Diet culture would have us believe that “sugar is evil” and it “causes weight gain.” Neither of these statements is accurate to the degree that…
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Category: Nutrition for Fitness Training
Outdated Nutrition Advice Fitness Clients Should Ignore
Trends in nutrition come and go as swiftly as trends in fashion. A quick Google search or social media scroll will net consumers more “eat…
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Cholesterol: What It Is and How Aerobic Exercise Effects It
While leading an active life is beneficial to overall health, aerobic exercise specifically helps the human body to maintain a healthy cholesterol profile. Before getting…
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Metabolic Safety Markers for Fitness Clients
Why do fitness clients often feel as though or perceive that they are not making weight loss progress? As fitness professionals, we must consider the…
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What’s Behind Food Cravings?
All humans have food cravings. Some cravings are sweet, some savory, and others salty. For some people, cravings can be specific and consistent, or bizarre…
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Ketone Applications: Moving Beyond Fat-Burning and Towards Healing
Accumulating evidence suggests that any athletically-inclined individual can benefit from a shift of energy metabolism toward the utilization of ketone bodies. However, the good news…
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The Nutrisense Tool: Monitoring Blood Sugar
When it comes to helping clients get results that benefit them physically and mentally, it takes more than a discussion about calories in versus calories…
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Hyponatremia: The Dangers of Excessive Fluid Consumption
For peak performance every day, athletically and otherwise, the human body requires water. Our cells, bones, organs, and muscles count on sufficient hydration to function…
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Online Nutrition Challenges
As Fitness Professionals, we all know how important nutrition is when it comes to health, fitness, and weight loss. We all should be reminded of…
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Zinc and Copper Depletion: What You Need to Know
It’s probably no surprise that after the last few years with COVID and other illnesses on the rise, you and a number of your friends…
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Blood Sugar and Metabolism: Why Calories aren’t King
Wouldn’t our jobs be much easier if all there was to healthy weight maintenance and optimal well-being was striking a balance between calories in…
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Soda Addiction: How to Break the Cycle
When working with fitness clients, personal trainers are likely to come up against lifestyle habits that need to change, one of which is very problematic…
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