Dr. Eric Berg, author of The 7 Principles of Fat Burning, created the following 14-minute video to demonstrate just how much sugar is hidden in foods.
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Special offer from fitness expert Bruce Krahn
As the incredibly successful Keeping Fit 7-Day Trivia Challenge winds down, here’s a special offer from Bruce Krahn, celebrity personal trainer and bestselling author of The Fat Fighter Diet:
Bruce Krahn
Hi Bruce here from ebodi.com,
I hope you are enjoying the holiday season & are ready for 2013! It just seems to go so fast…but Santa isn’t done yet, lol.
I sincerely appreciate that you have stuck with me over the past year and that you take the time you read the information I provide.
Many of you have forwarded my emails and links to friends and family and for that I say “thank you”!
As a token of my appreciation I have prepared a special offer that will help you kick off 2013 and empower you to make it YOUR BEST YEAR EVER.
For a limited time, if you join my Ebodi coaching program you’ll get the discounted price of $47 (retail is $197). This will provide you with ONE FULL YEAR of customized meal plans, recipes, exercise programs and videos PLUS email support from yours truly.
This is like hiring me to be your personal fitness consultant (just like all the big shots do) for only a fraction of the cost.
In fact, $47 is about half of what I charge for ONE in person training session so this should give you an idea of what the value of this offer is.
In case you didn’t know, I answer all member questions personally so you can imagine that I do have to keep things under control and if I have more members than I can handle I will have to cut this sale short.
Get an early start on achieving the body you desire by clicking below.
PS- once you sign up I will send you my personal email address where you can ask questions and I can help you through any challenges you may be experiencing.
Remember, only ACTION produces change.
Bruce
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And don’t forget that Bruce Krahn will be in Alberta this month.
The Mississauga-based fitness guru is slated to present a free lecture next month in Calgary.
Yup, free.
Krahn really knows his stuff and he presents it in a way that’s easy for his audience to understand and apply.
If you’re looking to kickstart your fitness regimen in 2013 and you’re going to be in Cowtown on Jan. 17, then you won’t want to miss this event.
For more details, here’s the press release issued today:
Sifting Through the Oz-Approved Weight Loss Maze
Bruce Krahn offers simple tips to figure out what will work for you
free public lecture
Community Natural Foods downtown (1304 10 Ave. Southwest)
Jan 17 @ 7pm free
Type weight loss into doctoroz.com and over 4,500 articles on the subject are available for your perusal. Now that’s a workout for the brain! “And it explains why most people are as confused as ever about how to lose weight and get in shape,” says Bruce Krahn, celebrity fitness expert & author of The Fat Fighter Diet.
From hypnosis to the power of positive thinking; lazy day workouts to spot reducing exercise; fibre to the power of protein; from safflower oil to fish oil and coconut oil; green coffee bean extract to raspberry ketones; fertility weight loss to caveman weight loss; Qnexas to Qsymia; the list goes on and on.
Krahn simplifies fitness, nutrition and weight loss strategies by insisting on these 3 attributes:
· Human scientific studies on effectiveness
· Research proven dosage/time/intensity
· Proven safety
His motivation: “A lean, well nourished body is a healthy body and I can help you achieve it-naturally,” says Krahn. “With proper nourishment and regular activity, you will feel more energized, while reducing your risk for serious disease and illness – not to mention a slimmer waistline too.”
Exercise:
Don’t waste your time in the gym. Discover how and when to exercise to get the most bang in the shortest time.
1. Highest metabolic cost exercises
2. Crunchless abs
3. Timing of exercise depends on your fitness goals
4. How much cardio, stretching, resistance training
Nutrition:
“You can’t out-exercise a bad diet,” says Krahn. “How you eat will determine your bodyweight. How you exercise determines your body shape.”
1. Eat every 2-3 hours
2. Protein and fruits and vegetables at every meal and snack
3. Eliminate sugar
4. Drink 8-12 glasses of water a day
5. Add essential fatty acids
Weight loss ingredients:
While there are no “magic pill” solutions for easy weight loss, when combined with a healthy diet and exercise, they can help boost your results and achieve your goals.
1. Determine your major issue: cravings, slow metabolism, belly fat, feeling hungry all the time. Do you want to increase lean muscle or your energy levels?
2. Research proven ingredient?
3. Research proven dosage?
Doctor Oz has single-handedly taken ‘alternative’ medicine into the mainstream. Bruce will help viewers figure out what will work best for them.
Bruce has been impacting lives one body at a time since 1995. Widely regarded as one of Canada’s leading authorities on healthy fat loss, Bruce Krahn is a bestselling author, expert fitness trainer and nutrition guru. As a personal trainer, Bruce has logged more than 20,000 training hours helping hundreds of clients reach their health & fitness goals. His client list has included notable celebrities such as Nelly Furtado, Criss Angel, Tom Cochrane and Trish Stratus.
