Insanity Elite Nutrition Guide

August 4, 2009 By Dave 4 Comments

From the people that brought you The P90X Nutrition Plan Made Easy, we proudly present our breakdown of the Insanity Elite Nutrition Guide.  We are following the meal plan approach and trying to stick with the plan as best we can.  The nutrition plan is fairly straight forward. It includes five power meals per day… [Continue Reading]

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Free Radicals – Not so rad after all.

February 3, 2009 By Dave Leave a Comment

There is a lot of valuable research about free radicals.  What is a “free radical”?  The scientific answer is a an atom or group of atoms with an odd (unpaired) number of electrons and can be formed when oxygen interacts with certain molecules.  Essentially, the free radicals are a form of oxidation, like rust on… [Continue Reading]

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P90X Nutrition Plan Made Easy

January 29, 2009 By Monica 61 Comments

UPDATE – December 29, 2009.  Over the past year or so we have gotten a lot of questions about this post and it has generated a lot of attention.  One major development since we originally did this post was the introduction of Shakeology to the Beachbody line of supplements.  Shakeology is hard to define in… [Continue Reading]

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Essential Fatty Acids – Omega 3

January 27, 2009 By Dave Leave a Comment

Fat is bad, right?  Well, not exactly.  Saturated fats and trans fats are not good for your heart and have little nutritional value.  However, they are all too common in the modern U.S. diet.  Monounsaturated fats (MUFA’s) and Polyunsaturated fats (PUFA’s) have numerous benefits and should be incorporated into any balanced nutrition program.  Many people… [Continue Reading]

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