Is it possible, really possible, to increase muscle mass on a plant based diet?

When using trusty ‘Professor Google’ to search for answers, you may become excited to read  ‘Yes.’ Vegetables and muscles are, apparently, good friends that work synergistically with one another and not as mutually exclusive as you may have once thought.

 Yet disappointment lurks around the corner. The same ‘Yes’ article re-directs you to the vegetarian body building sample diet plan. You are greeted with some vegetables, but also with 3 meal replacement shakes that are full of sweeteners and nasties (but that also contain copious amounts of amino acids and protein.) The vegetables become the buffer for the protein hits found in your morning and afternoon shaker. Plus, some people can just not tolerate protein shakes and pills stuffed full of sucralose, stevia and fructose. Continue reading EATING SPROUTS TO SPROUT SOME GAINS?

Are you taking advantage of these superfoods?

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1) Grass-fed beef

Conventional ideologies and negative connotations about red meat have remained in the consciousness of many modern cultures for way too long. Continue reading SUPERFOODS

Whether you pop it in a pill, inject it, chew it or sprinkle it over your cereal, vitamins are becoming increasingly popular. A recent study by Niina Savikko reported a significant increase in the use of vitamins and fish oils within the last ten years, particularly for vitamin D and calcium. She also identified the use of vitamins was no longer directly associated with personal levels of education.

Yet despite the population becoming supplemental savvy, Continue reading VITALITY TO YOUR VITAMINS