154.7 million Americans are overweight or obese. The top causes of death in America are as follows: Heart disease: 597,689 Cancer: 574,743 Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 138,080 Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 129,476 Accidents (unintentional injuries): 120,859 Alzheimer’s disease: 83,494 Diabetes: 69,071 (SOURCE: The center for disease control.) But we never use to be so overweight andContinue reading “What is Paleo?!”
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How my Diet kept me from my best!
Hey Fit Fam ! I do not have time to write a full post today, but I’ve made time to tell a quick story! You could call this story an introduction to my next post… I’ll be delving further into my diet and why/how I choose to eat “Paleo“. All my life I’ve had thisContinue reading “How my Diet kept me from my best!”
Optimal Post Workout Nutrition
Everyone knows nutrition is essential to muscular hypertrophy and meeting/maintaining fitness goals! Training is the easy part. You go to the gym, pick up heavy things, put them down, and work in a little bit of HIIT cardio here and there. Nutrition, however, is confusing. Everyone has a different opinion on what to eat preContinue reading “Optimal Post Workout Nutrition”
Taking Advantage of your Endocrine System
Hello everyone! It’s been a while! 🙂 I’ve been learning a lot lately about the endocrine system. I’ve always found the endocrine system so interesting because of how it can affect nearly every part of our bodies and every single one of our cells! (SOURCE: this image came right from my text book, Marieb, AnatomyContinue reading “Taking Advantage of your Endocrine System”
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