In our second installment, we provide links to some of the week's best health/fitness articles. Disclaimer: most, if not all, of these articles fly in the face of the mainstream. Many of these writers represent the vanguard in nutrition, fitness and biochemistry, providing a refreshing outlook based on solid anecdotal and scientific evidence. There is little doubt that the standard American diet (SAD) and the widely prescribed status quo "low-fat/high carb" diet are [...more]
The 2011 Men's JO Nationals will be taking place in two weeks in Long Beach, CA. The rotation schedules have been published here. Region 5 definitely wins the award for the best regional venue. Their meet was held at Ohio State, the same weekend as the men's NCAA Championships. How cool that must have been for all the boys being afforded the opportunity to watch some great gymnastics put on by the college guys! Ohio was quite the hotbed for gymnastics, with [...more]
Robb Wolf’s New York Times best seller, The Paleo Solution: The Original Human Diet, goes a long way toward establishing the paleo diet as an acceptable mainstream health practice. Wolf delivers a compelling argument against the standard American diet (SAD), aka a low-fat/high carbohydrate diet. The bedrock of the paleo diet is meat, seafood, eggs, vegetables, fruit, and abundant good fats (saturated/long-chain N-3/N-6 fats) and avoidance of bad fats (N-6 vegetable oils). The diet is based on an anthropological understanding of the original [...more]
ust a few weeks after an exciting 2010 VISA U.S. Men's Championships, six of our top gymnasts completed a successful competition in Guadalajara at the recent 2010 Pan American Games. Team USA, comprised of Glen Ishino, Jake Dalton, Wes Haagensen, Alex Buscaglia, Dylan Akers and Bryan Del Castillo, walloped Brazil, Canada and the rest [...more]
Gold Medal Olympian Hannah Teter (Halfpipe, 2006 Turin Winter Games) definitely had a secret weapon hidden in her breakfast arsenal. She brought her family's homemade Vermont maple syrup with her to Italy, and the competition didn't stand a chance. Sure, it was comfort food, sticky and sweet and made from her family's own maple trees. But maple syrup also has the health benefits of manganese and zinc, and is filled with antioxidants. Could breakfast really play a role in an athlete's competition results? [...more]
NY Times Health Blog by Tara Parker-Pope June 30, 2008 New York Times Nutritionist and author Jonny Bowden has created several lists of healthful foods people should be eating but aren’t. But some of his favorites, like purslane, guava and goji berries, aren’t always available at regular grocery stores. I asked Dr. Bowden, author of […] [...more]
Did you know that 80% of your immune system is in your gut? Proper food choices are key for everyone, but athletes don’t have even a little wiggle room. If you’ve given in to sugary, starchy foods too many times, or taken a round of antibiotics for an infection, the good bacteria in your digestive […] [...more]
You will want to read this research on the tragedy of sudden workout deaths. http://curezone.com/art/read.asp?ID=33&db=8&C0=16 Make sure your multi-mineral supplement contains enough magnesium, or, probably even better, just make sure that your summer diet includes at least one leafy green salad a day. Kids might enjoy a spinach salad or even an omelette stuffed with […] [...more]
