Essential Minerals – Are You Eating Rocks? Vitamins are a pretty common topic in nutrition but what about essential minerals? Are they just rocks? Or are they in food sources? There are a number of definitions of mineral as it pertains to the environment. For our purposes, we are only interested in essential minerals – Read More
As athletes, we spend a lot of time contemplating and setting goals. Keys to improvement and growth lie within setting realistic, yet challenging, short and long term goals. Nonetheless, a crucial element for achieving goals is competition and training – which must both be accounted and planned for in an athlete’s development. Speaking from experience, Read More
Dietary Fiber – Type, Sources and Benefits Dietary fiber is the non-digestible portion of plant food that flows through your digestive system and creates the bulk of the feces you eliminate. How important is dietary fiber? What does it really do? Types of Dietary Fiber Dietary fiber can come in two forms: 1. Water Read More