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Vitamin C is an essential nutrient we need for our body. It is important for its role as a skin tissue builder but it is also impressive as a sun protection. It is not a sunscreen because creams made with vitamin C cannot protect against ultraviolet rays. Sunscreen is actually a shield that absorbs the ultraviolet light from the sun so your skin doesn’t burn. Vitamin C works by scavenging free radicals that are caused by the sun’s rays. Vitamin C can be rubbed into the skin and unlike sunscreen, it can’t be rubbed off. (more…)
Nutrition | 05.3.10 | No Comments
Heart health is important to everyone in modern society. Commercials on TV, ads in newspapers and magazines, and Internet sites are all touting the benefits of many treatment choices for heart disease. It could be a pill for lowering cholesterol or a cereal that claims to increase your heart health. One commercial shows a man eating a bowl of cereal before he has his cholesterol checked and another commercial for a different brand has a mother telling her daughter she is eating the cereal for good heart health.
Antioxidants have been promoted as preventing heart disease and stroke, and antioxidants come from several food sources. Examples of antioxidants are vitamin E and beta-carotene. Clinical studies show there is a direct connection between the dietary intake of vitamin E and lower rates of heart disease. Antioxidants block the oxidative change of LDL and slow the process of atherosclerosis. (more…)
Nutrition | 05.1.10 | No Comments
We know vitamins are important for our body functions and we need specific amounts to prevent vitamin deficiency diseases, but where do we get vitamins? Our food contains the vitamins that we need except for Vitamin D and K, which our body synthesizes. Vitamins are divided into two classes, fat-soluble and water-soluble.
Fat-soluble vitamins are Vitamin A, D, E, and K. Vitamin A is found in milk, cheese, cream liver, kidney, and fish oils. Most of these foods are high in saturated fats and cholesterol so a vegetable source for Vitamin A is recommended, especially if it contains beta-carotene. Beta-carotene is found in carrots, pumpkin, sweet potatoes, and winter squashes. It also comes from pink grapefruit, apricots, cantaloupe, apricots, spinach, and broccoli. The deeper the color of the fruit, the more beta-carotene is found in it. (more…)
Nutrition | 05.1.10 | No Comments
Vitamin C is an essential nutrient we need for our body. It is important for its role as a skin tissue builder but it is also impressive as a sun protection. It is not a sunscreen because creams made with vitamin C cannot protect against ultraviolet rays. Sunscreen is actually a shield that absorbs the ultraviolet light from the sun so your skin doesn’t burn. Vitamin C works by scavenging free radicals that are caused by the sun’s rays. Vitamin C can be rubbed into the skin and unlike sunscreen, it can’t be rubbed off. (more…)
Nutrition | 04.29.10 | No Comments
G Series Pro products were only initially available in pro locker rooms and specialized training facilities – until now
On the evening of April 13th, Weider Publishing was in attendance at the swanky, private rooftop party room at 40 Renwick Street in Manhattan’s historic Tribeca neighborhood to celebrate the release of Gatorade’s G Series Pro line of nutritional products. Developed by The Gatorade Sports Science Institute for use by professional athletes, G Series Pro represents a major leap forward in the evolution of sports performance nutrition products. (more…)
Nutrition | 04.19.10 | No Comments
A clove a day can help raise your testosterone levels
By Jim Stoppani
The stinking rose, as garlic is often called, has in fact been shown to raise testosterone levels, a key hormone in muscle growth and strength. Garlic has an interesting additional benefit — it has been shown to lower cortisol levels.
A catabolic hormone, cortisol is an adversary of testosterone, as the two compete for the same growth-stimulating sites within muscle cells. Cortisol causes the breakdown of muscle protein. Since garlic stimulates testosterone and inhibits cortisol, it has great potential as an anabolic agent. (more…)
Nutrition | 04.19.10 | No Comments
Good news, sushi lovers — raw tuna can help add muscle to your frame
We’re big fans of sushi — especially tuna — and so are several IFBB pro bodybuilders. Three-time Mr. Olympia Jay Cutler, who tracks his nutrition program closely, even eats sushi on his “high-carb” precontest days. “It’s a very clean food, and it’s high in protein,” Cutler says. “Even when I’m preparing for a show, I don’t worry about the carbs in the rice on my high-carb days.” (more…)
Nutrition | 04.19.10 | No Comments
This overlooked vitamin can help grow muscle, but don’t overdo it
By Jim Stoppani
Vitamin A plays an important role in maintaining the health of your eyesight, as well as your skin, teeth, bones and mucous membranes, including your respiratory tract. This important vitamin can improve your resistance to infection and assist in the growth and repair of body tissues, including muscle. Brand new research shows that vitamin A is critical for energy production in the body. (more…)
Nutrition | 04.19.10 | No Comments
A brewski every now and then won’t kill your bodybuilding dreams
Alcoholic beverage makers have been doing some strong marketing based on how few carbs their light beers have. Although these beers are among the best alcoholic beverage choices for bodybuilders, the marketing is somewhat missing the actual nutrition point — but low carb is what sells.
The real benefit of many of these light and low-carb beers is that they’re low in calories compared to many other alcoholic beverages. They do have fewer carbs, but they also have fewer calories, which comes, for the most part, by reducing the amount of alcohol in the beverage. You may get less buzz per beer, but you’ll also get fewer calories. (more…)
Nutrition | 04.19.10 | No Comments
Yogurt vs. Cottage Cheese: Which does a body better?
By Jordana Brown
A flexonline reader is hard to trick. Not only are you driven to attain mammoth muscle, you’re extremely well educated in how to do that in the quickest, healthiest manner. You know, for example, that dairy products are great sources of protein. But in our never-ending quest to stump you, we have a doozy of a dairy question: Which is better for muscle — yogurt or cottage cheese? (more…)
Nutrition | 04.19.10 | No Comments