Drawing upon his extensive experience working with everyone from students to C.E.O’s, Bruce penned the bestselling book The Fat Fighter Diet. Published by world renowned publishing house John Wiley & Sons, The Fat Fighter Diet is unlike any “diet” book ever written. Instead it is a unique and comprehensive guide to attaining your health and fitness optimum.
Recognizing the need for a “one to many” fitness & nutrition resource, Bruce founded eBodi.com — an online “virtual” personal training and nutrition company providing personalized programs to thousands of people worldwide.
Through his book, websites, companies and presentations, Bruce has touched the lives of more than 500,000 people from all walks of life.
A professional speaker and spokesperson for multi-national companies, Bruce has delivered his message to audiences from coast to coast including companies such as General Electric, TD Bank, Kraft and Amgen. Meeting planners rely on his consistent ability to garner positive feedback from clients such as “Bruce is the most entertaining and realistic speaker we have ever had the pleasure of hiring”.
Today Bruce divides his time between training clients, writing and speaking.
Infographic: How much caffeine are you drinking?
Trying to cut down on your caffeine consumption?
Or are you in need of a caffeinated kick in the pants?
Either way, the following infographic — courtesy HellaWella — is worth perusing:
(Click to enlarge.)
HellaWella has also created several other caffeine-related infographics ranking energy shots, tea and coffee. Click HERE to view them.
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‘Cooking’ with supplements
But that’s about it for my creativity — or lack thereof — when it comes to mixing foods and supplements.
If you’re anything like me in the kitchen, the following press release (sent to me a few months ago) will likely help you think outside the proverbial box the next time you try to bolster the nutritional content of everyday foods.
Cooking with supplements
Adding nutritional supplements to meals to spike the nutritional content
Healthy is the new sexy, which means a few changes in the average kitchen. With our blenders on high, we’re introducing our families to such nutritional wonders as kale, goji berries, and the vitality miracle of the spinach and banana smoothie.
We take a pass on the cow’s milk for the newer hemp or almond milks and we’re increasingly adding a scoop of this or a tablespoon of that nutritional supplement to take our cooking (nutritionally) up that extra notch.
Protein powder, fish oil, powdered vitamins and superfood combinations are the most common supplements added to food,” says Joy McCarthy, a Toronto holistic nutritionist.
“For supplement users it offers a change from the daily routine of swallowing a handful of pills or shaking up a protein drink. And for people with a less than optimal diet, they can rest easy that their getting more nutrients.”
Joy McCarthy
This is not an entirely new phenomenon, per se. Canada began fortifying foods back in the 1920s to help reduce the number of preventable diseases.
Joy’s tips for this trend:
1. Eat whole foods first — supplements do not excuse a bad diet.
2. Experiment with different flavors. For example, protein powders come in fruity, chocolate, vanilla flavors.
3. Note the sweetness content of the supplement. If it has been flavored, chances are you can cut back on other sweeteners the recipe calls for.
4. Taste over appearance. Sometimes adding supplements to recipes changes the color to less than optimal but the taste is divine.
5. Be aware that some supplements lose their potency when exposed to heat or cooking.
Recipes (including breakfast, salad dressings, drinks and dessert)
Oatmeal pancakes:
1 cup raw oats (preferably soaked for a few hours to increase digestibility)
1 scoop vegan protein powder
3 eggs
1/4 cup water
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
Place all ingredients in a blender and blend for 30 seconds. Then pour onto a hot grill and cook like a normal pancake. An optional addition is to add some frozen fruit after the batter is blended.
Banana cream pie oatmeal
1 cup almond milk
¼ cup coconut milk
½ cup old fashioned large flake oats (soak for a few hours to increase digestibility)
¼ cup water
1 scoop vanilla protein powder
½ banana sliced
Heat milks over medium heat (you can’t boil these milks, the fat will separate FYI). Add the oats. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until milk is absorbed (7-10 min). Combine ¼ cup water with whey protein in separate bowl. Mix with a fork until protein is dissolved. Pour protein mixture and bananas over oatmeal and serve.
