Starting the day with a glass of orange juice and a bowl of cereal. It has gone out of fashion with many people these days as they make their own smoothies, but for those out there that do, is it part of a healthy diet? Or is it just another…
Welcome to a special review edition of our blog. To celebrate that Crossfit Freiburg opened their doors 3 years ago we would like to review some of our sport related blogs during that time.
Not literately of course, I think that goes without saying. Today we bring you a publication from The American Journal of Pathology that warns against eating iron rich food such as spinach and drinking green tea at the same time.
Another publication about nuts and snacking for you. This time, overweight children were given peanuts to snack on.
Today, we are talking functional foods, i.e. food that has added functions such as disease prevention or health promoting benefits.
If you’re getting on in years, have suffered from heart failure, and want to improve your exercise endurance, then a daily glass of beetroot juice could be the way to go. And I’d assume this could also be beneficial for those wishing to improve their sport performance in general.
Yes, that is the news from a paper that has been accepted for publication in the journal Food and Function.
We’ve all heard that we should get our daily dose of fresh fruit and vegetables, whether that be the 5 a day or 7. But what about a daily dose of mushrooms?
We all know that snacking in general is not recommended. But if you do need to snack on something, try leaving those crisps (or chips if you prefer) on the shelf and reach for some almonds instead.
Barley, not only the base for one of the best types of drinks around, it turns out that it can help against obesity and metabolic syndrome.