Does Canned Food and Bottled Water Increase Your Abdominal Fat Through Hidden Chemicals?

...and 9 Tips to Minimize Your Exposure to these Harmful Chemicals by Mike Geary - Certified Personal Trainer, Certified Nutrition Specialist Author of best-sellers:  The Truth About Six Pack Abs & The Top 101 Foods that FIGHT Aging You may have started hearing in the news about some of the hidden chemicals that might be lurking in your canned foods...

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Body Part Isolation vs. Complex Movements in Strength Training

What you need to know about Weight Training for a strong lean body that both looks good and is injury resistant by Mike Geary - Certified Nutrition Specialist, Certified Personal Trainer Working as a personal trainer & fitness professional, there is one type of question I get all the time that shows that many people are missing the big picture regarding the benefits...

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Junk Foods vs Healthy Food... Does Eating Junk Food = "Living a Little"?

By Mike Geary - Certified Nutrition Specialist  Author of best-sellers: The Fat Burning Kitchen & The Top 101 Foods that FIGHT Aging Whenever I happen to be over someone's house for a party or get-together of some sort, the subject at some point will inadvertently turn to someone asking me about my  fitness book which then leads us into other discussions...

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Make Better Choices When Forced to Eat Fast-Food

by Mike Geary, Certified Nutrition Specialist, Certified Personal Trainer I was out recently with some friends and we stopped at a fast food joint. I hate fast food joints, but sometimes everybody else wants to go there, so you just have to make the best of it and find something at least somewhat healthy. If you're forced to eat fast-food, here's a tip to make sure...

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The TRUTH about Potatoes, Glycemic Index, and "White Foods" - Friend or Foe for Fat Loss?

by Mike Geary, Certified Nutrition Specialist, Certified Personal Trainer Author of best-sellers:  The Fat Burning Kitchen & The Top 101 Foods that FIGHT Aging I'd like to start a little discussion today about carbohydrates... and in particular, "white foods" as well as potatoes. One reason I wanted to mention this is because so many health and fitness...

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Can "Energy Drinks" Actually Improve Your Strength, Endurance, and Energy Levels... Or is it All in Your Mind?

Interesting Results of Study: Can "Energy Drinks" Actually Improve Your Strength, Endurance, and Energy Levels... Or is it All in Your Mind? Plus an important lesson on how to help your mind control your exercise and diet results by Mike Geary, Certified Personal Trainer, Certified Nutrition Specialistauthor - The Truth About Six Pack Abs You may have noticed...

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QUICK NUTRITION QUIZ - How do Your Breakfast and Lunch Food Choices Stand Up to the Test?

by Mike Geary, Certified Nutrition Specialist, Certified Personal TrainerPersonal TrainerAuthor - The Truth about Six Pack Abs Which is a healthier meal choice for breakfast? Meal #1: a low-fat blueberry muffin and an orange juice Meal #2: a cheese and veggie omelet with chicken sausage and a half of a grapefruit Meal #2 is the winner by a landslide! First of all,...

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Is Saturated Fat Evil or Possibly Even GOOD for You?

The myths, lies, and misconceptions about saturated fat and your health. by Mike Geary, Certified Nutrition Specialist, Certified Personal Trainer Author - The Truth About 6-Pack Abs  & The Top 101 Foods that FIGHT Aging I've written many times in the last couple years about the mistaken beliefs in society about saturated fat and the false perception in the media...

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Focus on Both Consistency AND Variability in Your Workouts for the Best Results and to Avoid a Training Platea

by Mike Geary - Certified Nutrition Specialist, Certified Personal Trainer In one of my recent articles, I spoke about the fact that you must alter your training variables that make up your workouts if you want to continuously get good results, whether it is losing weight, building muscle, or toning up -- Exercise Variables for Breaking Plateaus While changing your training...

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Are You Being Exposed to These Hidden Carcinogens in Bread, Cereal, Potato Chips, Fries, and More?

by Cat Ebeling - RN, BSN & Mike Geary - Certified Nutrition Specialist Co-Authors:  The Fat Burning Kitchen You've probably heard conflicting opinions out there in the nutrition world if breads, cereals, and other grain-based foods are good for you or not.  On one hand, you've got the mega-powerful multi-billion dollardollar food companies that...

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3 So-Called "Healthy" Foods to STOP Eating (if you want a flat stomach & healthy body)

by Mike Geary, Certified Personal Trainer, Certified Nutrition Specialist Author of best-sellers:  The Fat-Burning Kitchen  & The Top 101 Foods that FIGHT Aging I was reading a statistic in a nutrition book recently, and this is going to shock you... Now before I tell you the statistic, let's keep an important fact in mind... according to well renowned nutrition...

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