Serving Size 1oz (about 28 peanuts) = 170 calories

Peanuts are technically a legume, they’re rich in folate (which helps produce and maintain new cells), oleic acid, and resveratrol, the heart-healthy antioxidant found in red wine and dark chocolate.  If you boil peanuts in the shell, cup for cup, you’ll get more resveratrol than in raw ones or peanut butter, in amounts comparable to a 5-ounce glass of red wine.

Nutty Ideas:  Drizzle a handful with melted dark chocolate and refrigerate until firm for a healthy dessert.  Add shelled nuts to stir-fries for an added crunch. 

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One thing that exercise can do for you is to improve your overall physical state. Many people who workout find that they become stronger and have more strength throughout the day. Exercise also boosts the immune system, making it easy for you to ward off illnesses and diseases. This is an especially vital benefit to anyone who is going for cancer treatment and has a weakened immune system because of the medications and therapies that they are going for.

Working out more regularly also has a number of mental benefits for you as well. When you workout, your body is going to be releasing endorphins that make you feel good. You will find that these endorphins help to give you a mood boost that lasts the rest of the day. When you enjoy working out, you will also find that it gives you something to look forward to and to enjoy when you feel like your whole life revolves around going for treatment for your cancer. The key is to find a good workout that you actually like doing so that you do not feel either bored or overwhelmed while doing it.

You need to first speak with your doctor before you actually begin making major changes to your lifestyle. Only your healthcare professional knows what is right for you and will be able to make smart decisions concerning your overall health. The best thing for you to do is to discuss different exercises that you can do when you are undergoing cancer treatment so that you know what you should be doing to improve your health and wellbeing. From there, it is up to you to find a good exercise that provides all of these benefits and that you will enjoy doing every few days of the week.

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I personally look for a bar that meets the following criteria:

1. Good source of protein (NO SOY)
2. Low sugar (5 grams or less)
3. Moderate total fat (less than 10 grams)
4. Moderate “clean” carbohydrates (15 to 30 grams max)
5. Gluten Free
6. Low to moderate calories per bar (170 to 200 calories per bar)
7. High Fiber 15 to 30 grams
8. Taste Great

As you can imagine it is difficult to find a bar that meets all of the above.

Well it’s your lucky day, I have done all the research and sampling for you.  My bar of choice is the Quest Bar.  It meets all of the above criteria and most importantly it taste GREAT!

My favorite flavors are:

• Chocolate Brownie
• Vanilla Almond Crunch
• Apple Pie

You can purchase these bars online or at your local Vitamin Shoppe.

If you have any question, feel free to ask.  I hope this helps

Health and Happiness,

Jay Nixon CNS, CFNC, CPT

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1.  Leave your cell phone in the car! If you can text, talk or Facebook, you are not working out!

2.  The machines are not resting stations. You are not at the gym to sit down or talk on your phone.  You should be in consent movement from the time you enter the gym until you get in your car to drive home.  You don’t need to rest in-between sets.  I rest about 10 to 15 seconds between sets, just enough time to change the weight or get a sip of water.  You are supposed to be tired and out of breath…this is a good thing.

3.  Stop doing the weighted ab machine!  You know the one I’m talking about.  You sit down, grab the handles and start crunching like a crazy person.  This is NOT going to help you lose weight or give you “abs”.  The ONLY way to see those elusive abdominal muscles is to lose the layers of fat they are hiding behind.

4.  Stop “walking” on the treadmill!  Walking is not exercise, if it was we wouldn’t be having this conversation and we would all be fit and healthy.  RUN!!!  I’m not saying you have to run fast or far, but you do have to run….and yes, I know it’s hard.

5.  Hire a trainer!  Not some joker with an online certificate from Bob’s Personal Training Certification.  A real trainer who knows what they are doing.  Find a training that looks like you want to look.  If he or she is not in AMAZING shape do NOT hire them.  As someone who helps people with their health and fitness I feel like it is my responsibility to be a great shape.  My body is my business card and I feel like I owe it to the people who trust me with the fitness to take my personal fitness seriously.

Bonus Tip: Train Hard, Eat Clean and Have Fun!!!

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(CBS News) Modern wheat is a “perfect, chronic poison,” according to Dr. William Davis, a cardiologist who has published a book all about the world’s most popular grain.

Davis said that the wheat we eat these days isn’t the wheat your grandma had: “It’s an 18-inch tall plant created by genetic research in the ’60s and ’70s,” he said on “CBS This Morning.” “This thing has many new features nobody told you about, such as there’s a new protein in this thing called gliadin. It’s not gluten. I’m not addressing people with gluten sensitivities and celiac disease. I’m talking about everybody else because everybody else is susceptible to the gliadin protein that is an opiate. This thing binds into the opiate receptors in your brain and in most people stimulates appetite, such that we consume 440 more calories per day, 365 days per year.”

