You saw it. We all did. And we were aghast! Stunned. Horrified might be the best description. It was the perfect storm. The pinnacle moment we had to suffer to bring an end to the madness. You, I and millions of football loving fans witness the Green Bay Packers intercept a pass on the last play of the game, only to have a "good enough" replacement ref signal touchdown for the Seattle Seahawks. What a way t ...

Study: Carb-Depleted Training Facilitates the Use of Fat for Fuel Given the choice between carbohydrates and adipose tissue (stored fat) as the fuel/energy source during your exercise, there is no choice. Your body chooses carbohydrates, this day, all day, every day. It’s the way we’re built to optimally operate. When your aim is ever greater performance and carbs made readily available, the system works th ...

Are you experienced enough to remember the pet rock phenomena of the 70's. Quite a remarkable fad that made it's inventor, Gary Dahl a millionaire nearly overnight. The premise was very simple. Take an inanimate object and allow millions of people to project their uniquely human qualities on it. Thus, giving it--the rock--the illusion of being, of living, of having human quality. Now, of course we know in o ...

[caption id="attachment_1151" align="alignright" width="260" caption="Follow the Arrow to the Fruit-Smoothies!"][/caption]This scene plays out tens of thousands of times a day across the country: Your typical "health nut" with the best of intentions, slams down a shot of wheat grass (whatever the hell that is), and promptly chases it with a whopping 785 calorie, carb-o-bomb "fruit smoothie" before hobbling ...

[caption id="attachment_1090" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Angie's Nutty Vegan Whole Grain Pancakes"][/caption]As some of you know, our son, Nathaniel has severe food-allergies. Hence the reason why Angie and I have been making vegan pancakes and waffles for Sunday brunch over the years. It helps that Angie used to be vegan. The following recipe developed and perfected by Angie, is the curr ...

This is a delicious, healthy Greek inspired pizza we made for a weekend dinner as a family. [caption id="attachment_924" align="alignright" width="271" caption="Tsiatsos Healthy Homemade Greek Pizza"][/caption] The kids enjoyed helping out too. Gets them invested too. Oh yes, while I lead the healthy pizza charge a few weeks back, this even healthier, more creative version was Angie's truly. I helped a litt ...

So... [caption id="attachment_830" align="alignright" width="213" caption="Get Crazy Skinny!!!"][/caption] I'm looking for the right word... Bad... pathetic... ordinary... out dated... prehistoric... archaic... first order... paleolithic... Wait! That last one seems to have become a diet, so it may not apply. But I'm sure you get my drift. What other colorful descriptions come to mind? Please share them... ...

How can the #1 most successful box office movie in history help you shed fat, get fit and live the life of your dreams? Valid question. Allow me to explain… In 1997 movie maker James Cameron made Titanic, the #1 grossing movie of all time. Then he went quiet—resting on his success—most assumed. ...

This morning’s LIVE question was on the Seaweed Diet. A guy who called in said he’d lost 22 pounds in 4 weeks by eating 2 ounces of seaweed a day--without changing anything I’m eating or adding exercise. I’m still eating all the cheeseburgers, soda pop and candy I want.... ...

It happened this past week. While the government was busy switching focus from healthcare reform to Wall Street reform the AHA (American Heart Association) put the hammer down on another dangerous—ultimately deadly—target of American gluttony and indulgence; sugar. Responding to a recent study that connected added sugars in food with elevated triglycerides and cholesterol, both precursors to heart disease, ...