Stop Drinking Soda, You’ll Lose 14.6 Pounds Per Year

Posted by Bryan DiSanto on Apr 13, 2012 in Diet It UP

Stop drinking soda–you could lose 5, 10, 15 lbs or even more without lifting a single weight, running an inch, or following any ridiculous no-carb crash diet. In fact, if you cut out 1 Coke per day…ONE…you’d lose 14.6 pounds per year. Who said weight loss wasn’t simple?

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The Best and Worst Summer Drinks for Your Belly

Posted by Bryan DiSanto on Apr 13, 2012 in Alcohol & Drinking, Diet It UP, Health It UP

As fun and seasonal as they are, umbrella cocktails will quickly turn your rock-solid, hard-earned beach body into a fatty, unflattering mess. Avoid the following drinks to keep your waistline slim and trim, and save yourself the hassle of buying a bigger bikini come August.

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Protein: The #1 Tool for Building a Lean, Muscular Physique

Posted by Bryan DiSanto on Apr 13, 2012 in Burn It UP, Diet It UP

*Please refer to our updated article on protein and top protein sources (4/2014). I’m a HUGE proponent of getting a lot of protein in the diet, and it’s not all about building huge, beefy muscles (although it helps a lot if that’s what you’re going for). Put plain and simply, protein is the “leanness” nutrient. It helps pack on toned-up, rock hard new muscle, preserves the muscle that the body (and you) busted its ass to build up, and elevates the body’s metabolism, burning extra calories than normal and shredding off nasty body fat/cellulite. I’ll be blunt — becoming lean, toned, and ripped up requires two simple steps: 1. building muscle tone & 2. shredding body fat. Eating protein constantly throughout the day does both simultaneously. Here’s how:   Building muscle tone. In the world of sports nutrition there’s a...

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Uberfood: Cinnamon

Posted by Bryan DiSanto on Apr 13, 2012 in Diet It UP, Health It UP, Uberfoods

No doubt cinnamon tastes absolutely phenomenal when paired with sweet, fatty, sugary deliciousness, but on its own cinnamon is one of the healthiest substances on earth. It’s pretty incredible that a little sprinkle of brown, aromatic, heart-warming ground cinnamon can pack a multitude of health benefits. Here’s to cinnamon and recreating its image as a health food.

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Uberfood: Oatmeal

Posted by Bryan DiSanto on Apr 13, 2012 in Diet It UP, Recipes, Uberfoods

Oatmeal is one of the healthiest foods on the planet. Really…oatmeal!? Yup, it’s up there with other health powerhouses like salmon, acai, almonds, quinoa, flax, chia, and kale–just to name a few. In its natural form (not with added sugar or preservatives, I’m talking about 100% natural Quaker oats/steel-cut oats) oatmeal is as healthy as it gets, and it’s perfect for weight-loss. Here are a few of the reasons why oatmeal shoots to the top of health food kingdom.

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Lack the Motivation to Get in Shape? Try Visualization

Posted by Bryan DiSanto on Apr 12, 2012 in Diet It UP, Health It UP

Lets be serious…if everyone was psyched to exercise and eat right all the time, 35% of America wouldn’t be obese. That’s just not the reality that we live in. The key to motivation is visualization…

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The Lean It UP Calorie and BMI Calculator To Gain, Lose, or Maintain Weight

Posted by Bryan DiSanto on Apr 12, 2012 in Diet It UP, Health It UP, Nutrition Science, Tools

To simplify the calorie calculation process (to gain, lose, or maintain weight), we’ve developed a simple calorie calculator to find your personalized level to gain, lose, or maintain weight. It requires that you to input your body fat %, weight, and TDEE multiplier (total daily energy expenditure) and voila, it’ll spit out your very own personal daily caloric requirements for any situation. Additionally, although BMI is a horrible metric to gauge whether or not someone should be classified as underweight, normal, overweight, or obese, we’ve built in a simplified BMI calculator that requires you to only input your height and weight. BMI is a widely used and recognized metric to determine the overweight & obese percentage of the population. You can download it here: The Lean It UP Calorie Calculator and BMI Calculator Tweet Follow Lean It UP on Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest for real-time fitness/nutrition tips, advice,...

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A Picture of HFCS and Obesity…or Two [Infographics]

Posted by Bryan DiSanto on Apr 12, 2012 in Diet It UP, Health It UP, Nutrition Science

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 found in dairy products; fructose, which is found in fruits; and glucose, which is a product of carbohydrate breakdown. These sugars are not chemically identical and have much different effects on the body’s blood sugar levels. Most fruits have a relatively low glycemic index value (low glycemic index foods raise blood sugar levels at a slower rate). Even though they’re high in sugar,...

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