Health and Fitness related articles and recipes
Food is as much a past memory as it is a present thought. It is essential for our survival and wellbeing hence, our evolutionary design to seek out and covet food. Our brains are designed to imprint food memories due to ancient times when food was scarce. When our hunter/gatherer ancestors discovered food, it [...]
I had my first few non-stop sneezes a few days ago giving way to the fact that spring is in the air. A day later, it was a full on internal battle between my body and tree pollen (my unexpected enemy, as I really am a tree hugger). Runny nose, itchy watery eyes, congested [...]
The #1 question we get asked about our diet is: what do you eat to maintain a fit body — specifically, 6-pack abs? Often, when the answer is a list of foods that include well loved dishes like chilli chicken people are surprised. The quick response, me too, but I’m far beyond having a [...]
Healthy is almost as ambiguous as the word happy. We all want to be healthy but very few of us know what it entails. Most of us start on the right track in terms of eating better and working-out more. However, we’re often misinformed about the entire process regarding nutrition and exercise and how [...]
Many of us take protein powder to lose weight or bulk up—we are no exception. Protein is a major macronutrient and rightfully given precedence when discussing a healthy lifestyle. It is true, numerous scientific experiments have confirmed the benefits of “protein” as listed below however, we need to be cautious when applying such data [...]
Wether you’re a student, working full-time, and/or a parent, busy in this modern day life is hard to escape. Most of us get weekends off, but they are often packed with numerous household, personal and other type of tasks filling up daily schedules. Often we begin our day feeling rushed and tired due to [...]
Many of us are used to eating the classic Minestrone, Tomato, and other similar type of Soups. Often soup recipes are cycled regularly within a household using tomato or beef broth flavour hence, the reason for this post. We wanted to give you, as always, Stronger Leaner Faster Food that is easy to prepare, [...]
This healthy roasted eggplant dip is an ideal complement to our Stronger Leaner Faster Lifestyle. Dips most often are full of empty calories rich in sweet, salty and fatty. Most of us are familiar with the epic 7 layer dip—beans are great but the sour cream and cheese are the ingredients of concern here. [...]
When it comes to desirable properties of superfoods, antioxidant content is at the top of the list. As the name suggests, antioxidants are an opposing balance towards molecules that undergo oxidation. So, before we discuss antioxidant properties, lets first take a look at the oxidants themselves to get a better picture of what happens [...]
It’s almost winter, as some of you have already started coughing and sneezing. Longer nights and cooler days adding on top of extended working hours, busy schedules and continuous demands of life. As the result, late autumn often makes us feel more tired, stressed and worn out. This is the perfect time to allow your [...]