by EMurray | Jan 29, 2019 | Nutrition, Uncategorized
EATING OUT: THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM In the last decade, modern food culture has undergone a massive shift away from traditional home-cooking. More than ever, we depend on eating meals that were prepared by others. Restaurants come in all shapes and sizes—from fast...
by EMurray | Sep 30, 2018 | Conditioning, Nutrition, Uncategorized
BLOOD SUGAR ISSUES AND THE FUNDAMENTAL SOLUTIONS More than 30 million people in the United States have diabetes, and of those, 90 to 95-percent of them have type 2 diabetes–an illness induced by nutritional and lifestyle factors. Diagnosed diabetes cases cost...
by EMurray | Sep 29, 2018 | Nutrition, Uncategorized
Why Seemingly All Diets Can Succeed…or Fail It seems like not a day goes by where we don’t hear about an amazing new diet that will “reset your metabolism” or make you “shed body fat.” Everything is labeled as “fast,” “quick, “overnight,” or my personal...
by EMurray | Aug 31, 2018 | Nutrition, Uncategorized
PHYSIOLOGICAL REGULATION VS. REWARD REGULATION If we were to peer back into time and look at the way humans evolved to interact with, select, and consume food, we would find clues that help us understand the modern obesity epidemic of today. Thousands of years ago, it...
by EMurray | Aug 31, 2018 | Conditioning, Nutrition, Uncategorized
CALORIES-IN AND CALORIES-OUT: ENERGY EXPENDITURE MODELS Whether you’re a frequent flyer at the gym, a weekend warrior, or thinking about starting to workout, you’ve no doubt been faced with an energy expenditure scenario. Energy expenditure is the rate at which our...
