Glycemic Index: What is it and does it matter?

Glycemic Index: What is it and does it matter?

In order to understand the glycemic index, you first must understand this very important fact: not all carbohydrates are created equally. Some carbs contain fiber and are digested very slowly, while others are straight up sugar and are digested very quickly. And not...
Forks over dumbbells

Forks over dumbbells

I’ve seen it over and over and over again…people spending countless hours on a treadmill or going to the latest, greatest aerobics class or halfheartedly knocking out reps on a universal machine trying to outwork a bad diet. It’s just not going to...
Vacation fitness tips

Vacation fitness tips

“Vacation fitness” for some people sounds like an oxymoron. But I go on vacation to take a break from the real world, not to take a total vacation from my fitness. So over the years, I’ve fine-tuned my vacation fitness approach so as to perfectly...
Carb Cycling: What is it and does it work?

Carb Cycling: What is it and does it work?

In its most basic form, carb cycling (or carbohydrate cycling) is an approach to eating in which you greatly restrict your carbohydrate intake for a set period of days, followed by a brief period of medium to high carbohydrate intake. Then you repeat this cycling...
Healthy eating can be an illusion

Healthy eating can be an illusion

Quick guess of where the photos were taken …             Subway? Wrong. Whole Foods? Wrong again. Last chance. Google Cafe? (Insert loud buzzer noise here) No my friend, that’s the picture on the wall of the Thornton’s...