by Dr. Mike | Jun 10, 2015 | Blog
Your workout is a muscle-growth party, and pounding a branched chain amino acid (BCAA) drink kick-starts it. BCAAs are protein building blocks that fuel your muscles and help them grow, says Mike Roussell, Ph.D., author of The Six Pillars of Nutrition. In fact, a...
by Dr. Mike | Jun 8, 2015 | Blog
Q: I keep hearing about the “food combining diet.” Is it true that eating foods in certain orders or groups helps them be better digested? Will this also help with weight loss at all? A: The idea behind food combining diets is that different foods digest at different...
by Dr. Mike | May 20, 2015 | Blog
Q: When I work out in the morning, I end up starving after. If I eat before and again after, am I eating three times as many calories as I normally would be? A: Not only will you not eat that much more, you should always fuel yourself before you exercise in the a.m....
by Dr. Mike | Apr 24, 2015 | Blog
While the low-carb diets get shouted from the rooftops, intermittent fasting has been slowly gaining popularity. Find out how these two vanguard dietary schemes stack up! Low-carb diets seem to be king of the hill at the moment, but I’ve been hearing a lot...
by Dr. Mike | Apr 20, 2015 | Blog
Optimize your body’s secret weight-loss weapons with these 8 essential hormones. 1. Leptin is a type of hormone called an adipokine that is released exclusively from fat cells. Leptin interacts with your brain to get your body to eat less and burn more calories. The...
