How To Control Insulin Sensitivity - Swolverine

How To Naturally Increase Your Insulin Sensitivity

The conversation surrounding insulin recently isn’t just about people with diabetes or when talking about sugar. Insulin sensitivity has become a new phrase in many health conscious individual’s lexica for good reason – it’s the fat making hormone. So what does it mean to increase insulin sensitivity? Well, we’ll need to find out how insulin works and what it does to the body first!
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How L-Glutamine Can Help Treat Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

L-Glutamine for IBS: Can It Really Help?

L-Glutamine for IBS: What the Science Really Says Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a pain in the ass—literally. Planning your entire day around bathroom availability, bloating after every meal, and unpredictable bouts of constipation or...

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Supplements For CrossFit Athletes - Swolverine

The 8 Best Supplements For CrossFit® Athletes To Increase Competitiveness

When you ask Siri what are the best supplements for CrossFit® athletes, you’re going to a get few different answers. Some information is great when other search results will really just give you misinformation. What we’ve done is different. We've compiled a quick and dirty guide for the best supplements for CrossFit® athletes to provide a framework for exactly what you need at which stage of your training, to gain a competitive edge in the box. Let’s get started
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5 Basic Nutrition Principals To Get Visible Abs

5 Basic Nutrition Principals To Get Visible Abs

You know they are there, you train them a couple of times a week, and you’ve been working on your posture, but guess what? You still can’t see your abs. Ugh. Frustrating right? We agree. So we looked into it for you and we're going to teach you, 5 basic nutrition principals to get visible abs.  
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How To Make Your Own Pre-Workout - Swolverine

Best Pre Workout Ingredients: How To Make Your Own Pre-Workout In 3 Simple Steps

So you want to make your own pre-workout supplement? Good call. Making your own pre-workout gives you full control of the dose, flavor, and your athletic performance and outcomes. We’re going to talk about what the best pre workout ingredients are, what to look for, and why making your own pre-workout is the best way to improve your performance.
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best bcaa supplement - swolverine

Unraveling The Mystery: What BCAA Ratio Is Best?

Trying to figure out what the best bcaa ratio is can be confusing especially with so many options lining the shelves of your local Vitamin Shoppe and Amazon search pages. Is it 2:1:1? 4:1:1? Or maybe even 10:1:1? We’re going to find out what the best bcaa ratio is and just what 2:1:1 actually means. 

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Probiotic Benefits - Swovlerine

3 Benefits Of Probiotics That Will Help Restore Your Health

Probiotics have been dubbed the newest health iconoclast since Collagen, taking what’s known in the traditional sense bacteria and making into the most coveted and sought after health elixir by every health enthusiast on planet earth. From Greek yogurt, to kefir, and kombucha, probiotics are currently the magic bullet of health. But what can be so desirable about “healthy” bacteria? Is there even such thing? What are the benefits of probiotics? Do you actually need them? We’re going to answer these questions and many more, when we talk about the health benefits of probiotics. 

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Invictus X Athlete Chantelle Loehner Tests Positive For Turinabol From Cross-Contaminated Pre-Workout Powder From Competing Supplement Company

Invictus X Athlete Chantelle Loehner Tests Positive For Turinabol From Cross-Contaminated Pre-Workout Powder From Competing Supplement Company

Former Swolverine sponsored athlete Chantelle Loehner was banned from competition as a result of her breach of the CrossFit Drug Testing Policy. Loehner, member of Team Invictus X, who finished first, overall at the Mid-Atlantic CrossFit Challenge, is suspended for four years as of April 14, 2019. She will not be eligible until April 14, 2023.
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The 14 Best Sources of Plant Protein To Include In Your Diet

The 14 Best Sources of Plant Protein To Include In Your Diet To Build Muscle

There are a lot of stigmas out there in the fitness world surrounding the muscle maintaining and building ability of a plant-based diet. While yes, it’s true that animal proteins deliver all of the essential amino acids in appropriate proportions that the human body can utilize, this doesn’t mean that a plant-based diet cannot provide close to the same effects.
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6 Reasons Why You Should Take A Magnesium Supplement

6 Benefits Of Taking A Magnesium Supplement

Magnesium is a crucial macro-mineral that plays an important part in nearly every human enzymatic reaction in your body. Yet, nearly 68% of Americans are not getting the recommended daily allowance of Magnesium, through their dietary intake. Insufficient amounts of Magnesium are directly related to poor health outcomes, including hypertension, anxiety, and chronic illness such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Since the majority of the population is getting inadequate levels of Magnesium, supplementation is critical, to help prevent disease and fight the aging process.
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Signs And Symptoms Of Iron Deficiency In Women

Signs And Symptoms Of Iron Deficiency In Women

Iron deficiency is the most common nutritional disorder, affecting 20-25% of the World’s population, predominantly woman [R]. Your body depends on iron to create hemoglobin the oxygen-carrying chemical inside red blood cells. If your iron levels become to low, it can create iron deficiency anemia. When this happens, red blood cells become smaller and subsequently carry less hemoglobin. 
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