Why don’t we hear more about the 500,000 premature deaths each year due to poor diet and the 1,800 daily deaths due to cardiovascular disease that need never develop? I have heard about people gaining and joking about the COVID 19# and many references to drinking more during the pandemic. I get it. It’s ok to joke. […]
Category Archives: Nutrition
Eat Well and Fight Off Disease!
Walking into the gym today there was a pizza box and two sodas on the sidewalk, how ironic! Notwithstanding the lack of social responsibility of the people that left said pizza box and sodas at our doorstep of health, the first thing that came to my mind was it likely cost less than $10 total […]
Protein Supplement Guide for Athletes
Most athletes striving to optimize their nutrition add protein supplements to their diet for reasons of: convenience (and easy preparation), lower cost (relative to meat and fish products), avoid the concurrent consumption of carbohydrates and fats (to minimize adding calories while meeting protein needs), to avoid meat consumption. (See our previous article about nutrition.) Due […]
Be Healthy! Build Wellness and Resiliency Together
A few conversations this week reminded me of the importance of maintaining a healthy diet and exercise. And in light of the recent concern over COVID-19, your health, and the health of those around you, should be a top priority. After all, you are only getting one shot at this life, and working your butt off won’t […]
Nutrition Simplified for Athletes
In the publication of “What is Fitness?” CrossFit suggested a theoretical hierarchy for the development of an athlete. This hierarchy starts with nutrition and moves to metabolic conditioning, gymnastics, weightlifting, and finally, sport. “Nutrition is the foundation of the pyramid. The quality and constituent elements of an athlete’s diet influence metabolism and therefore the molecular […]
Cricket Protein!
If you have been at Revolution Fitness lately you will have noticed we are now offering cricket protein bars from both Exo and Landish. Soon we will be offering Cricket Protein powder from Landish and cricket flour from Entomo. What?!? Did you say cricket protein bars, powder, and flour? Yes! So why the heck crickets, […]
CrossFit Kids 1/26-2/1/2020
We had another exciting week with our CrossFit Kids! To let our crazies out we built and played on obstacle courses. We added more and more challenges, even a medicine ball to be carried along the course. On Tuesday we focused on weightlifting, learning how to front squat properly. The kids did an awesome job […]
Sharing a Couple Great Articles on Brain Aging and the Metabolic Switch
A recent article shared from crossfit.com on the hallmarks of brain aging was particularly interesting as it referenced scientific research (as crossfit.com seems to do consistently) related to how the brain ages and how the effects of metabolism may influence the rate at which our brain ages. As I get older this is particularly interesting to me […]
CANCER CELL BIOLOGY AND NON-TOXIC TREATMENT OPTIONS: KETOSIS AND HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY – from CrossFit.com
Good article from CrossFit.com: 1. Under high levels of pressurized oxygen, glioblastoma astrocytes ( most common type of primary brain tumor) die at a greater rate than normal cells. 2. In low-glucose, high-ketone environments, healthy neurons thrive but glioblastoma astrocytes die. … nutritional ketosis, ketone supplementation, and hyperbaric oxygen therapy effectively slow the progression of […]
