The Mind-Muscle Connection

The Breakfast Scramble is a meal that is a mix of all your favorite breakfast foods, combined to make a super nutritious breakfast that fills you up and keeps well in the fridge.

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The way I see it, a healthy lifestyle isn’t just eating well or doing cardio 4 times a week.  Living a healthy lifestyle is attention to detail 24/7/365.  Its making the correct choices and planning, so you know what to expect at all times.

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Caffeine is a food ingredient that is viewed in many different lights.  Caffeine is popular around the world as a legal pick-me-up, providing hours of elevated mood and focus.  Caffeine acts as a central nervous system stimulant, temporarily increasing energy, alertness and awareness in individuals who consume caffeine-containing food items such as coffee, tea, soft drinks and energy drinks. 

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Heading to the grocery store without a plan is like heading into battle without a war strategy.  Staying out of the center aisles in grocery stores is an easy way to avoid unhealthy food products that sometimes hide their ingredients behind claims of ‘Easy to prepare’ or ‘Low Fat’.  The only recipes you should be eating should be ones that you make yourself.  Here are some foods that you should start with…

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The Mind-Muscle Diet is a different take on the classic low-carb diet fads.  Unlike most low-carb diets, The Mind-Muscle Diet is tailored for active individuals who need to eat quality food for energy throughout the day.

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A new feature on The Mind-Muscle Connection will be some recipes that I use for tasty food and solid nutrition. I won’t get into exact portions, part of the health and fitness game is deciding what works best for your body. So I will give you the tools and you do the leg work.  First up, Chile Con Mas Carne -

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Anyone who knows anything about Health and Fitness knows that the number one enemy of any dieter or trainer is sugar.  High levels of Glucose, Sucrose or Fructose causes fat storage, insulin sensitivity and increased hunger, eventually leading to obesity and possibly diabetes.  But sugar is so prevalent in most food we eat, how do we eliminate the bad and substitute something good? 

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Many people eat more than 3 times a day.  They understand that smaller, more frequent meals help the body burn fat and provide the body with a constant flow of quality nutrients for growth.  What most people don’t know is that some meals are more important that others.

If you’ve been watching the news for the past couple years now, you have seen (and probably felt) the impact of the financial recession that has engulfed the United States.  People are losing their life savings and their income in these times of distress.  Trying to keep their house and still pay bills and make ends meet is becoming harder and harder every day.  The morale of the American public, as a whole, has taken a hit and hitting healthcare even harder.

Prepare your food on Sunday for the whole week. Include fresh chicken, steak, turkey and other lean meats, along with complex carbs like brown rice, sweet or regular potatoes or whole grain pasta and leafy green vegetables like broccoli or salad greens. Having healthy, clean food available in your refrigerator will allow you to portion it out each day to take with you to work where you can just reheat and have a solid, nutritious meal.