A quick boost of energy at a critical moment. Part of becoming an endurance-focused athlete like a runner or a cycler is learning to be aware of and,…
Nutrition
That noggin of yours needs the right kind of fuel. The human brain is, at least as far as our current level of technology goes, the most advanced…
You can’t work up a sweat if you don’t have any salt. Much like its common snack-food companion, sugar, sodium has a pretty bad rep, to say the…
It’s nature’s perfect fitness treat. The hardest part of eating a healthy, balanced diet is accommodating all of the healthiest fruits and vegetables. I don’t care how concerned…
Carbs are more than just “those bad things in bread.” In the last couple of decades, carbs have become one of the numerous culinary boogeymen that fad diets…
As your body grows, your dietary requirements change. I worry sometimes that I take my youthful metabolism for granted. My stomach is like a blast furnace, capable of…
If it tastes like something died in it, that’s probably a bad sign. It’s easy to assume that water is water, and that’s all there is to it.…
Sunlight is only one piece of the equation. It’s a commonly-held belief that spending more time out in the sunshine increases the levels of vitamin D in your…