This question is more common than you may think: Can you turn body fat into muscle? The answer is simple—no. At least, you can’t change body fat into muscle directly. However, indirectly, you can work to burn fat and replace it with muscle. To fully explain how this works, we need to explain how resistance exercise leads to building muscle.
Having a hard time falling asleep on some or most nights? It could be affecting your weight. But new research suggests that eating more protein while reducing your calories can improve sleep while assisting you with achieving greater fat loss (1).
Nutritional cleansing with Isagenix can be adapted to fit anyone’s goals and personal needs. Since you have the option to choose one or two Cleanse Days per week as part of an Isagenix 30-Day Cleansing and Fat Burning System, it’s common to wonder whether one or two Cleanse Days will be more beneficial.
The answer: There’s no single perfect way to cleanse
Isagenix products make combining great flavor and balanced nutrition easy. But for many people, the challenge is planning a balanced, delicious third meal on Shake Days. Some find that meeting their target calorie range is the biggest obstacle. Others struggle with flavor and variety, finding that they have become stuck in a boring third-meal rut. You can easily solve both of these problems with a little culinary know-how.
In a recent survey of more than 2,000 U.S. adults, researchers found that 15 percent of the people surveyed listed pizza as their all-time favorite food. Ice cream and chocolate came in second place, each getting 7 percent of the votes. Rounding out the top five was mac and cheese with 5 percent of the votes, and chips with 4 percent.
Do you want to be a better cleanser and a better cleanse coach? Registered Dietitian and Nutrition Communication Specialist Lindsay Gnant explains how you can have your best Cleanse Day and how you can help the people you coach to have great Cleanse Days, too. “It’s all about facilitating a great Cleanse Day experience for the people you are coaching,” says Lindsay. Listen in as she offers tips on how you can customize Cleanse Days, both for yourself and for others.
Most of us find it pretty easy to forgo our outdoor workouts (or exercise altogether) during the colder, darker winter months. Getting to the gym becomes that much harder when you throw in snow, wind, gloomy days, and low temperatures.
Did you know that chocolate is the most craved food in North America? Chocolate is so popular that 40 percent of women list it as their favorite food. But what some people do not realize is that chocolate can be a valuable weight-loss tool.
As far as you know, you’re doing everything right to keep losing weight. You’re hitting your calorie and activity targets. You’re on the treadmill every day. You’ve got Shake Days and Cleanse Days down to an art form, and you’re eating balanced meals and controlling your portions while also getting plenty of fruits and veggies daily.