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Glutamine is the most abundant conditionally essential amino acid, in the entire human body. Glutamine rich foods can help promote better performance, better recovery, and optimize the way you live.

A couple of new detox diets have hit the internet lately, the Lemon Water Fast and the Lemon Water Detox Diet. But before you go grabbing a restaurant size bag of lemons and chugging water, you’re going to need a pre and post-game strategy, as well as a little more information as to whether not it is right for you and your health. Many sources claim that the lemon water fast and lemon water detox diets have powerful detoxifying, weight loss, and health benefits, but what does the research say?

No matter what you do, no matter what you eat, the scale just doesn’t want to budge. You feel like you’re doing all the right things, but for some reason, you’re just not losing the weight fast enough, or even at all. Years of poor nutritional habits and inconsistent eating patterns create metabolic lethargy, burning just enough calories to keep your body operational. The first step in any weight loss plan or diet is cutting calories, which oftentimes creates added stress and inevitably more weight gain. It’s time to hit the reset button. 

As a trainer and coach, I’ve heard an exhausting amount of excuses about why you can’t lose weight and not eating healthy. It’s not my fault, I’m too busy, eating healthy is expensive, I can’t eat healthy because I have kids, I eat clean but I just can’t seem to lose weight, I’ll get too bulky if I eat too much protein, I don’t know what to eat. Whatever your excuses may be, if you don’t start somewhere, you’re never going to go anywhere. Here are a few of the most common excuses I hear and how you can overcome them to live better, live healthier, and finally reach your goals. 

It doesn't get much better than whey protein isolate when it comes to building more muscle mass, improving recovery times, and optimizing athletic performance. With dozens of different protein powders on the market, it can be challenging to know which one is the best to help you power your performance and meet your goals. In this guide, we'll teach you all things whey protein isolate, so you can make the choice, on what protein powder is truly the best for you. 

Your body composition, health, and performance are all influenced by the quality of the food you eat and the quantity that you eat it in. Food is made up of macronutrients and food is power. Learn how to harness the power of macronutrients to fuel your goals and performance.

Getting enough protein to hit your macronutrient goals each and every day is hard. Having some a few high protein snacks to eat between meals, is a convenient way to make sure you hit your protein intake so you can reach your health and fitness goals.

Here we go again. Another diet, another theory, with not much evidence to support it. But it makes sense. American is fatter than ever. With nearly 4 out of 10 Americans classified as obese, obesity rates have hit an all-time high and people are taking advantage of our glutenous western socioeconomic shortcomings to introduce new dieting methodologies to tame the wild beast of obesity. So, let’s talk about the snake diet.  

Wondering what vegetables are low carb? You’re not alone! Vegetables help deliver vital nutrients to our body to support daily function, the way we look, and the way that we perform. In general, most low carb vegetables should be eaten on a daily basis, as they contain high levels of fiber and nutrients. 

Contrary to popular belief, taking a day to increase your carbohydrate intake can actually enhance your weight loss results. This is what’s known as a refeed day. Studies show that short term increases in carbohydrate intake can help increase leptin levels, a hormone that plays a pivotal role in weight regulation and increases energy expenditure. Partaking in a refeed day might be exactly what you need to accelerate your weight loss results and get you over that plateau.

Wondering what good post-workout snacks you can have while on the go or between meals? To make sure you build more muscle, shred more fat, and fuel your body’s ability to repair damaged tissues, we’ve put together a protein-packed list of 10 good post-workout snacks to fuel your recovery and fitness goals.