Tag: nutrition

IMLP Training Week 5-Out Of The Basement

The weather report for this Saturday indicated a day clear of any precipitation and a high of around 40 deg F. Armed with my new Pearl Izumi Thermal cycling jacket and Craft windproof gloves, I thought I could finally get a long ride outdoors instead of hunkering down in the basement on the trainer. Unfortunately, …

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Why People on a Plant-Based Diet Live Longer…

Here is a great article from Kathy Freston of the Huffington Post’s Healthy Living section that summarizes all the benefits of going plant-based. She has managed to put in a page what many books I have read took volumes to explain. Albeit, they did go into more detail but she has nailed the key points. …

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My New & Improved, Plant-Based Breakfast Smoothie Recipe

Five months ago I made a decision to give this whole food, plant-based nutrition thing a whirl. Well, I am still whirling away with it. I honestly thought it would leave me tired and depleted, especially after going through the more intense part of my training as I am a week away from Ironman Muskoka …

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Is Alzheimer’s Type 3 Diabetes? – NYTimes.com

Great article from NY Times’ Mark Bittman on how our unhealthy “America Diet” is contributing to Alzheimers or Type 3 Diabetes… Is Alzheimer’s Type 3 Diabetes? – NYTimes.com.

2012 Ironman Muskoka 70.3 Race Report-T1 & Bike

T1 I bypassed the wetsuit strippers on the exit of the swim and started the long haul up the hill to the Deerhurst Lodge parking lot were the transition was. I can get out of my wetsuit pretty quickly and I thought the strippers would take longer than if I did it myself. I may …

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Tour of Toronto…

I got up early on Friday morning and headed out for half hour run around the neighborhood near our hotel. We then got cleaned up and headed down for our complimentary hotel breakfast. I had some waffles with syrup and it ended up wiping me out. I got back to the room and had to …

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Ironman Lake Placid: The City of Shaved Legs

My alarm went off this morning with NPR very clearly reporting the news about the theater shooting in Colorado that occurred during the night. It was one of those things that hits you hard and there is no chance that I could go back to sleep after hearing it. Kind of like when I heard …

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More Reasons to Avoid Prepackaged, Frozen Foods…

Besides eating healthier, eating whole foods is cheaper than the prepackaged crap in the frozen food aisle. Avoid Frozen and Prepackaged MealsĀ  Prepackaged foods require alot more resources to create, package and ship which raised the price and also wastes gas and contributes more CO2 into the sky. I have also noticed that we have …

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Raw, Vegan Blueberry Ginger Ice Cream

Haven’t tried this on yet, but posting it for later use… http://www.choosingraw.com/raw-vegan-blueberry-ginger-ice-cream/ Sent from my iPad

Grilled Veggie Pizza

http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipes/1749?sf4831525=1 Thanks, Brian Sent from iPhone 4S