The Double Chocolate Peanut Butter Energy Bites worked out so well, I was inspired to figure out another simple “bite” recipe that athletes can use instead of commercial energy bars. I found the small portion size is just right, allowing me to doll out energy as I need for long bike rides, roller skis, or […]
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This Week in Food, Health, and Fitness
This week, read about nutrition for travel and jet lag, health benefits of nuts, clarifying nutrition claims about milk, nutrition headlines and click bait, flavonoids in foods, reducing household food waste, parallels of dietary fads and religion, and more. Nuts, peanuts linked to reduced risk of death from cancer, other diseases. Another study adds the the […]
This Week in Food, Health, and Fitness
This week, read about Monkeys, Myths, and Molecules, why you can’t cook your butt off, how training can be odd, late-night snacking, why you’ll race again – even though it hurts, the pseudoscience of beauty products, hula hoops, & more. Monkeys, Myths, and Molecules Wondering how to decide if health and nutrition information is reliable? It […]
This Week in Food, Health, and Fitness
This week, read about recipes for runners, healthy snacks predicting grocery shopping purchases, why you should listen to your coach, diet and cancer risk, the importance of distributing protein intake, pros and cons of marathons vs 5k’s, the myth of endurance training causing loss of speed, food sources of iron, how runners can overcome carbophobia, and […]