By Laura Dolson

Protein: How Much Do You Need?

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

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

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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In brief: Roger Clemens steroid saga

In brief: Roger Clemens steroid saga by FS What's the issue? Brian McNamee, Roger Clemens' former personal trainer, claims to have injected the seven-time Cy Young Award winner at least 16 times with steroids and human growth hormone in 1998, 200

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Natural Purple Pigments In Fruits

Natural Purple Pigments In Fruits, Vegetables And Berries, Such As Blueberries, May Help Prevent Obesity ScienceDaily (Feb. 14, 2008) — Scientists in Arkansas are reporting new evidence that natural pigments responsible for the beautiful blue/purple/re

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10 Steps To Bigness

10 Steps To Bigness 1. TAKE GLUTAMINE AS SOON AS YOU WAKE UP Glutamine is an amino acid that supports muscle growth in a variety of ways. By supplementing with glutamine first thing in the morning, you help satisfy your body?s amino acid needs withou

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ENZYME TIME

ENZYME TIME Written by: Len Davis Creatine. Check. Arginine. Check. Protein powder. Check. Enzymes. Che . . . wait, what was that last one? You may not think of them as you compile your supplement shopping list, but enzyme products can be a smar

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How diet affects your sleep

How diet affects your sleep by George Lesco WHAT you eat during the day and evening could affect your sleeping patterns. If your diet consists of a high amount of processed foods you might want to try eating more wholesome products. If you might wa

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In the Spot Light Feature: Syntrop

We have seen the rise and fall of many product lines… do to the over reaction of certain governments and there practices. This new prohibition has drive the chemically enhanced deeper into the hole called the black market. With raw material becoming sca

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Basic Basics on Diet

Basic Basics on Diet So you want to start eating like a bodybuilder...? The following article is pretty much designed for someone doing exercise regularly, and these basic rules can also be applied to a regular non-exercising person (i.e. inactive, se

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Keep your food safe

Keep your food safe - The raw and the cooked Eating undercooked beef, especially hamburger, can increase your risk of infection with Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria. E. coli are a broad group of bacteria that live in the intestinal tract of healthy

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Nutrition standards urged for foods sold in school

Nutrition standards urged for foods sold in school POSTED: 1:05 p.m. EDT, April 25, 2007 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Millions of children soon could be saying goodbye to regular colas, candy and salty snacks during school hours.

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When determining who’s fat

When determining who’s fat, is BMI bunk? Study deals another blow to body mass index measurement By Jacqueline Stenson Contributing editor Are you fat? The answer may depend on which test you take.