If you've heard the name but still are curious here is podcast to chew on.Starting paleo can feel pretty daunting, but I promise you that it gets easier and easier over time!That is from the Paleo OMG blog, here is a link to their iTunes podcast
Month: July 2017
Sleeping Longer Boosts Basketball Players’ Speed, Accuracy and Performance
Byte Sized Summary: Increasing sleeping time helped basketball players run faster, shoot better, feel energized, less tired, and reported overall increased well being. Total objective nightly sleep time increased during sleep extension compared to baseline by 110.9 ± 79.7 min (P < 0.001). Subjects demonstrated a faster timed sprint following sleep extension (16.2 ± 0.61 … Continue reading Sleeping Longer Boosts Basketball Players’ Speed, Accuracy and Performance
Plant-Based Diets Can Have Risks Too
Researchers followed 200,000 adults over two decades and found that those who adhered to a plant-based diet rich in healthy foods, such as whole grains, fruits, vegetables, nuts, and legumes, had a substantially lower risk of heart disease than people whose diet typically included less healthy foods like refined grains and sugar-sweetened beverages. The study also found … Continue reading Plant-Based Diets Can Have Risks Too
Steps in the GAPS Diet
Steps in the GAPS Diet: Stage 1: Consume homemade bone broth, juices from probiotic foods and ginger, and drink mint or chamomile tea with honey between meals. People who are not dairy intolerant may eat unpasteurized, homemade yogurt or kefir. Stage 2: Add in raw organic egg yolks, ghee and stews made with vegetables … Continue reading Steps in the GAPS Diet
A Different Way to Squat
In the sixth century B.C., the story goes, the Olympic wrestler Milo of Croton trained by carrying a bull on his shoulders as it grew from a calf into a full-sized adult. That is from learning to squat in the New Yorker Link here.
Spraying L-menthol does not enhance running performance in the heat (research article)
L-Menthol stimulates cutaneous thermoreceptors and induces cool sensations improving thermal comfort but has also been linked to heat storage responses. Therefore, L-Menthol application could lead to a conflict in behavioural and thermoregulatory drivers improving comfort but leading to a higher rate of deep body temperature rise; the present study examined this possibility. That is from the study Spraying … Continue reading Spraying L-menthol does not enhance running performance in the heat (research article)
Increased Testosterone via Endocrine Disruption from Plastic Additives (Research Study)
Endocrine disruption from the plastic additive Bisphenol A (BPA) increases testosterone levels in men (Byte Translation: "Endocrine" relates to your natural hormone levels): In this study, we have reported for the first time the daily excretion levels of BPA among European adults in a large-scale and high-quality population-based sample. After adjusting for potential confounders, we … Continue reading Increased Testosterone via Endocrine Disruption from Plastic Additives (Research Study)
Running Misfits
Can "Crossfit logic" meet running? Try this: 4 x 800 meters at threshold, 2 minutes recovery 400 meters all-out, 2 minutes recovery 300 all-out, 2 minutes recovery 200 all-out, 2 minutes recovery What's that all about? If you’re wondering what sets Track Mafia apart from all the other running crews out there (TM is actually an off-shoot … Continue reading Running Misfits
Getting Into Ketosis
Excerpt from a great post on "This is how to get into ketosis the right way.": How do you get validation that you are in ketosis? There are 3 main methods how to measure the presence of ketones in your body. Blood Urine Breath Here is a big picture about ketone bodies flow The liver … Continue reading Getting Into Ketosis
Save time with short, intense sprints (Research Study)
Little Byte Summary: Short sprints at timed intervals can help you get the same health benefits in less time than longer-duration exercise sessions. Researchers in Norway conducted a small study comparing 12 weeks of a medium-intensity, 50 minute, cycling workout with a 3x20 second "max" sprint workout (1 minute total), in which the sprints were interspersed … Continue reading Save time with short, intense sprints (Research Study)
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