Category Archives: Diets

Reading Time: 4 minutes If you’ve tried shampoo after shampoo or a multitude of hair products with barely an improvement in your hair, there’s another route you can take. Honestly, you will not have healthy, thick, glossy hair without focusing on nutrition and some essential vitamins. No shampoo or spray can really improve your hair at its core or follicle – and that is... Read more »

Reading Time: 5 minutes B12 is an incredibly important vitamin. B12 helps maintain energy levels and ward off fatigue and is essential for proper metabolism. Unfortunately, there are millions of people that don't get enough vitamin B12 in their diet. Research suggests that up to half of Americans don't get sufficient B12. Many wellness clinics offer B12 shots as a part of their repertoire... Read more »

Reading Time: 6 minutes The Dash Diet is a balanced diet, designed to get an individual all of the nutrients that they need in a strict diet, with an emphasis on maintaining a reasonable and responsible salt intake. The Dash Diet is similar to some other diets including the Mayo Clinic Diet, the Mediterranean Diet, the TLC Diet, and the Vegetarian Diet. Specifically, DASH... Read more »

Reading Time: 5 minutes Fasting has been a tool used by humanity for all of written history. Food deprivation has been used as a form of religious expression for thousands of years. It's only been in modern times that we could measure and quantify the benefits of fasting, however. Fasting appears to provide incredible benefits to those that choose to engage in the practice... Read more »

Reading Time: 5 minutes Magnesium is one of the many essential minerals that our bodies utilize for us to be happy and healthy. Like Calcium, magnesium is primarily stored in our bones. Magnesium is critical for a whole range of processes that maintain physiological balance, including reproductive health, neurological function, metabolism, protein synthesis, blood pressure maintenance, and DNA Synthesis. Let's discuss the benefits of... Read more »

Reading Time: 4 minutes For decades, diet fads have come and gone at a rapid pace. While some diets, such as the Paleo Diet or Vegan Diet, remain en vogue, others have fallen by the wayside, like the Atkins Diet or DASH diet. Out of all diet strategies, Intermittent Fasting is one of the most effective tools for both losing weight and keeping Insulin... Read more »

Reading Time: 6 minutes Look no further! Here we will cover the basics of intermittent fasting and how it can be incorporated with your current fitness routine, hormone replacement therapy program, or nutrition/weight loss goals. What is Intermittent Fasting? First off, what is intermittent fasting? It's a different way to structure your meals throughout the day(s), which involves long gaps in between where you... Read more »

Reading Time: 4 minutes If you're on this website – an HGH website – you are probably interested in growing. Growing your muscles, your muscle mass, your erections, or even your height. Perhaps you have a child who was diagnosed with growth hormone deficiency and they are considered short of stature. In any case, there has been discussion recently regarding the use of calcium... Read more »

Reading Time: 5 minutes In general, fruit is something that should be a staple of your diet considering that most fruits offer a multitude of vitamins and minerals that are amazing for your health. Not to mention, most fruits are tasty and delicious – nature’s dessert! If you’re struggling to find more ways to add fruit to your diet, consider adding more citrus fruits.... Read more »

Reading Time: 3 minutes Or should I say love it? I do. Love it, that is: romaine lettuce. It's the perfect dieter's dream food: a whole cup of the crunchy, delightful stuff only adds up to about 1.5 grams of carbs and 8 calories. And what a delightful, crunchy texture. Add in some low-fat or no-fat dressing and healthy veggies and some more crunchy... Read more »

Reading Time: 4 minutes Many people in the US are actively trying to lose weight – some polls put the number at over 50%. And more Americans than ever before are overweight or obese, too, so that stands to reason. And millions of us are trying to improve our health, and our ethical interactions with our planet, by switching to a plant-based diet. So... Read more »

Reading Time: 5 minutes If you find yourself running from one thing to the next, have an on-the-go kind of lifestyle, have a large family to feed or just can’t seem to find the time to cook, you might want to consider adding more of the frozen foods to your diet. With such a hectic lifestyle, you’re probably finding that your fresh fruits and... Read more »

Reading Time: 4 minutes No healthy male wants to be feminized against his will. And there are memes on social media and even a few articles in the popular press that suggest that that’s exactly what will happen to men who consume a significant amount of soy in their diets. But is it true? Let’s find out. Soy is often a go-to food for... Read more »