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love cranberry sauce with my Christmas turkey dinner, but I’m not wild about the amount of sugar a standard recipe calls for. This year, I decided to make it with an alternative sweetener recently recommended by one of my favourite progressive online practitioners. I could not have written a more complete post on Allulose than Peter […]
By Jason Chamney, Fitness Science Director It’s nearly October, and that means Thanksgiving! No doubt Thanksgiving will look quite different this year for all of us, but we still have lots to be thankful for, like family, friends, and good food. This week, we bring you a riff on Jason’s grandma’s stuffing. Now, normally this […]
By Sido Adamson, Fitness Science Specialist Plant based or low animal product diets are a popular choice for many reasons, but as with all dietary choices, we have to ensure that we are supporting our health in the long term. Whether you are already vegetarian or vegan or just looking to try out Meatless Mondays, […]
By Jason Chamney, Fitness Science Director HOW I LEARNED ABOUT IT More than 2 years ago now, I was watching an interview of the Director of the Longevity Institute at the University of Southern California, Dr. Valter Longo. I had been experimenting with various forms of Intermittent Fasting (IF) – which I will discuss in a future blog […]
By Jason Chamney, Fitness Science Director There are a lot of ingredient combinations you can throw into a blender, but here is what we recommend to make your smoothie a vehicle to amp up micronutrient intake you would otherwise have trouble consuming with time-efficiency. FROZEN GREENS BASE Most of us have trouble getting a ton […]
By Jason Chamney, Fitness Science Director About 5 years ago, I had a revelation in my approach to self-care and how I framed it for my clients. Our microbiome is a network of trillions of bacteria of various strains living predominantly in our gut (from our mouth to our colon). The study of our microbiome is a […]
By Jason Chamney, Fitness Science Director INTERMITTENT FASTING IS NOT JUST ABOUT SKIPPING BREAKFAST. I have personally tried just pushing my eating window later and seen many clients do the same. IT DOES NOT WORK. In fact, the data out of the Salk Institute by Dr. Satchin Panda and his colleagues, seems to indicate the benefits of […]
By Jason Chamney, Fitness Science Director My first experiences with macros involved growing up and being falsely educated during the “low fat” era. The macronutrient, fat, was demonized by bad science, medicine, and ultimately the entire food industry. It was a Low Fat = Good world and I fully bought in. I’m sure it had […]
