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Glucosamine & Chondroitin Supplement Guide

Glucosamine and chondroitin are two of the most popular supplements in the US, not just for humans but for our furry companions as well. In all cases, it’s marketed as a joint … See more

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The Best Sources of Protein

WEBRed meats, poultry, pork, fish and crustaceans (shrimp, crab, lobster) are all easily digested, provide at least 1.6 grams of leucine per 20 grams of protein, and are …

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An Update on Dietary Collagen Protein

WEBNew Research by Dr. Keith Baar. A couple years ago, Dr. Baar and his team released a paper that demonstrated the efficacy of dietary collagen in promoting …

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4 Things That Won’t Help Your Tendons and 4 Things That Might

WEBFrom the standpoint of general health, we know that eating more fruits and vegetables, legumes, whole grains, mushrooms, roots, and fish is beneficial. We might …

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How to Do a Vegan or Vegetarian Diet Right (as an Athlete)

WEBTake a Vitamin B12 Supplement. There are no plant-based sources of vitamin B12, period. You need to take a supplement, or get vitamin B12 from your diet in some …

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Is Intermittent Fasting a Good Fit for Climbing

WEBThe Science & Pseudoscience of Intermittent Fasting. The first place to begin is with the biggest claim about intermittent fasting, which is that it’ll improve …

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Nutritional Paradoxes

WEBAlcohol is a toxin. It’s known to cause cancer. It contains 7 calories per gram, making it nearly as caloric as fat, and it contains none of the other beneficial nutrients that a whole …

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Is There Such a Thing as a “Good Fat” or “Bad Fat”

WEBNow that we’re moving outside of the realm of “healthy diets”, the answer is yes. If you eat a lot of junk food, you’re going to be getting most of your fat in two forms: …

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A Good Rule of Thumb for Sports Nutrition

WEBThere is a ton of sports nutrition advice out there, and it can be difficult to parse. In time, I hope to cover all the major aspects of sports nutrition right here on this …

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The Most Overrated Vegetables

WEBA single cup of cooked kale contains nearly enough beta-carotene to meet 100% of an adult male’s vitamin A needs (and more than enough for an adult female). …

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Should You Worry About Getting Enough Vitamin K2

WEB1 comment. Anonymous July 1, 2022 at 10:40 am. Hi! Thank you for this article. I have seen a lot of articles online touting the benefits of k2 specifically. Many …

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Is a Low-Carb Diet Protective Against Tendon Injury

WEBTablespoon of Olive Oil: 1,800 kU. 1 oz Roasted Almonds: 1,900 kU. 4 oz Broiled Chicken: 6,600 kU. 4 oz Broiled Beef: 6,800 kU. So carbohydrates may increase …

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All About RDAs and DVs

WEBPut another way, 84% of people need less than the RDA for any given nutrient, and 50% of people need considerably less. Of course, this is simplified for …

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Is Kombucha Actually Healthy

WEBKombucha is also sometimes claimed to be a good source of some vitamins. There may be a shred of truth to this, though there really have not been many …

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Do We Have Limited Storage Capacity for Water-Soluble Vitamins

WEBValues greater than or equal to 150 indicate storage capacity of at least (but often more) than half a year. As can be seen in the chart above, the average human has …

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Growth Hormones in Meat: Myths & Reality

WEBAfter considering the low bioavailability of ingested hormones (the primary reason farmers inject them rather than put them in feed) and our own endogenous …

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The Way We Think About Diets Is All Wrong

WEBTom and I are preparing to do an episode of ClimbSci on weight loss, which got me thinking about diets and dieting in general. This article is a reflection on some of …

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Fallacies, Biases, Placebos, and Nutrition

WEBThe post hoc fallacy goes hand-in-hand with another major problem with the way human brain processes information, which is confirmation bias. Confirmation bias …

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Some Problems with Anecdotal Evidence

WEB2 comments. Sylvan Moir July 9, 2016 at 3:24 am. The only problem is : All of science, including even pure mathematics is, ultimately, an anecdote. When people …

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