Does my lean physique make you feel fat? There’s no doubt our loved ones would say they want for us to be healthy and well, but why is it that eating and getting “too healthy” is often not as supported? It’s ironic that sometimes there is a small handful of people closest to us that […]

Whether you’re training for sport or just to stay in great shape, having a workout buddy can hugely contribute to your success. After competing 4 times in my first year as a figure athlete, without doubt the best thing I did for myself this past go around was reach out and connect with a dependable […]

Athletes: Take your B’s! In addition to many important metabolic functions that the B-vitamins support, they are crucial for providing our bodies with energy. B-vitamins are especially important during times of growth; that means us bodybuilders! Did you know? that of the five diseases that are caused by deficiencies of specific vitamins (ie: scurvy), three […]

If you’re grieving or under tremendous stress, ensuring you stay well hydrated and maintain a clean, wholesome diet can help you cope through your difficult times. Under such emotional duress, our physiology responds by pulling fluids and stored glucose from our tissues and into the bloodstream.   This is an automatic stress response that ensures […]

Hydrochloric acid (HCl) is needed in the stomach to break down our food and help absorb its nutrients. Symptoms of low HCl, or an underactive stomach, are excessive gas, belching or feeling very full after meals, halitosis, acne, and nausea after taking supplements. Low HCl will reduce absorption of nutrients from the foods we eat […]

Mint has an array of health benefits for athletes and competitors. Its high vitamin A is not only an anti-oxidant to help protect our bodies from damaging metabolic by-products of our intense workouts, but is also highly supportive to growth and tissue healing. It aids bile flow, which means it’ll help digestion on comp diets, […]

Did you know that as little as 1 gram of trans fatty acids (TFAs) per day raises the risk of cardiovascular disease by 20% !!! Most fast food meals that are deep-fried contain at least 5g of TFAs?!                         Trans fats are also in […]

I know, we’ve all heard the many songs praising vegetables. But do we really know why?  What exactly are all of the specific ways in which they improve health and decrease disease risk? Among the many tremendous benefits, vegetables: * provide the broadest range of nutrients of any food group * are rich sources of […]

We all have a multitude of good and bad bacteria living in our colon. When this balance is off (more bad ones than good ones that protect us) we can see a variety of health issues that range from intestinal troubles to lowered immunity. The number one culprit for destroying our healthy bacteria is antibiotics. […]

As athletes we place high priority on our workouts. It’s what gives us our edge, what makes us successful at reaching our goals. But it’s a commitment that not all people share or understand. As such, we may find ourselves sometimes being judged or hassled for making our training a top priority.   Telling a […]