Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR) is the proportion of calories or energy that you burn off while resting. Why do you need to know this? It is a good indicator of weight loss. Most people tend to confuse Resting Metabolic Rate with Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR), which indicates the least amount of calories needed to support [...]
A single unit of energy is called a calorie. Energy can also be measured by a number of other methods as well. The amount of calories in food depends on its nutrient structure, while the calories contained in an item of food refers to the average amount of energy measured from a wide range of [...]
A meal before your workout session should attempt to achieve the following: maximum strength, a steady stream of energy and minimal muscle breakdown.
Firstly, you must ensure that you have consumed enough of water, as it is vital towards keeping your energy at peak levels.
Your pre-workout snack should be consumed half an hour to 45 minutes [...]
When on a diet, we tend to pay most of our attention to the food we consume. We devote endless hours to reading labels, books and websites on nutrition and ensure that multi-vitamins are consumed as well. We always tend to overlook what we drink. Of course you have good protein shakes for before and [...]
