined by the laws of thermodynamics, dictates whether weight is lost, gained, or remains the same. Control your energy balance, and you control your body composition.
Understanding nutrition's most controversial molecule.
www.precisionnutrition.com/all-about-cholesterol
It’s often made out to be the bad guy in today’s medical world. But cholesterol is an important molecule in the body. With the right diet and exercise program, you can put the power of cholesterol to work for you. No appointments to see your doc required.
www.precisionnutrition.com/all-about-recovery
You’ve probably heard of overtraining. In fact, it makes more sense to think about this phenomenon as “under-recovering”. Why you should make recovery protocols part of your overall training plan.
www.precisionnutrition.com/expert-contest-tips-1
What does it take to transform your body – maybe win our $20,000 Body Transformation Contest? Here’s some advice by resident expert Carter Schoffer.
www.precisionnutrition.com/cancer-and-nutrition
Cancer is a major cause of premature death. Yet cancer is treatable. Cancer is preventable. Good nutrition and avoidance of overweight are two of the most important strategies for keeping this killer from striking.
www.precisionnutrition.com/act-your-nutritional-age
You probably know your chronological age. You may even know your RealAge. Or your age in dog years. But do you know your nutritional age? If you don’t, you might be trying to pogo stick jump before you can crawl.
www.precisionnutrition.com/all-about-glutamine
Should you supplement glutamine? Well, double check: are you lying in a hospital bed? Are you sitting at your Polish grandmother’s dinner table? In those cases, the answer may be yes. If not, you may want to save your money.
www.precisionnutrition.com/all-about-eating-on-the-go
Feel like you “don’t have time” to eat well? What you probably don’t have are good strategies. Whether you’re hitting the road for vacation or business, busy at work, or just feel like you “don’t have time” to eat well, try our handy tips.
www.precisionnutrition.com/all-about-vitamin-d
Vitamin D, aka the “sunshine vitamin”, is crucially important for the body. And yet most of us are probably deficient. Grab the convertible or get on your bike and head to the beach!
www.precisionnutrition.com/postworkout-antioxidants
Exercise provides a form of “good stress” that helps the body compensate and get stronger. But what happens when you “block” that natural stress process with antioxidant vitamins C and E? Is it good or bad? Well, this study suggests it might be both… and that if you’re concerned about insulin sensitivity, maybe you should hold off on that multivitamin for a little while.
www.precisionnutrition.com/athlete-profile-steve-duperre
We’ve all seen magicians defy gravity, find quarters behind our ears, pick out our chosen card, or vaporize themselves out of seemingly inescapable constraints. Looks easy, doesn’t it? That is, until you try it yourself, and realize that there’s a lot of hard work behind the “magic”. The same is true of bodybuilding.
www.precisionnutrition.com/athlete-profile-steve-mesler
50 years is a long time for anyone except tortoises and rocks. It’s an especially long time for a country that’s used to winning. In 1959, the United States won its last title in men’s bobsledding. For 50 years, they were unable to repeat that feat. Until Steve Mesler and his team came along. Time to kick history’s butt, at 90 mph.
www.precisionnutrition.com/womans-guide-to-body-transformation
Here’s a figure program that’s designed for results — whether you want to compete as a figure athlete, or just look and feel like one.
www.precisionnutrition.com/getting-control-stress
Purposeful rest and recovery. It’s an important part of the fitness equation. Yet it’s the one most of us neglect. If you don’t build in 30 min of parasympathetic activity per day, you need to come check out this article. It’ll show you how to build in restful, parasympathetic activities in order to help keep stress in its place.
www.precisionnutrition.com/all-about-dehydration
Feeling thirsty? Maybe it was that soy-sauce-laden takeout. Maybe it was the four beers after the game with friends. Or maybe it was that jog in Death Valley. In any case, you’d better drink up — because dehydration can put a cramp in your athletic performance.
www.precisionnutrition.com/all-about-soy
From thyroid disease to GMOs, from breast cancer to infant formula, there’s been a lot of conflicting media reports on the safety of soy. We review the evidence, and explain the source of soy’s power as potential hero or villain.
www.precisionnutrition.com/all-about-creatine
Creatine’s a selfless type. It really wants you to finish that sprint or squat set, so it hands out its phosphates all over the place. It’s also a meat-and-potatoes supplement, literally and metaphorically. It’s in your steak, and it’s been fuelling athletes and bodybuilders safely for decades. Find out how creatine does its Mother Teresa routine, and why it’s a good addition to your supplementation regime.
www.precisionnutrition.com/got-fiber
With the “Got Milk” campaign bombarding people with milk messages I kinda wish I had access to that milk money to promote some other stuff, stuff that actually helps folks get leaner and healthier. For example, fiber. If more people focused on fiber (instead of milk), overall health in North America would improve dramatically. So forget the milk. The important question is this one – Got Fiber?
www.precisionnutrition.com/flexitarian
Oh the carnage! My recent vegetarian experiment has really ruffled some feathers. But it need not. Indeed, there are some important lessons that omnivores and vegetarians should learn from one another. Lessons that’ll improve health, performance, and body composition.
www.precisionnutrition.com/all-about-caffeine
There’s nothing like a good ol’ espresso buzz before a morning workout; after all, research shows that caffeine can improve your athletic performance temporarily. But is it GOOD for you? How does it work? We review the evidence.