Fitness + Well-Being

Could Pea Protein Be As Solid as Whey for Muscle Building?

Recently published in the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, researchers compared a vegetarian and milk-based protein source head to head for muscle building potential (1). Specifically, they sought to determine whether pea [...]

Reminder: Are You Getting the Right Type of Vitamin D?

If you haven’t heard, the health benefits of Vitamin D are HUGE! Vitamin D is important not only in bone metabolism and calcium homeostasis, but also now has shown to be supportive for cellular health, [...]

Minute Myth Busting: Dietary Supplements Are Unregulated

Are dietary supplements really safe? Is it true dietary supplements are unregulated? People commonly believe that because dietary supplements are not subject to FDA approval like pharmaceuticals that they are unregulated and risky to [...]

Want a Smaller Waist? Look to More Protein

Eating more protein is linked to a smaller waist and better cholesterol levels, a new study finds. Researchers at the US Army Research institute of Environmental Medicine found an association between habitually consuming protein in [...]

Melatonin May Have a New Use: Exercise Performance

Any athlete can probably tell the difference in their performance depending on the sleep they got the night before. Proper sleep is a big contributor for recovery from grueling workouts and helps prime the body [...]

Podcast: Diets Fail. Isagenix Works. Here’s Why.

Trainer: David Despain, M.Sc., Director of Science Communications Millions of people each year make the same New Year’s resolution: get healthier through dieting. Sadly, diets fail, and so this resolution’s failure rate [...]