Linking Stress, Emotional Eating & Soldiers

Research Paper Title Body weight status, perceived stress, and emotional eating among US Army Soldiers: A mediator model. Background In civilians, overweight and obesity are associated with emotional eating behaviours such as eating in response to stress, but this association has not been examined in Soldiers, a population with unique stressors. This cross-sectional study examined… Read More

Linking Dietary Supplements & Ingredients & Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain

Research Paper Title Dietary Ingredients as an Alternative Approach for Mitigating Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: Evidence-Based Recommendations for Practice and Research in the Military. Background Approximately 55-76% of Service members use dietary supplements for various reasons, including pain and related outcomes. This work evaluates current research on dietary ingredients for chronic musculoskeletal pain to inform decisions… Read More

Caffeine as a Fat Burner: Does it Work?

If you are in the process of getting ready for boot camp, you may find yourself trying to quickly burn fat and get into shape. Boot camp is physically, mentally, and emotionally intense; the better shape you are in before going into boot camp, the better. Branches of the military all have strict guidelines when… Read More

5 Ways to Stop Food Cravings

Every now and then, all of us get food cravings. Whether it is at 3 pm in the afternoon and you are feeling a bit tired and bored or it is late at night after dinner, and you just want something sweet, cravings can affect all of us at different times. The only problem with… Read More

Top Healthy Eating Habits for College Students

It is common to see students who are overweight/underweight. This is because they are not eating healthy foodstuffs. The problem is that this affects how they perform in their academic endeavours. Most college students do not know what they should eat to keep their bodies healthy. Others do not know how to handle the foods… Read More

Is Extended Ketogenic Diet & Physical Training Intervention in Military Personnel Worthwhile?

Research Paper Title Extended Ketogenic Diet and Physical Training Intervention in Military Personnel. Background Ketogenic diets (KDs) that elevate ketones into a range referred to as nutritional ketosis represent a possible nutrition approach to address the emerging physical readiness and obesity challenge in the military. An emerging body of evidence demonstrates broad-spectrum health benefits attributed… Read More

Food & Corporate Evil!

“What this reveals is that, despite being pitched as a modern corporate evil, food combinations such as salt and fat, or sugar and fat, are also home-cooking techniques that predate the modern rise in obesity, and aren’t necessarily unhealthy either.” Read the full article, it is interesting: Reference Wong, J. (2019) Food That Gets You… Read More