Asked if the farming industry could change back to the grain it formerly produced, Davis said it could, but it would not be economically feasible because it yields less per acre. However, Davis said a movement has begun with people turning away from wheat – and dropping substantial weight.

“If three people lost eight pounds, big deal,” he said. “But we’re seeing hundreds of thousands of people losing 30, 80, 150 pounds. Diabetics become no longer diabetic; people with arthritis having dramatic relief. People losing leg swelling, acid reflux, irritable bowel syndrome, depression, and on and on every day.”

To avoid these wheat-oriented products, Davis suggests eating “real food,” such as avocados, olives, olive oil, meats, and vegetables. “(It’s) the stuff that is least likely to have been changed by agribusiness,” he said. “Certainly not grains. When I say grains, of course, over 90 percent of all grains we eat will be wheat, it’s not barley… or flax. It’s going to be wheat.

“It’s really a wheat issue.”

Some health resources, such as the Mayo Clinic, advocate a more balanced diet that does include wheat. But Davis said on “CTM” they’re just offering a poor alternative.

“All that literature says is to replace something bad, white enriched products with something less bad, whole grains, and there’s an apparent health benefit – ‘Let’s eat a whole bunch of less bad things.’ So I take…unfiltered cigarettes and replace with Salem filtered cigarettes, you should smoke the Salems. That’s the logic of nutrition, it’s a deeply flawed logic. What if I take it to the next level, and we say, ‘Let’s eliminate all grains,’ what happens then?

“That’s when you see, not improvements in health, that’s when you see transformations in health.”

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Health and Happiness,

Jay

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I know I am being a bit dramatic using a life and death scenario when talking about fruits and veggies, but I want you to understand the importance of knowing how your food is grown.  Over your lifespan the cumulative effect of ingesting genetically modified foods and foods covered in pesticides will have an impact on your health.

Know the Codes:

• Organically Grown:  five digit code starting with the #9
• Genetically Modified (NOT GOOD for YOU):  five digit code starting with the #8
• Conventionally Grown (Contains Pesticides – Not Good):  four digits (any four digit #)

Health and Happiness,

Jay

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1. High Phytic Acid (Phytates): Reduces assimilation of calcium, magnesium, copper, iron and zinc. Phytic acid in soy is not neutralized by ordinary preparation methods such as soaking, sprouting and long, slow cooking, but only with long fermentation. High-phytate diets have caused growth problems in children. 

2. Trypsin inhibitors: Interferes with protein digestion and may cause pancreatic disorders. In test animals, trypsin inhibitors in soy caused stunted growth. 

3. Goitrogens: Potent agents that block your synthesis of thyroid hormones and can cause hypothyroidism and thyroid cancer. In infants, consumption of soy formula has been linked with autoimmune thyroid disease. Goitrogens interfere with iodine metabolism. 

4. Phytoestrogens/Isoflavones: Plant compounds resembling human estrogen can block your normal estrogen and disrupt endocrine function, cause infertility, and increase your risk for breast cancer.

5. Hemagglutinin: A clot-promoting substance that causes your red blood cells to clump, making them unable to properly absorb and distribute oxygen to your tissues. 

6. Synthetic Vitamin D: Soy foods increase your body’s vitamin D requirement, which is why companies add synthetic vitamin D2 to soymilk (a toxic form of vitamin D).

7. Vitamin B12: Soy contains a compound resembling vitamin B12 that cannot be used by your body, so soy foods can actually contribute to B12 deficiency, especially among vegans.

8. Protein Denaturing: Fragile proteins are denatured during high temperature processing to make soy protein isolate and textured vegetable protein (TVP). Chemical processing of soy protein results in the formation of toxic lysinoalanine and highly carcinogenic nitrosamines.

9. MSG: Free glutamic acid, or MSG, is a potent neurotoxin. MSG is formed during soy food processing, plus additional MSG is often added to mask soy’s unpleasant taste.

10. Aluminum and Manganese: Soy foods contain high levels of aluminum, which is toxic to your nervous system and kidneys, and manganese, which wreaks havoc on your baby’s immature metabolic system.

Soy’s antinutrients are quite potent. Drinking just two glasses of soymilk daily provides enough of these compounds to alter a woman’s menstrual cycle. But if you feed soy to your infant or child, these effects are magnified a thousand-fold. Infants fed soy formula may have up to 20,000 times more estrogen circulating through their bodies as those fed other formulas. You should NEVER feed your infant a soy-based formula!

Health and Happiness,

Jay

P.S. In fact, infants fed soy formula take in an estimated five birth control pills’ worth of estrogen every day.

