Showing posts with label Super Food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Super Food. Show all posts

A Champions Breakfast

Posted: Tuesday, 2 October 2012 by Strength&Nutrition24/7 in Labels: , , , ,
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Everyone needs a great breakfast to start off the day! So I am going to show you guys my favorite breakfast to kick start the day. This breakfast is loaded with nutrients: low GI carbs, healthy fats, protein, and minerals. This breakfast is a great choice for everyone and especially those who are living an active lifestyle.

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Santa Fe Salad: A Great, Healthy, Versatile, and Easy Meal

Posted: Monday, 2 April 2012 by Strength&Nutrition24/7 in Labels: ,
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Santa Fe Salad
Cilantro Lime Dressing

  • ¼ cup Olive Oil
  • Juice of Two Limes
  • ¼ Cup of Chopped Cilantro
  • 1 tsp. Cumin
  • Salt & Freshly Ground Pepper to Taste


Salad

  • 19 OZ Can Black Beans, Rinsed & Drained
  • 1 Red Bell Pepper, Diced
  • 12 OZ Can Kernel Corn, Drained
  • 1/3 Cup Chopped Red Onion
  • 1 Jalapeno Pepper, Seeded & Minced

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Beyond a Superfood: The Next Generation of Healthy Seeds and Fish Oil the Sacha Inichi

Posted: Thursday, 29 March 2012 by Strength&Nutrition24/7 in Labels: ,
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Intro

The other day I was walking in my local organic market (shout out for planet organic) and I came across a seed (the size of a nut) I had never seen before. I picked up the package and to my surprise it was a seed from the Amazon in Peru. The package had all these grand claims such as:

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Game Meat a Wild Superfood

Posted: Wednesday, 14 March 2012 by Strength&Nutrition24/7 in Labels: ,
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Humans have come from an incredibly long ancestry line of meat-eaters. Our ancestors began as hunters and gathers and developed into our current “farmed hunting” today. In the hunter and gatherer communities, meat played a significant role. It was a major source of their dietary energy. If we look past any issues people have with ethics and athstetics of being a carnivore, meat is an extremely high grade source of nutrients.

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Super Chocolate!

Posted: Thursday, 1 March 2012 by Strength&Nutrition24/7 in Labels:
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Why didn’t the prison allow the prisoners to eat chocolate? Because they were scared they would break out!
For starters let’s throw this myth away chocolate does not cause acne. Rather, acne is usually cause by one or a combination of three things
  • Hygiene
  • Nutrition (often not enough vitamin A and healthy fats)
  • Hormones going crazy

Chocolate has been put in the junk food category for a long time. However, recent research has been unveiling exciting news about the health benefits of chocolate. In Dr. Jonny Bowden’s book, “The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth,” and M.S, R.D. Tonia Reinhard’s book “Super Foods the Healthiest Foods on the Planet,” state the following benefits of dark chocolate:

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Avocado (Butter pear/ alligator pear)

Posted: Tuesday, 28 February 2012 by Strength&Nutrition24/7 in Labels:
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This fruit is native to South and Central America, the English living in Jamaica named the avocado an alligator pear. However today in Jamaica they call the avocado a butter pear. The original name for the avocado tree and the fruit comes from the Aztec word abuactal, meaning “testicle,” it is not only referring to the shape of the fruit but in how it hangs from the tree in pairs. The amount of names and meanings to this fruit vary greatly from culture to culture and country to country.


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Healthy Eating comes in many Colors: Why Fruits and Vegetables are so Important for your Health and Performance

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Quick tip: for optimal health, body composition and performance, eat a lot of vegetables and fruit from a full spectrum of colours.


Healthy reasons to eat a rainbow of colourful fruits and vegetables


There are so many reasons to eat from a variety of colors, textures, and tasting vegetables and fruits. Besides just brightening up you plate, adding a little variety to your diet, and getting the occasional wow from your friends, there is numeral health benefits. These health benefits can have an impact not only on your general health, but also impact on your athletic performance. When eating fruits and vegetable from a plethora of colors you will give your body a wide range of essential nutrients, like thiamine, fiber, folate, potassium, and vitamins A and C. Some examples include green spinach, orange peppers, black beans, yellow corn, purple eggplant, pomegranates, and white onions.

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