Fitness Contrarian

The idea of losing your ability to think clearly and remember people and places is a very scary thing for anyone who is getting older. Unfortunately Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is on the rise in the U.S. (an estimated 4.5 million Americans live with dementia). But you should not feel hopeless; there are things you can do to prevent this common form of dementia or delay it from emerging. Genetics do play a role but how you live and eat can have a big effect on preventing the disease (…)

There has been a lot of buzz about the HCG 500-calories diet. A number of my female personal training clients just read an article about hormone diets in the New York Times and had many questions. This subject interested me, as well, because I was familiar with human chorionic gonadotrophin (HCG) but in a different context. I have had male clients over the years that were taking HCG in conjunction with testosterone to prevent their testicles from atrophying and to keep their bodies making testosterone (…)

While I prefer people who want to lose weight to follow my recommended weight loss and fitness principles and then come up with a strategy that fits into their lifestyle, I know some people like to be told exactly what to eat in order to lose weight. As such, I wanted to give an example of a three-day weight loss meal plan that I just designed for one of my personal training clients.

I do feel that eating low carb along with an all-natural diet is most likely your best weight loss option so this 3-day meal plan is consistent with that principle. If you follow this plan you should be able to lose a few pounds in just three days. If you don’t mind eating the same foods, you can mix and match these meals and snacks and eat like this for weeks resulting in significant weight reduction(…)