by Julia | Aug 11, 2013 | Food Fuel, Real Food Tips, Recipe Fuel, Sides & Dips, Sports Nutrition
Cereal boxes Spaghetti French fries Bread Potatoes Rice What do these all have in common?? 1) They are really high in glycemic index. Glycemic index measures how quickly blood sugar levels rise after eating a certain food. The higher the measure, the quicker the food...
by Julia | Jul 29, 2013 | Recipe Fuel, Sweets & Snacks
I’ve had enough. On a daily basis, I see these glamorous, Pinterest-pretty photos of ice cream all over the place. I know you have, too! And I always get sucked in, excitedly reading the ingredients and instructions, until the last step or two calls for an ICE...
by Julia | Jul 18, 2013 | Food Fuel, Healthy Living, Life Fuel, Real Food Tips, Sports Fuel, Sports Nutrition
Have you ever been at the mercy of airline food? You know, where you’re SO starving that you have to eat the in-flight meals contaminated with mice and roaches…!? I’ve been there once or twice, including a time where I was obliged to eat ice cream...
by Julia | Jul 12, 2013 | Body Composition, Diet Dogma & Weight Loss, Food Fuel, Healthy Living, Life Fuel, Sports Fuel
45 million. The total number of Americans that DIET each year. $33 billion. The total amount spent ANNUALLY on weight loss products, according to the Boston Medical Center. Check these cortex reviews. Pause. Is that not disturbing?! Despite the incredible amount of...
by Julia | Jul 9, 2013 | Food Fuel, Healthy Living, Life Fuel, Real Food Tips
Once upon a time, I chewed a pack of GUM every day. {Yes, every day!!} How, you ask? The habit probably began when I was dabbling in Weight Watchers and calorie counting. You know, a stick of gum can really kill a craving… Or, so they say. For me, the craving...
by Julia | Jul 3, 2013 | Sports Fuel, Sports Nutrition
Every night around 11 PM, a large mammal lurks in my kitchen with wide, hazel eyes. He scans the cupboards hastily looking for his next meal, his fifth or sixth meal at that, to quiet the hunger pangs. When you’re a 6’11”, 240-lb. professional basketball player,...
by Julia | Jun 30, 2013 | Holiday Eats, Recipe Fuel
4th of July. What’s the first word that pops into your head!? I’m guessing that at least half of you think of GOOD FOOD. How could you not… it’s basically the Thanksgiving of summer! In addition to my memories of family and friends, boating,...
by Julia | Jun 25, 2013 | Fitness & Movement, Healthy Living, Life Fuel, Sports Fuel
“Nothing is certain in life except change.” We’ve all heard this common (and true!) phrase, and within this whole category of change, I’m adding a subcategory that I has most certainly been a constant in my life… TRAVEL. From traveling as...
by Julia | Jun 23, 2013 | Food Fuel, Gut Health
During the late fall of 2011, I found myself in a German hospital sharing a “private” room with two German women in their ’80’s. Neither spoke English. The “private” room had NO privacy besides the 4′ mobile curtain that I...
by Julia | Jun 17, 2013 | Breakfast, Food Fuel, Real Food Tips, Recipe Fuel
On June 5th, my life and love of eggs for breakfast forever changed. Being the curious health experimenter/learner that I am, I decided to take an allergy sensitivity test “just for the heck of it.” In case you’re curious, an “allergy...
by Julia | Jun 10, 2013 | Sports Fuel, Sports Nutrition
As a 12-year-old, I used to finish my Dad’s plate during dinner. Two hours later, I would find my way back to the kitchen, quietly opening the cupboard doors with my parents in the other room, for something – anything! – to tame the hunger beast inside....
by Julia | Jun 6, 2013 | Food Fuel, Healthy Living, Life Fuel, Real Food Tips
A torn shoulder, an extended stay, and a spontaneous email. That’s how I met Luke Malski, owner and farmer at Reformation Growers, a rare gem of a thriving, organic urban garden in Grand Rapids, Michigan. With Kyle tearing his shoulder last fall, we were around...
