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Nutrition

Eat healthy and improve your hydration habits with the advice in this blog.

Nutrition

10 Summer Recipes for $50

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Cooking on a budget doesn't mean you can't enjoy summer faves like fresh seafood and barbecue. We'll show you how with 10 healthy and tasty meals for $50. The best part: It only takes three easy steps to make yourself an entire week's worth of lunches and dinners.

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Tags: Food, Dinner, Cooking, Recipes, Lunch

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Q&A: Alternative to Lugging Drinks on Race Day

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Q: Many race sites offer endurance drinks that me sugar sick. Other than lugging my own drinks, is there an alternative on race day? 

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Tags: Beverages, Outdoor Recreation, Running, Race

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Milk: It's Still Good For You

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Turns out, those milk-mustache marketing commercials aren’t paying off, because young adults are actually drinking less of the stuff these days, states a new study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior.

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Tags: Food, Beverages, Vitamins, Nutrients, Health

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Q&A: Eating Before Early Morning Run

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Q: My team runs at 8 a.m. I don't want to get up at six, so I feel like I'm eating too close to the run. Any solutions? 

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Tags: Running, Food, Breakfast

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The Hydration Experiment

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Joe Kita is no Joey Chestnut when it comes to stuffing his face. (Chestnut's the guy you see scarfing down Nathan's hot dogs on ESPN, Kita authors Core Performance's blog One Small Change). But Kita did drink his bodyweight in water in just 30 days, and that's no small feat. No, he wasn't squaring off in a competitive hydrating contest; he was on a mission to become the world's most properly hydrated man.

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Tags: Hydration, Beverages, Energy, Weight Loss, Regeneration, Sports Performance, Health

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Q&A: Is Skipping Breakfast Impacting My Run?

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Q: I'm not good at eating breakfast. How much does not eating impact the quality of my run? — Vanita, Seattle, WA

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Tags: Outdoor Recreation, Running, Food, Breakfast

Nutrition

8 Tips to Host a Healthier BBQ

It's grillin' season, and we know that means staples like corn on the cob and cheeseburgers. We don't expect you to cut out all the fun stuff, but try adding a healthy spin to your summer faves. Click on the image above for tips.

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Tags: Cooking, Food, Home, Outdoor Recreation, Family, Health, Weekend

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Some Caution Over Cola

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If you’re knocking back daily cans of soda, your muscles may be feeling it more than your stomach. That’s because drinking too much of the bubbly beverages may increase your risk of hypokalemia, a dropping in blood potassium levels that results in problems with vital muscle functions.

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Tags: Hydration, Beverages, Build Muscle, Caffeine

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American's Health Habits: Worse Than Ever

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It appears that we’re failing in our attempt to turn this country fit, according to sad new statistics out of the Medical University of South Carolina, which show that even fewer of us are adhering to a healthy lifestyle when compared to life habits from two decades ago.

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Tags: Family, Longevity, Health, Disease

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Cereal and Milk: A Classic Muscle Builder

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Just like the ad says, slurping down a heaping bowl of Wheaties with milk can help turn you into a champion.

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Tags: Build Muscle, Food, Breakfast, Regeneration

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