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Protein: How Much Do You Need? |
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What is protein? How much protein do we need? Is it possible to eat too much protein? These are important questions for people following a low carb way of eating, who usually are replacing part of their carbohydrate intake with protein.
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| By Dan Wetzel |
Lesnar’s rocky road takes another turn |
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Last month Brock Lesnar sat in a small-town, fast food restaurant, surrounded by blue-collar townies, munching on a five-dollar foot long. He was the reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight title holder, yet unlike his old days as a profession
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| By Bryan Smith |
Exotic juice health claims are pure pulp fiction |
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They arrive early and join a line that stretches out like a Sunday morning communion queue: flip-flopped tourists in madras-print vestments, joggers ashine from their early-morning canters, locals burning off the fog of a few too many.
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Protein: How Much Do You Need?
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| What is protein? How much protein do we need? Is it possible to eat too much protein? These are important questions for people following a low carb way of eating, who usually are replacing part of their carbohydrate intake with protein. |
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Eating Before Exercise - Foods for Athletic Competition
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| What an athlete consumes before, during and after exercise is important for comfort and performance during exercise. While eating soon before exercise doesn't provide the bulk of the fuel needed for the activity, it can prevent the distracting symptoms of |
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Stress and Weight Gain: How Stress Can Affect Your Weight
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| There are several ways in which stress can contribute to weight gain. One has to do with cortisol, a stress hormone. When we’re under stress, the fight or flight responseis triggered in our bodies, leading to the release of various hormones. |
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How Much Sleep Do You Really Need?
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| Sleep is one of the richest topics in science today: why we need it, why it can be hard to get, and how that affects everything from our athletic performance to our income. Daniel Kripke, co-director of research at the Scripps Clinic Sleep Center in La Jo |
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How to Take the Heat
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| Even the most highly conditioned athletes need to take special precautions when exercising in hot weather. Athletes are especially prone to heat illness in the summer months, so recognizing signs of heat illness is critical. Heat stroke is a serious condi |
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DE-CRIMINALIZE ANABOLIC STEROIDS
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| Imagine, for a moment, that you were approached by a friend, colleague or co-worker, and asked for your position stand on the current legal status of anabolic steroids. How would you reply? Would you say that the possession, use or distribution of anaboli |
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5 (MORE) WAYS TO EAT FOR STRENGTH
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| Here are five more nutritional tips to help you throw around more weight today
PREPARE TO BE STRONG
The meals you eat before your workouts are the most critical. Consider them an insurance policy. This is your last chance to adequately fuel your bod |
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Obesity and Dementia
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| A big belly now could spell trouble for your brain later |
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Gunman opens fire on Illinois campus
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| 18 people injured, shooter dead, at campus hit with Va. Tech-style threats
DEKALB, Ill. - A gunman armed with two handguns and a shotgun opened fire Thursday in a packed lecture hall on the campus of Northern Illinois University before killing himself, |
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McNamee: I injected Clemens even more often
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| McNamee: I injected Clemens even more often
Associated Press
Updated: February 13, 2008, 6:44 PM EST
WASHINGTON (AP) - Under oath and sometimes blistering questioning, Roger Clemens stuck to his story Wednesday. So did his chief accuser and former |
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