Reviewed by Brian St. Pierre, MS, RD Calorie manipulation—whether to lose weight or gain muscle—seems simple. After all, it’s just math… right? Sort of. But it’s tricky. Your body is a complex machine. In order to determine how many calories your body needs to achieve your goals, you need to first understand how your body burns…
What are BCAAs? | Do BCAAs work? | BCAAs vs whey | BCAAs vs. EAAs | BCAAs vs food | Bottom line “Get ripped with BCAAs,” says the company that sells them. “I took BCAAs and had way more gains,” says guy at the gym. “Taking BCAAs twice a day helps recovery,” says fit human on…
Ask almost anyone what they need to do to lose a few pounds, and they’ll probably say: “Cut back on the carbs.” As a nutrition coach, I’ve heard it hundreds of times. While the low carb movement has waxed and waned in popularity since the Atkins revival of the late 90s and early 2000s, most folks now assume that…
There are some things just about everyone knows. Take this one: To lose fat, you need to watch what you eat. No one has to hire a coach for that advice. But knowing how to monitor food intake? That’s something clients really need. Only it can be hard to know the best approach. Some experts…
“What can I eat on the Paleo diet?!” Eating like ancient humans sure sounds cool. But it brings up a lot of questions: Is grass-fed cattle similar to the wild game Paleolithic people hunted? Are potatoes okay? What about sweet potatoes? What cooking oil should I use? (Did Uncle Grok even use cooking oil?) Do…
“Eat fewer processed foods.” Nearly every health expert says it. (Sometimes so often that you’ve maybe tuned it out. Kind of like when they say, “Eat your greens.” Whatever, Mom.) But have you ever wondered why? Plus, what even counts as a processed food anyway? In the following infographic, we cover everything you need to…
Saturated fat can create quite the dietary dilemma. For most of your life, you’ve probably been told it’s unhealthy. That saturated fat clogs your arteries and leads to heart attacks. On the other hand, type in the right Google search words, and you’ll find research-based articles that say that thinking is outdated and wrong. A…
If you’ve ever offered a low-key bribe to get your little ones to eat their vegetables (okay, or a trip to Disney), you know the frustration and anxiety parents and caregivers face around kids’ nutrition. “Are they eating enough?” “Are they getting the right nutrients?” “Why won’t they eat anything green??” “Am I failing as…
Our hunger and appetite are controlled by complex systems within our bodies, which can be profoundly affected by what we eat and drink — including coffee. While people often use caffeinated coffee to control their appetite, new research shows that if you want to reduce your bodyweight, you might be better off sticking to decaf….
Reviewed by Helen Kollias, PhD and Brian St. Pierre, MS, RD At some point in my mid-40s, the scale started climbing. A pound or two turned into five, then 10, then 20. It seemed as if I was doing all the right things: Eating less, moving more, rinse, repeat. Yet, the harder I worked, the…
