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Warning About Acai Berry Offers
Thousands of consumers couldn’t resist the 14-day free trial featuring the acai-berry supplement, hailed by those who hawk it in national television ads and on the Internet as a pill that can do everything from fight cancer to stop aging to promote weight loss.
But the Better Business Bureau has issued a nationwide warning cautioning consumers [...]
Jun 08, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Protein vs Carbs after Workout for Fat Loss
A recent study at the University of Munich in Germany confirms that protein meals after exercise are much better for burning fat. It’s long been known that carbohydrate rich meals can prevent fat burning even on low a calorie diet. This is because carbohydrates have a way of preventing energy from being released from fat [...]
Jun 26, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Fish Oil May Help you Burn Fat.
The biologically active ingredients that seem to make fatty fish so beneficial are are the long chain omega-3 (n-3) fatty acids, EPA and DHA. At least a half a dozen human studies and more than two dozen animal studies have been completed in the last 10 years which suggest that these omega-3 fatty acids found [...]
Jun 20, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Alpha Lipoic Acid
Antioxidants are made up of several different substances which help our body to fight free radicals. One of those substances is alpha lipoic acid. Alpha lipoic acid is a fatty acid found inside every cell of the body. It is a required substance to produce energy for normal function. It is also an antioxidant.
It has [...]
Feb 09, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Walking for Fitness
There’s so much controversy these days surrounding walking and whether or not it’s beneficial or not in the fitness industry that you’d assume we were debating how to settle world peace! For now, let’s settle the score on walking and we’ll let the brighter minds set flight to the dove and olive leaf.
Here it is: [...]
Jan 08, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Hemp Protein – Can This Whole-Food Protein Source Match Or Exceed The “Star-Power” of Whey?
by Nick Nilsson
When you hear the word “hemp,” generally the last thing that comes to mind is protein and bodybuilding. Without going into detail on the other “psychoactive” strains of hemp, it’s time you learned more about what hemp can do for you from a nutritional point of view. I know I was very surprised [...]
Jun 10, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
The Benefits of Resveratrol in Fighting the Aging Process
Most resveratrol supplements are not worth the investment. While researchers have shown many resveratrol benefits in the laboratory, the nutrient must reach your bloodstream in order to perform its magic. The latest research indicates that it does not usually make it to the bloodstream.
They have tested people’s blood after drinking wine on an empty stomach, [...]
May 18, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
