FAD DIET OR NAH? The Keto diet was discovered in 1920 when doctors put patients on low carb diets and found it helped with epileptic seizures! HOW IT WORKS: lowers insulin levels shifts primary fuel source from glucose to ketones Calorie breakdown: 75% fat, 25% protein, < 5% carbs WHO DOES IT HELP […]
Yep, you read that right! Surprisingly enough, bananas are actually considered berries, while strawberries, raspberries and blackberries are not! To be a berry, a fruit must have 2 or more seeds and develop from a flower that has one ovary. TIP: Try incorporating 1-2 servings of fruit each day. Fruits provide sources […]
When you want to lose weight, what’s your instinct approach? Probably to eat less food. Getting “healthy” is more so about eating better, not less. To keep it simple, losing/ gaining weight is about calories in vs. calories out, but the quality of your food is equally, if not more, important. If […]
By: Jared Graybeal Sleep is one of the most important needs in life. Without it, we break down mentally and physically. Lack of sleep can cause moodiness, lack of concentration, and sluggishness. (1) Do you love sleep? (duh) Since you may not be able to get MORE sleep, wouldn’t you like to start getting […]
The phrase “Paleo Diet” has been around since 2002, and popular since 2012, but so many people are still unsure of what exactly it is. In this article, I’m going to make it very simple for you. I will outline the history of the diet, what you can and can’t eat, pros and cons and […]
By: Jared Graybeal I’ve been working out consistently for almost 12 years now, so I’ve tried and competed in a handful of exercise modalities from bodybuilding, powerlifting, races, and mud runs. I’ve enjoyed them all, and like most things in life, they were seasonal for me. So in this season, I’m trying Crossfit. […]
By: Jared Graybeal My team and I run a fully customizable, healthy meal prep company, so these two terms get thrown around a lot. If you work in health and wellness, the restaurant industry or any field where you are having conversations about food, you need to know the difference. What is a […]
By: Jared Graybeal To know whether or not processed foods are bad for us, we have to actually know what they are. So what are they… really? According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), processed food is defined as any raw agricultural commodity that has been subject to washing, cleaning, milling, cutting, chopping, […]
By Jared Graybeal Long before starting a meal prep company of my own, I had to prep for myself. I’ve been a “healthy eater” since 2011, but I was a poor kid since birth, which means that for 4 years I had to figure out how to eat healthy without breaking the bank. […]
By Jared Graybeal @jaredaxlgraybeal By no means is this the perfect preparation to doing a sprint triathlon. This is just what I did. What I think is special about this program design is that I ran my 2 businesses, celebrated a few fun holidays, enjoyed plenty of “cheat meals”, traveled a bit, strength trained […]
(Written by: Laura Schwecherl. For original post, click here.) With all the different diet techniques available, it’s sometimes difficult to know what actually works. You may hear “low carb” or “Whole30” on the daily, but those diets restrict certain types of foods—and nobody likes to say no to foods they enjoy. Enter intermittent fasting (IF). This protocol, […]
Inflammation is primarily a natural immune system response. It’s how the body repairs damaged cells and gets rid of foreign irritants or pathogens. However, when acute or short-term inflammation lasts more than a few days, this means that the initial inflammation wasn’t able to eliminate whatever caused the problem. It could also be a sign […]
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