Nutrition

Mother Earth News tested eggs from 14 pasture raised flocks across the United States and compared them to USDA data for commercial eggs.

Eat a mix of protein and carbs about 30 to 60 minutes before you train. The carbs give you energy and the protein starts the muscle building process.

If you train in the evening, caffeine can wreck your sleep even if you don’t feel wired. Caffeine has a half life of about 5 hours meaning half of it remains in your system after that time.

Beef liver has 70 micrograms of B12 per serving. Clams pack 84 micrograms in just 3 ounces. Salmon gives you double your daily needs in one serving.

Your body enters ketosis when you eat very few carbs. Most people need to stay under 20 to 50 grams of carbs per day to maintain ketosis.

When you fast, your body burns stored fat for energy. This process continues even with a few calories from lemon juice in your system. Your insulin levels stay low and your body keeps burning fat.

This matters because millions of people use intermittent fasting to lose weight, control blood sugar, and improve their health. Plain water gets boring.

The fat on your lower belly, hips and thighs sticks around longer than visceral fat. This subcutaneous fat has fewer blood vessels and responds slower to those same fat burning hormones.

Your body burns calories just to stay alive. This includes breathing, pumping blood, and keeping your brain working.

Your daily protein target matters more than any single meal. Multiply your body weight in kilograms by 1.6 to 2.2 to find your daily gram target.

Ozempic contains semaglutide, a synthetic version of GLP-1 that lasts longer in your body. The drug keeps working for days instead of minutes like natural GLP-1.

Yes, the 3 bite rule can help you lose weight if you use it correctly. The rule works by cutting calories from high-calorie foods.

Protein bars top the list for convenience. Quest bars deliver 20-21g per bar, so eating 1.5 bars gets you to 30g. Two Pure Protein bars give you 32g total. Each bar costs $3-5 AUD depending on where you shop.

The magic happens because your muscles stay under tension for a long time (90 seconds is a lot), but you don’t rest long enough to fully recover.

Coke Zero can make you feel hungrier. The sweet taste tricks your brain into expecting calories, and when those calories don’t arrive, your hunger hormones increase.

Your stomach starts producing acid and digestive enzymes. Your pancreas prepares to release insulin. This is called the cephalic phase response, and it happens even when you don’t swallow anything.

These additions will break your fast because they contain calories or trigger insulin.

Studies prove that consuming 20 to 40 grams of protein after training boosts muscle protein synthesis. This fancy term just means your body starts building new muscle tissue. The effect lasts for 24 to 48 hours after your workout.

You need 0.8 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight. This is the minimum to stay healthy.

Guava has 2.6 grams of protein per 100 grams (that’s roughly 4.2 grams per cup), way more than most fruits which usually have around 1 gram per serving.​

Your body can’t store extra protein like it stores fat or carbohydrates. When you eat more protein than your body needs, several things happen.

Avocados technically count as a fruit but most people treat them as vegetables in meals. They deliver about 160 calories per 100g, mostly from monounsaturated fats that support hormone production and nutrient absorption.