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What is the Paleo Diet!? [Infographic]
Over the past year or so there’s been a ton of activity in the nutrition blogosphere, mainstream news, and variety of other publications hyping up the benefits of what’s known as the Paleolithic a.k.a. “Paleo” diet. Honestly, it feels like some sort of nutrition cult…the amount of people who adamantly promote and swear by “paleo” is mind-blowing. Essentially the “Paleo” diet aims to replicate the diet of ancient hunters & gatherers, (i.e. cavemen and everyone else who lived in the...
Read MoreA Picture of HFCS and Obesity…or Two [Infographics]
High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is nasty…cut it out. Although the rise in obesity can’t solely be attributed to increased high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) consumption, there’s no doubt that HFCS has been one of the major factors. You can find the full story explaining how insulin, carbs, and HFCS impact weight loss here, but I’ll quickly recap why HFCS is so bad for the body. The HFCS Story: There are many different types of sugar, a few include: lactose, which is...
Read MoreCalories, Carbs, and Alcohol Percentage in Popular Beers
Nutrition facts, including calories, carbs, and alcohol percentage, for all of your favorite beer brands.
Read MoreWhat’s Hot: Neuro Drinks
If you’ve never had a Neuro Drink, or don’t know what Neuro is, keep listening. This stuff is going to blow up, and it’s going to blow up in a big, big way.
Read MoreThe Fast Food and Chain Restaurant Epidemic
It’s incredible how ignorant America is when it comes to fast food and chain restaurant nutrition. The majority of food/drinks at Starbucks, PF Changs, Outback, Olive Garden, etc. are atrociously unhealthy, yet we continue to send money their way. We’ve got a fast food and chain restaurant epidemic…
Read MoreNews: Stadium Food is Extremely Unsafe, Shocker!
Do you have any idea what’s really in the food you’re eating at a baseball stadium?
ESPN’s “Outside The Lines” exposed the extremely unhealthy conditions at many popular stadium concessions and restaurants. The full access look isn’t pretty, and makes you realize just how disgusting, gross, and unhealthy stadium food really is.
Misleading Trans Fat Labeling
Have you ever noticed that the majority of foods list “0 g of trans fat” on their nutrition labels? The majority of these foods do actually have trans fat, manufacturers simply aren’t required to list it.
Read MoreDays 4-12 — The 12 Days of Holiday Fitness Gifts
Today I’m bringing you an uncharacteristically early Christmas gift (well, it’s my way of making up for my slackage)…a 9-for-1 holiday fitness gift guide extravaganza. As Emeril once said…BAM!! # 4 – The FitBit Ultra The FitBit Ultra provides an original—and quite frankly refreshing—new way to track activity levels. Forget watches and chest straps…the nifty little device discreetly clips to your waistband, belt, pocket, etc. and is capable of accurately tracking # of steps, calories burned, stairs...
Read MoreDay 3: MOTOACTV — The 12 Days of Holiday Fitness Gifts
If you’re looking for something truly unique, cutting-edge, and straight up awesome this holiday season, the MOTOACTV by Motorola might be exactly what you’re looking for. At first glance the MOTOACTV looks like a sleeker, sexier version of the iPod Nano, but let me be the first to tell you…it’s not just a dumb blonde—there are tangible brains and technology behind this beauty. Imagine the perfect fitness device…a super device if you will…that combines the mp3 capabilities of an iPod Nano;...
Read MoreDay 2: Iron Gym Xtreme — The 12 Days of Holiday Fitness Gifts
I’m normally 100% skeptical of all “as seen on TV” fitness gadgets, as the majority are honestly complete crap and a total waste of money. The Uroclub…really…? The one exception I’ve found? The Iron Gym Xtreme. This contraption is an unassuming beast. For sub $30 you get a beyond easy-to-install, full body powerhouse. It’s literally the only fitness gadget that’ll actually get ripped like the stud muffin on the front of the box. I have one and I LOVEEEEEEEEEEEE it. Unlike...
Read MoreDay 1: P90X2 — The 12 Days of Holiday Fitness Gifts
As unbelievably surprised as I am, it’s impossibly difficult to ignore that we’re fully immersed in the middle of holiday shopping season. Seriously…already!? What better way to embrace the holly jolly, red & green shopping season than with dFL’s very own spin on the 12 Days of Christmas…the 12 Days of Holiday Fitness Gifts. Over the course the next month I’ll feature 12 cutting edge, en vogue, incredibly cool fitness/health/exercise products that’ll be guaranteed to elate your favorite fitness...
Read MoreWhere Do YOU Take a Sheet!?
It’s no secret that the energy drink industry is a behemoth…and I’m talking about a behemoth worth nearly $42 BILLION in global annual revenue. A ton of companies are entering the extremely lucrative “energy” space and developing innovative new ways to deliver powerful jolts of energy to sleep deprived, party-hardy, excitement-seeking consumers. Recently I’ve seen these little energy strips—highly reminiscent of Listerine Pocket Pack Breath Strips—called “Sheets” pop up all over the internet, in NYC, and in Vitamin Shoppe’s/GNC’s everywhere....
Read MoreSoda Makes You Fat…[VIDEO]
WOW this is so horribly disgusting I almost just puked…but I freaking LOVE IT! Soda sucks, it makes you fat plain and simple. Watch the vid and maybe you’ll agree with me 🙂
Read MoreSoda Sucks… [Infographic]
Soda sucks…horribly. It causes obesity, tooth decay, and a ton of other negative health effects. Check out this infographic from FitSugar to see the whole story.
Read MoreMMA Fighter B.J. Penn Jumps Out of a 3-Foot Pool…With No Hands (Waka Flaka!)
Today I have an absolutely INSANE video of MMA fighter B.J. Penn jumping out of a 3-foot pool…with no hands. The amount of lower body strength, power, and explosiveness to jump clean out of that much water is pretty much unreal. I’ve really never seen anything like it before…enjoy. And if you want any shot of doing what BJ does in the vid below, start doing my Vertical Leap Workout Routine. Tweet Follow Lean It UP! on Twitter for real-time...
Read MoreThe 11 Best Gym Idiot Videos…Ever
Lean It UP’s collection of the 10 funniest gym idiot videos ever created.
Read MoreProtein…EpicMealTime Style
Protein, protein, and some more protein. 2,530 grams worth…this concoction from EpicMealTime might just be the most epic post-workout meal ever created.
Read MoreYum…Taco Bell Meat Contains Only 35% Beef, 57% Fat
Honestly, it was pretty obvious that Taco Bell wasn’t serving high quality beef in it’s products. Lets be serious…it’s Taco Bell. What’s actually surprising though is that Taco Bell’s “seasoned beef” is not only fatty as hell, but it’s barely beef at all.
Read MoreThe Turkey Tryptophan Myth
Turkey doesn’t have nearly as much tryptophan as America thinks it does…
Read MorePractice Safe Sex with The Situation! [VIDEO]
The golden rule (or one of them): Practice safe sex! Maybe The Situation can help nail that concept home haha. What do you think of this recent commercial for Vitamin Water. Quite ridiculous. If You require medical help, order Cialis pills for erection dysfunction treatment. =”” =”” =”” Tweet=”” Follow Lean It UP on Twitter for real-time fitness/nutrition tips, advice, info, and...
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