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Multiple studies have been conducted comparing ergogenic nutritional aids containing carbohydrates (CHO) against carbohydrate and protein (CHO:N) aids. Several of these studies demonstrated CHO:N drinks exhibit greater athletic performance or energy output than CHO drinks alone, while other studies concluded no significant difference between the two. More importantly, however, none of the studies conducted showed CHO drinks providing greater performance than CHO:N drinks over long periods of high intensity training. The mechanisms behind CHO:N drinks have been hypothesized and researched with limited conclusive information. To reach this conclusive information, several scientific challenges need to be addressed including how the studies are designed, measured, and statistically proven, which are sure to be focuses in the future of sports nutrition.

The science driving the interest in CHO:N drinks consumed during endurance training stems from information widely accepted by sports nutrition experts, biochemists, and food scientists around the world. This information focuses on five key concepts starting with protein consumption. As protein passes through the stomach partially digested and enters the intestinal tract, proteolytic enzymes cleave peptide bonds yielding short chain amino acids that increase fluid transport through epithelial cells carrying electrolytes and other key nutrients to their absorption sites. The end result is an efficient nutrient delivery system. Next, protein provides precursors through a series of reactions responsible for increasing Krebs cycle intermediates. These intermediates are critical for mitochondrial energy production, which often become depleted in the absence of protein. Another hypothesized benefit to consuming protein includes elevated branch chain amino acids (BCAAs) that compete for the same absorption site as L-tryptophan, a precursor to seratonin production. Without BCAAs, L-tryptophan can readily cross the blood brain barrier and cause exercise induced fatigue. The fourth benefit to consuming CHO:N drinks is the consistent increase in plasma insulin, which sustains blood glucose levels and prolongs the depletion of glycogen stores in the liver and skeletal muscle. Finally, as you continue to exercise, your body will eventually resort to protein taken from muscle tissue to be used as energy. As an endurance athlete you want to maintain nitrogen balance through protein consumption, otherwise your body will have a negative nitrogen balance leading to muscle catabolism as opposed to muscle anabolism.

Not all protein sources are created equally. The quality of whole food protein sources are critical when consuming a CHO:N drink. The more bioavailable, the better the protein source. Whey protein isolate (WPI) and egg albumen are by far the most readily absorbed proteins available. Ranking the highest among various protein scores including Protein Digestion Correct Amino Acid score (PDCAA), Biological Value (BV), and Protein Exchange Ration (PER), these proteins are preferable compared to other proteins or free form amino acids. It is important to use WPI versus whey protein concentrate (WPC) due to the filtration process used to isolate the protein and remove unwanted impurities such as lactose and fat. WPC can contain 10 to 30% lactose and up to 10% fat, whereas WPI contains <1% of both lactose and fat. WPI is rich in BCAAs and is quickly absorbed by the body. Egg albumen, like WPI, also contains high levels of BCAAs and has a long history of use by athletes. This purified protein is a complete protein with all of the essential amino acids and also contains sodium and potassium as beneficial nutrients. These proteins are efficiently broken down by proteolytic enzymes into highly absorbable di and tri peptides. Two thirds of all protein absorbed by the body are in di and tri peptide forms compared to free form amino acids. Free form amino acids, especially BCAAs are derived from chemical synthesis developed by scientists using chicken feathers and human hair. The body may not recognize these forms, decreasing their bioavailability compared to amino acids contained in whole food sources such as Whey Protein Isolate and Egg Albumen. Free-form amino acids increase the osmolality of a sports drink solution, which in turn results in reduced utilization and absorption of other key nutrients. The bottom line here is that whole proteins are preferable to free-form amino acids, and pure, highly filtered forms of whole proteins are the most optimal when used as components of a sports drink.

Taking these scientific facts into consideration along with multiple studies indicating CHO:N drinks provide higher energy output, do you want to continue believing protein is for recovery, or know this combination is on the horizon in sports nutrition? Let trial and error be the judge and what works for you, the athlete.

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Coconut oil is also nature’s richest source of medium-chain fatty acids (MCFAs), also called medium-chain triglycerides or MCTs. By contrast, most common vegetable or seed oils are comprised of long chain fatty acids (LCFAs), also known as long-chain triglycerides or LCTs.

LCTs are large molecules, so they are difficult for your body to break down and are predominantly stored as fat.

But MCTs, being smaller, are easily digested and immediately burned by your liver for energy — like carbohydrates, but without the insulin spike. MCTs actually boost your metabolism and help your body use fat for energy, as opposed to storing it, so it can actually help you become leaner.

Health Benefits of Coconut Oil Include:

• Promoting your heart health
• Promoting weight loss when and if you need it
• Supporting your immune system health
• Supporting a healthy metabolism
• Providing you with an immediate energy source
• Helping to keep your skin healthy & youthful looking
• Supporting proper functioning of your thyroid gland

Make sure you are purchasing Organic Extra Virgin Coconut Oil! The only ingredient it should contain is Coconut Oil, nothing else!

I personally eat 1 to 2 tablespoons per day. (1 tbsp. with my morning meal and 1 tbsp. with my afternoon meal)
Health and Happiness,
Jay