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Help Lower Your Risk of Prostate Cancer By Eating Pumpkin Pie!

Posted November 22nd, 2007 at 2:54 PM by Adam Jacobs

Section: Nutrition, Healthy Eating, Health & Fitness

Yes - that’s right - it’s OK and even BENEFICIAL to indulge yourself with a piece of delicious pumpkin pie this Thanksgiving!

Thinking that this is some sort of cruel joke? Well think again! As Men’s Health reports:

Eating a large slice of pumpkin pie … will give you about 8,000 micrograms of beta-carotene, an amount Roswell Park Cancer Institute shows may halve a man’s risk of the disease.

Admittedly - there are other beta-carotene-rich foods that are a lot better for your waistline. These include: apricots, carrots, papaya, cantaloupe, spinach, sweet potatoes and mangoes.

However, the holidays are a special time - and after a long and stressful year - it’s time to enjoy!

Moreover, treating ourselves once-in-while is actually advantageous in the long-run. Read the rest of this entry »

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To eat or not to eat? Ten foods runners should know about

Posted January 29th, 2007 at 12:00 PM by Christopher Jack

Section: Running & Training, Nutrition, Healthy Eating, Race Prep & Recov

Nutrition is an essential, but often misunderstood, dimension of any training plan. As a runner you are probably tuned in to the idea of carbo-loading, but beyond that - you may be drawing a blank. That’s why I am going to help familiarize you with ten foods that can help (or hurt) your performance.