Tag Archives: healthy cooking

Salt…Can You Get Too Much?

How much is too much salt?

Salt is everywhere in our diet, it is hard to avoid as all the food in our modern day fast food culture is loaded with it! We are encouraged to eat “fat -free”, “low cholesterol” low this and that, but we don’t hear much about salt? There are no calories in it, so what’s the

The Truth About Fruit

The Truth About Fruit

As an expert Personal Trainer Los Angeles  I will get straight to the point in this article, fruit is a sugar (fructose) and like any other sugar it raises yout insulin level (blood sugar), and if not used or utilized for energy gets stored as fat. Will you get overweight?… Yes if you eat more fruit than you burn

Why Meal Timing is Important

Healthy Meal

As A Los Angeles Personal Trainer i would like to inform you of the important fundamental thing you need regardless of your fitness goals, be they losing weight, gaining weight, or increasing athletic performance and that is proper nutrition. In order to keep your metabolism working to optimum levels, and at the same time anti-catabolic,

August 2011 – How to Burn Fat By Eating

Lose Weight by Eating

Hi friends, Hello once again! it’s already August, where did Summer go you may ask? The season of long days with BBQs and meals by the poolside! I will write some more spiritual material for the September newsletter, but for this one it’s what we all like to do… eat eat eat!!! Can You Burn

Why To Avoid Sugar In Your Diet

Avoid Sugar in your Diet

It is hard to imagine that in our sophisticated modern day, with IPads, Android phones and the like, that many foods commonly eaten in our daily diet can pose a health risk for both men an women alike. This will surprise you as it not only includes ‘fast food’ or ‘junk food’, but many of

Coconut Oil: A smarter oil to replace the rest

Coconut oil is the smartest oil you can use in cooking. This can be attributed to the presence of lauric acid, capric acid  and caprylic acid, and its properties which are antimicrobial,antioxidant. The human body converts lauric acid into monolaurin which is claimed to help in dealing with viruses and bacteria causing diseases such as