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I’ll admit it- I still eat dairy!  Greek Yogurt is one of my favorite treats to enjoy.  I also enjoy Icelandic Yogurt however, for the sake of this recipe we will concentrate on the Greek version.  It’s not quite as thick as the Icelandic version making it eaiser to spread on the cookie sheet. With this recipe anything goes.  Depending on your personal taste, you can make this into whatever you want it to be.  I used the plain 0% fat yogurt as my blank canvas and added whatever was available in my pantry.  As a word of caution, check the ingredient label, so many of the fruit added yogurts have high sugar content.  And, why would you want to buy fruit added when you can add your own, fresh fruit?  So, let’s get started… You will need a flat cookie sheet, parchment paper, plain Greek yogurt, I used, fresh organic...

75g of protein, 4g of carbs and 28g of fat with zero gluten or any acellular carbohydrates from any flours. Oh.. and its delicious! Lets get started... Here’s a quick and easy-to-prepare recipe if you want to eat a piece of delicious pizza but don’t want the carbohydrates associated with flour-based crusts regardless of whether or not they contain gluten. Some of you may recall Alisa and my trip to the popular New York eatery Quality Italian a few years ago. We ordered the Chicken Parmesan and what arrived like more like a wood-fired pizza than chicken. That’s because the “crust” was made of chicken breast! I recreated this dish at home and shared the recipe on Facebook. Fast forward to this weekend. Many of you know there’s an amazing new pizza product on the market that took this concept to a new level. And they’re delicious and convenient to just...

How have you been feeling lately?  Great? Sluggish?  Experiencing chronic forgetfulness?  Not recovering from your workouts like you used to?  These are all questions that can be answered.  How you ask?  Well, let me ask you, when was the last time you had your blood tested?  We all take supplements to stay healthy and to ward off aging.  We also exercise to keep our heart healthy among many other reasons.   Is what you’re doing working?  Of course, we can monitor our symptoms but why not use every tool that is available?  Having blood work done can yield surprising insights into your health and well-being.  It can also highlight potential problems allowing you to make informed decisions about your course of action.  I recently had my blood work done. My doctor and I have discussed my lifestyle so luckily he knows what to include when writing out the prescription for my blood...

Almond milk is a great alternative to dairy, if you’re lactose intolerant or simply want to switch it up.  With Almond milk you won’t have to worry about the estrogenic side effects as you do with Soy Milk and let’s face It, Almond milk just tastes great.  Have you ever looked at the ingredients of most store bought brands?  Do you even know how much almond milk is actually in your brand?  As for the list of ingredients let’s take a closer look at one store bought brand- Ingredients can include: Almond milk (Filtered Water, Almonds), Cane Sugar, Sea Salt, Natural Flavor, Locust Bean Gum, Sunflower Lecithin, Gellan Gum. Calcium Carbonate, Vitamin E Acetate, Zinc Gluconate, Vitamin A Palmitate, Riboflavin (B2), Vitamin B12, Vitamin D2. What does that mean to you-“Ingredients can include”?  Also, nowhere do I see the amount of Almond Milk listed.  Last year a lawsuit was filed against...

I've identified with being strong for a very long time now. With the tear of my left tricep and needing surgery I find myself with my first real training layoff. Even when I tore the two attachments of my left hamstring I continued to train push and pull movements. The last time I took off.. I mean really off.. where I didn't touch a weight for an extended period of time was 2005. So I find myself contemplating a layoff. I think I need one too (funny how that is). This won't be easy because training has filled an important part of my day for close to two decades now. I never realized how much bandwidth it occupied on a daily basis till right now. I've spent so much time thinking about the next training session, looking back on the training session that last occurred, building my day to leverage my...