Understanding Food Labels and Ingredient Lists: FAQs and Do’s and Don’ts
Almost all packaged foods worldwide are required to have an information panel that contains nutrition facts and a list of ingredients.
A New Way To Understand and Use Abdominal Muscles
Dr. Jolie Bookspan You’ve heard that developing your abdominal muscles will help your lifting, posture and your back pain.So why isn’t it working?
Email Marketing as a Coach: 5 Types of Emails That’ll Boost Client Retention
As a health and wellness professional, your time with a client is limited. Beyond coaching sessions themselves, the only other, typical contact point you have would be quick text check-ins; something like, “Hey, how was the session today?”
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Free Coach E-Book: The Future of Wellness: Top Trends in 2023
What is on the horizon in 2023 for the health and wellness industries?
10 Best Plant-Based Healthy Snack Ideas For 2023 (Easy & Delicious!)
Need some inspiration for some delicious and nutritious plant-based snack ideas you and your clients can make in a jiffy? You’ve come to the right place!
5 Must-Ask Questions to Create a Nutrition Plan Your Clients Will Love
Conducting a client nutrition assessment can be straightforward provided you have a solid grasp on your client’s nutritional needs, fitness goals, lifestyle habits, and mindset toward food and eating choices.
Top 10 Most Useful Articles for Health & Wellness Professionals
Over the course of 2020, AFPA published over 100 original articles; 10 downloadable e-books and guides; and shared hundreds of summaries of cutting-edge health, nutrition, and fitness research publications through our newsletter and blog.
Simple and Complex Carbs: Understanding the Difference
These days, there are all kinds of diets that focus on cutting down on carbohydrate intake in order to lose weight and shed fat. Perhaps the most extreme of these is the ketogenic diet (similar to Atkins), which sets a strict limit of around 20-25 carbs per day. Unfortunately, what many people who avoid carbs like the […]
A Career in Fitness: Personal Training Statistics & Facts
Editor’s Note: This post was originally published December 2014 and has recently been updated and revised for accuracy and comprehensiveness. If you’ve been considering a career as a fitness trainer, now is the time to get started. People are more interested than ever in taking charge of their health, and that’s causing a continued boom […]
13 Top Superfoods Trending in 2019
Do kale and quinoa feel like last year’s fads? Then it’s likely time for some new superfoods to find the spotlight. The healthy foods considered trendy change every few years, and these fads determine what winds up on store shelves (and in your smoothie)! If you’re curious which superfoods are going to catch attention in […]