Why Personal Trainers Should Consider a Nutrition Certification

    You’ve likely heard the phrase “You can’t out-train a bad diet.” 

    As a personal trainer, you know that both physical activity and healthy eating habits contribute to long-term health outcomes. To help your clients fully reach their goals you need to address fitness, lifestyle, and nutrition.

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    7 Pinterest Accounts to Motivate Your Nutrition Consulting Clients

    Ask any recipe-hunting person in the kitchen trying to make a healthy meal, and they’re not going to be sifting through old-school cookbooks. These days people take selfies with their food, post pics of every meal, and even share videos with cooking tips, recipes, and how-to demonstrations. It’s exciting and engaging. And that’s what you want when you’re running a nutrition consulting business to help people dial in their diet.

    There’s more than one online resource to point your clients to for healthy food ideas, keep them motivated, and avoid reverting to their old ways. But one of the best places to find healthy and tasty recipes, dieting strategies, and mouthfuls of motivation is Pinterest.

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    How the Gut-Brain Connection Affects Mental Health

    This article is part of a series on Nutritional Psychology and how what we eat affects our brains and moods.

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    How Dietary Factors Influence Disease Risk: How to Integrate Knowledge and Practice

    Hippocrates, the ancient Greek philosopher and father of medicine, famously said, “Let food be thy medicine, and let medicine be thy food.”

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    Protein Intake: What's the Right Amount?

    It may surprise you to learn that protein intake guidelines have been the subject of debate among nutrition associations, sports nutritionists, medical doctors, and other professionals with an interest in nutrition. 

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    HMB Benefits, Dosage, & Nutrition Facts

    There is some evidence that this innovative nutrient can raise anabolism (the constructive phase of metabolism) and promote recovery in trained athletes. As well, there may be some other beneficial effects for the endurance athlete who chooses to use this novel supplement. HMB stands for beta-hydroxy-beta-methyl butyrate. I think we’ll

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    Official Gut Health Course Launch Announcement 

    Official Gut Health Course Launch Announcement 

    American Fitness Professionals & Associates (AFPA), a division of KnowFully Learning Group and a leading provider of health, nutrition, and fitness online education, is happy to announce the launch of its new offering: the Gut Health Nutrition Specialist course. 

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    Eat More or Eat Less? 5 Interesting Facts about Calories

    Most of us are familiar with the old adage that weight loss is as simple as calories in verses calories out. In other words, when we consume more calories than we burn, we gain weight. On the other hand, weight loss can be achieved by creating a calorie deficit. While this covers the basics, there is a little more to the story.

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    Facts About the Colors of Fruits and Vegetables That You Should Know

    As per the USDA's Food Guide Pyramid, we should be targeting 2-4 servings of fruit and 3-5 servings of vegetables daily. However, seldom do we find any mention of the type of those fruits and vegetables. Do the different colors in these items matter, or are they only decorative in nature? (1)  The fact of the matter is that the various nutrients in these food items give them their characteristic color.  So, let us analyze what the various colors of fruits and vegetables indicate.

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