by CrossFit Journal | Nov 8, 2016 | Crossfit Journal, Nutrition
A look at the effect of moderate alcohol consumption on fitness and health. A few years ago I stopped drinking alcohol Sunday through Thursday. I’ve never been a heavy drinker, so it wasn’t a difficult transition. For me, two drinks is letting loose and...
by CrossFit Journal | Oct 31, 2016 | Crossfit Journal, Nutrition
Whole, unprocessed carbohydrate sources have significant health and performance benefits that might go unnoticed with macronutrient counting. For example, a doughnut and an orange can both provide the carbohydrate grams one needs, but other constituents should be...
by CrossFit Journal | Oct 14, 2016 | CrossFit, Crossfit Journal, Nutrition
Spotted barbell biceps curls and white A-shirts, with just a hint of oil in place of sweat? Men’s Journal might have rethought the opening image for “When to Fire Your Personal Trainer: 4 Red Flags.” Nothing wrong with barbell curls, of course, but...
by CrossFit Journal | Sep 29, 2016 | Crossfit Journal, Nutrition
How to select the right eggs, whether you’re interested in nutrition, animal welfare or price. For years I’ve purchased brown eggs. Specifically, Trader Joe’s Brown Organic Free Range Eggs. I bypassed the cheaper options because it seemed like the...
by chetcromer_ut5n0x1i | Aug 28, 2016 | Crossfit Journal, Nutrition
A wall of nutritional supplements can be incredibly seductive. The little jars with multisyllabic, unpronounceable technical names that often combine letters and numbers: CoQ10, L-carnitine L-tartrate, methylsulfonylmethane. The pictures of molecules and all the...
by chetcromer_ut5n0x1i | Jul 5, 2016 | Crossfit Journal, Medical/Injuries, Nutrition
Thomas Seyfried, Dr. Eugene Fine explain how cancer is affected by sugar, insulin and inflammation. Accounts of deadly tumors date as far back as 3,000 B.C. in ancient Egypt. Yet despite centuries of study, cancer is—after cardiovascular disease—the...
