Wedding dress…check. Makeup…check. Rings…check. QUEST BARS…check, check check! Quest helps me stay on track with my diet, energy, and protein levels of course. But Quest also helped me survive my wedding! Recently, my long time love, Danny and I got married in Cape Cod, Massachusetts! I was so happy to […]
I’m Karen Chapman, and this is my intro into fitness. I never had the opportunity to get involved with sports, due to the fact that I was a teenage mom. Once I completed high school, I fell right into my trade of being a hairstylist/cosmetologist. I was fortunate to have […]
As I was walking through the floor of TheFitExpo in Los Angeles, I overheard two-time Mr. Natural Olympia Champion John Hansen, while lecturing to a large crowd on the subject of ‘Cycle Training for the Natural Bodybuilder,’ reciting one of Albert Einstein’s most beloved quotes, “Imagination is more important than […]
When people ask me about their diet – whether it’s “good” or “optimal” – one of the first things I ask them is how much fiber are they getting throughout the day. The majority of the time, they can’t tell me. They have either no clue, don’t count, or don’t […]
Researchers at Harvard have uncovered a promising new sign in the battle against Type 1 Diabetes. A Tuberculosis vaccine, which has been in use for over 90 years, has seemingly reversed the disease in some patients. The vaccine, known as bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG), acts as a stimulant to a protein which […]
Data collected by the Dutch Pediatric Surveillance Unit shows that two out of three obese children face cardiovascular risk factors. Doctors in the Netherlands reported data based on new diagnoses of childhood obesity in children between the ages of 2-18. Remarkably, 62% of severely obese children under 12 already had at least […]
Erythritol, a sugar alcohol that is 60-70% as sweet as suger, has been shown to improve blood vessel condition. A study presented this year at the Institute of Food Technologists in Las Vegas shows evidence that Erythritol helped prevent cell death in tests, and lowered the creation of adhesion molecules […]
Brain Johnson took first place in Reddit’s Body Transformation Fitness Challenge. He was able to improve his overall mood, get rid of his depression symptoms, and on top of all that he was able to transform his body to look great. He took off 25 pounds in 12 weeks, through a […]
People have various fitness goals. Some desire to improve their diet, others wish to be healthier and live longer, and most want to look better. When we set our fitness goals the biggest question that we must ask ourselves is “why”. The answer to that question must be for a […]