Gooey chocolate chip muffins
½ cup unsalted butter
4 eggs
¼ cup coconut milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups whole wheat flour
6 scoops chocolate protein powder
1 tbsp cocoa powder
1 tsp baking powder
1 tbsp honey
½ cup chocolate chips
½ cup dried fruit (chopped)
Preheat oven to 350F. Put all ingredients together in a mixing bowl and stir until combined. Lightly oil muffin pan and fill each muffin tin almost to the top. Bake for 10 minutes. (courtesy Gourmet Nutrition)
Protein-rich snacking dip
1 cup double chocolate vegan protein plus protein powder (or chocolate protein powder of your choice)
6 tbsp water
3/4 cup creamy nut butter (stir it)
1/4 cup agave nectar
2 1/2 cups homemade granola with raisins (you can buy it, too)
1/2 cup vegan carob chips
Salad dressings
(All courtesy John Berardi, precisionnutrition.com)
Mexi-mix dressing
1 cup salsa
1 cup plain low-fat yogurt
4 tbsp o3mega+ 3679 from Genuine Health (vanilla flavor)
Servings: 8 large or 16 small
1 large serving provides 1000mg of omega3-rich, EPA and DHA
1 small serving provides 500mg of omega3-rich, EPA and DHA
Orange sesame vinaigrette
1/3 cup cold-pressed sesame seed oil
4 tbsp o3mega from Genuine Health (orange flavor)
1/2 cup rice vinegar 1 orange (peel, white stuff and seeds removed)
1 tablespoon honey
1/2 cup mint (finely chopped)
Salt and pepper to taste
Servings: 8 large or 16 small
1 large serving provides 2000mg of omega3-rich, EPA and DHA
1 small serving provides 1000mg of omega3-rich, EPA and DHA
Spicy apple vinaigrette
1/3 cup walnut oil
4 tbsp o3mega+ 3679 from Genuine Health (vanilla flavor)
1/2 cup apple cider vinegar 1 organic gala apple (peeled, cored and cut into small pieces)
pinch of paprika
pinch of cinnamon
Salt and pepper to taste
Servings: 8 large or 16 small
1 large serving provides 1000mg of omega3-rich, EPA and DHA
1 small serving provides 500mg of omega3-rich, EPA and DHA
Drinks
Apple mint lassi
4 red apples
1 lemon
¼ cucumber
1 handful fresh mint
1 handful spinach
2 tbsp unflavored yogurt
1 tsp greens+ power ice (optional)
(courtesy Fresh cookbook)
Before-you go-out shake
1 cup water
1 cup coconut or almond milk
1 scoop protein/green food powder
½ cup ice
¼ tsp natural vanilla extract
1 tablespoon flax oil
1 tsp Glucomannan
1 tbsp maple syrup
Blend until smooth.
(courtesy Bryce Wylde)
Desserts
Higher protein, sugar-free, gluten-free brownies
½ cup butter melted
½ cup cocoa powder
1 scoop Vegan proteins+
2 eggs
1/2 cup applesauce
2 tbsp cornstarch
½ cup almond meal
½ tsp baking powder
¼ tsp salt
Combine all ingredients. Bake in a nine-inch pan for 30 mins at 325F. Enjoy.
Raw cashew coconut balls
20 pitted honey dates
1 cup powdered cashews (buy them raw at health food store, and grind in a coffee grinder)
2-3 tbsp vanilla
3 tbsp organic coconut butter
½ cup organic coconut shavings
4 scoops of vanilla proteins+ or vegan proteins+ vanilla
pinch or two of celtic sea salt
Throw the dates, vanilla, and celtic sea salt into food processor and mix thoroughly to a paste. Blend in the cashew powder. Add the coconut butter (liquid). Roll into small, 1 inch round balls and cover with coconut shavings. Place in the freezer until ready to serve.
About Joy McCarthy
Joy McCarthy, registered holistic nutritionist and health coach of Joyous Health, loves to inspire others to eat well and live well. She also teaches an array of wellness workshops and co-creator of Eat Well Feel Well, a six-week nutrition and yoga course in Toronto.
Click HERE to see Joy cook.
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Take this with a grain of salt
(Note: The following post is courtesy Bruce Krahn of www.ebodi.com.)
Hi, Bruce here from www.ebodi.com.
The other day I was sitting down to eat with a friend and she questioned the amount of salt I was sprinkling on my food and wondered why I wasn’t concerned about the potential ill effects of including salt in my diet. She seemed surprised when I told her the reasons for my salty habit:
1. Sea salt (not modern day table salt) is actually good for you. While modern salt is highly processed with little to no nutritional value, sea salt in its original form is rich in minerals your body needs.
2. My body handles the sodium very well. I don’t have any skin problems such as acne (which can worsen with salt intake) and I don’t have osteoporosis.
3. Salt is beneficial for people who are under stress and suffering from adrenal fatigue (is this you?)
4. I eat a lot of protein and the more protein you eat the more salt your body needs.
5. Salt is good for digestion as it helps to activate enzymes in your intestines.
6. I work out quite a bit and lose a fair degree of salt through perspiration. This is one of the reasons why I recommend drinking lemon water with a pinch of sea salt. Not any salt will do. All salts are not created equal. Stay away from regular table salts. Instead, look for sea salts that are pink, red, grey or beige in color. This colour indicates a high content of iodine and valuable trace minerals. Some good sea salts to try include Celtic Sea Salt and Red Sea Salt.
Be sure to pick this up the next time you go shopping. If you want more health info like this, be sure to watch the video found at www.ebodi.com.
Have a healthy week,
Bruce
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