Honey Power

Honey Power

Honey is an ideal builder of glyco­gen stores because its sugar is com­posed of a 1:1 ratio of glu­cose to fruc­tose. The fruc­tose unlocks the proper enzymes in the liver to allow the glu­cose to store as glyco­gen. This can pro­foundly increase recov­ery time as well as pro­vide an ideal pre race fuel.”

The Jungle Effect

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I began read­ing The Jun­gle Effect: A Doc­tor Dis­cov­ers the Health­i­est Diets from Around the World—Why They Work and How to Bring Them Home by Daphne Miller, MD., over the week­end. I dis­cov­ered the book while look­ing in the health sec­tion at Books, Inc. I had just fin­ished Born to Run and was inter­ested in […]

On Pins and Needles

Pins

I paid my first visit ever to an acupunc­tur­ist yes­ter­day — her name is Beth. This was the first time I had ever vis­ited one, and maybe even the first time I had ever come face to face with one. Turns out, they’re not nec­es­sar­ily sadochists who get plea­sure out of inflict­ing pain on people. […]

Cocoa Chia Shake

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This is a ter­rific energy drink that will load you up with nutri­ents pre or post run. Cocoa Chia Shake Ingre­di­ents 16 oz soy milk (I use Silk) 1 banana 1/4 cup frozen berries (boy­sen­ber­ries or blue­ber­ries are really good) 1/2 Tbs chia seeds (or 3 Tbs chia gel*) 1 Tbs soy pro­tein (I use Whole Foods […]

On Being Vegetarian

Vegetables & Fruits

I am at least a third gen­er­a­tion veg­e­tar­ian (do they give out prizes for that?). My father and his par­ents were veg­e­tar­i­ans all of their lives and my mom and her par­ents had been mostly veg­e­tar­ian (a few cooked hens at a few Christ­mas din­ners), and my mom hadn’t had any meat for many years […]

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