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Fuel for Cyclists

LS — Thu, 27 May 2010 15:40:13 +0000

By Sheila Ascroft

What to eat (and drink) on a long bike ride depends on your stomach. And, like fingerprints, no two stomachs are the same. The choice depends as much on what your digestive tract can handle as the cost, convenience, effectiveness, or taste. Some people I know do fine on Fig

Nuts Prevent Heart Attacks

LS — Thu, 13 May 2010 15:09:59 +0000

By Dr. Gabe Mirkin

A review of 25 studies shows that eating nuts (including peanuts) lowers cholesterol to help prevent heart attacks (Archives of Internal Medicine, May 10, 2010). Eating an average of 2.5 ounces of nuts per day lowers total cholesterol 5.1 percent, LDL (the bad cholesterol)

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The Skinny On Fat

LS — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:26:23 +0000

By Laurel-Lea Shannon

Fat has been vilified by the medical community for decades. But did you know your body needs fat to function properly? Healthy fats may be your biggest ally in the battle against weight gain.

Eating healthy fats will make you feel full faster and for longer because fat is digested more slowly than

Caffeine Boosts Hot Weather Performance

LS — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:27:37 +0000

A study from Toledo, Spain shows that giving caffeine to dehydrated bicycle racers helps them ride faster, longer and with more power in hot weather (Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, July 2008). When combined with water and carbohydrates, caffeine ingestion increases the force of muscular contractions which helps them to pedal with more

Boning Up: Why Calcium is So Important

LS — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:24:53 +0000

Although calcium is the most abundant mineral in the body, most people are deficient because they consume only about half of what they need—500 to 700 mg a day. Too low an intake of calcium causes calcium reserves in the bones to be withdrawn resulting in osteoporosis or osteopenia. Should you take supplements or get your

Cup O’ Joe With That Exercise

LS — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:58:13 +0000

For all you coffee drinkers out there, here’s another good reason to make a pit stop at your favourite coffee shop before exercising. Recently, researchers at the University of Georgia found that caffeine reduces thigh muscle pain during cycling. You can read the science behind it here.

And there’s more good news. A study in Australia found

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