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Tracking Your Food: When, Why and How

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There was a time when food tracking was treated like a given, a necessary tool for anyone wanting to lose weight or better their health. Thankfully, there’s more nuance to that conversation now. The fact is, tracking your food can be a useful exercise for gaining more insight into what you’re putting in your body. It can also be a tedious endeavor that sucks all the joy out of eating. If you’re going to invest the time—and it can be quite time-consuming if you include any variety in your diet, let’s make sure it’s not a waste.  You Might Want to Track Your Food If… You have a goal where hitting a specific macronutrient and/or caloric intake is important. This includes cutting before a bodybuilding competition, starting a ketogenic diet, or even just losing weight. You’re conducting an experiment. Maybe you want to see how your hunger changes when you eat more protein and less fat, or if your sleep improves if you increase your total carbs by a certain amount. Maybe you’re g

The Sick Care System

Sick Care System /sik ker ˈsistəm/ noun The standard westernized healthcare system.  A proposed system of health care maintenance that was better informed in terms of information, yet produced remarkably poor results.  The 20th century saw perhaps the greatest improvements in human health in all of history (with some notable caveats). This was due in large part to public health, sanitation, vaccination (controversial, I know!), and antibiotics. In the developed world, infectious disease has largely been banished.  This is, of course, incredible. Overlooked, under-appreciated, but incredible.  Unfortunately, these advancements in health have proven ineffective in addressing the major causes of early death, enormous costs, and diminished quality of life: chronic degenerative diseases.  “People are fed by the food industry which pays no attention to health, and are treated by the health industry which pays no attention to food” — Wendell Berry (Environmental activist, author

Online Macro Calculators, Favorite IBD Resources, Anti-Candida Diet During the Holidays & Sneakers for Orangetheory

Hey guys! Welcome to the next edition of CNC Instagram Live! As always, I’m so glad to be able to jump on here and answer some of your questions. I have another awesome list of questions from you guys, so let’s get started! 1. How come all macro calculators have different results when I input the same info?  That’s the thing about online calculators – they are all different. There are a lot of very smart people who put these equations together, and they chose different things to include. For example, some are based on BMR while others are based on TDEE. Some include activity level, others don’t. Plus, there are different multipliers for different types of exercise you may do. Some take weight and body fat percetnage into consideration, while others don’t. I’ve played around with a lot of different online macro calculators to compare how each one stacks up to the one I use for clients, and I’ll say I’ve gotten a variety of results. But after all, this is just an estimate of your

Athleisure Winter Favorites

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Athleisure Winter Favorites A year ago I declared a handful of athleisure staples as  my “mom uniform.” This year’s uniform has a bit more variety, but as always, I live in mostly (black) athleisure staples that put comfort and convenience at the top of the fashion pyramid. Here’s what’s in this year’s wardrobe and what I love the most in my closet! Leggings, All Day, Every Day High Price Lululemon Align II 25″ = These are the uber popular super buttery soft leggings. They don’t have compression and feel like you’re wearing nothing at all! The waist won’t dig in at all. They’re best for under tunics and dresses and lounging around. Lululemon Wunder Under High Rise 7/8 = These have a bit more compression and super smooth, more of athletic material. These are my favorite for workouts these days, but I do wear them as clothes too. Low Price Colorfulkoala High Waisted Leggings = These are a Wunder Under dupe! They’re very similar in fabric and fit. (Great if you’re taller sinc

Roasted Acorn Squash With Feta

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This roasted acorn squash with feta makes a delicious, vegetable side dish for pasta, rice or any number of different meats. Acorn squash is not something I make a lot of. But every time I do make… Read more → from The Gracious Pantry https://ift.tt/2NkNkUt