Perfect Portion Sizes: How To Portion Out A Recipe For The Right Serving Size

Portion sizes
When it comes to food preparation for fitness enthusiasts, competitors, and bodybuilders alike, it can get real boring, real fast.

And that’s because when you make most your food choices simple, it’s easier to keep track of. So we tend to see lots of people sticking to the standard meat, rice and, veggies dish over and over again.

Now there’s nothing wrong with meat, rice, and veggies if you like it (I love it), but if it’s bland, well… no one likes bland food.

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Can Sugar Be Good For You? The First Diet Book Review Part 2

the first diet book review part 2

In our last article, Before The Paleo Diet: The First Diet Book Review Part 1, we discussed the following:

  • Why some nutritional ideas are wrong.
  • Why some oils can be deteriorating to good health
  • Why the Paleo Diet could’ve made our brains smaller

In part 2, we’ll be covering these ideas:

  • Why sugar is essential (and necessary for optimal health).
  • The oft-neglected amino acids (protein you’re probably missing out on).
  • Why nutrition isn’t everything.
  • Dietary limitations

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5 Common Diet Excuses Too Many People Make

Many people feel they don’t have time to eat right because of their busy lives.

“I don’t have time” is a common phrase these days. When it comes time to work out, or eat better, or make dinner (or breakfast or lunch), or track calories, it’s easily to write yourself off as having too much going on.

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JC Deen is a nationally published fitness coach and writer from Nashville, TN. Currently living in the blistering Northeast. Follow me on X/Twitter