http://www.bryantheryan.com Challenging conventional wisdom about nutrition, fitness and overall health Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:42:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.bryantheryan.com/can-we-be-healthy-100-of-the-time http://www.bryantheryan.com/can-we-be-healthy-100-of-the-time#comments Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:10:58 +0000 Ryan http://www.bryantheryan.com/?p=162 Eating 100% "healthy" is impossible to do. No matter how motivated an individual or well intentioned they are, eventually we cave. The size of the cave is the difference between having a body like Kevin James and having a body like Megan Fox.]]> http://www.bryantheryan.com/can-we-be-healthy-100-of-the-time/feed 6 http://www.bryantheryan.com/do-calories-matter http://www.bryantheryan.com/do-calories-matter#comments Thu, 06 May 2010 19:17:29 +0000 Ryan http://www.bryantheryan.com/?p=371 photo credit: TheTruthAbout... I am always preaching to take your health into your own hands. I practice what I preach. So I asked myself "What is a calorie and how is relevant to nutrition and exercise?" As I have never been one to count calories and always wondered why people stress over such things. The following article is a culmination of my research and my current stance on the calorie counting debate.]]> http://www.bryantheryan.com/do-calories-matter/feed 0 http://www.bryantheryan.com/the-couch-potatos-guide-to-exercise http://www.bryantheryan.com/the-couch-potatos-guide-to-exercise#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:18:44 +0000 Ryan http://www.bryantheryan.com/?p=253 Beginning to exercise can often be overwhelming and scary. Over coming fears and anxieties towards exercise is the number one step in beginning to exercise. Also, their are many myths that are associated with going from couch potato to gym goer. This article highlights these fallacies and provides simple, common sense recommendations to start exercising. ]]> http://www.bryantheryan.com/the-couch-potatos-guide-to-exercise/feed 5 http://www.bryantheryan.com/do-we-have-to-eat-3-meals-a-day http://www.bryantheryan.com/do-we-have-to-eat-3-meals-a-day#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:35:35 +0000 Ryan http://www.bryantheryan.com/?p=150 Somewhere in the transition from caveman to modern human, we lost our ability to listen to our bodies and eat when we need energy. Instead we listen to General Mills and other food companies who tell us to eat breakfast, lunch and diner at 8AM, noon and 6PM (roughly).]]> http://www.bryantheryan.com/do-we-have-to-eat-3-meals-a-day/feed 7 http://www.bryantheryan.com/food-is-the-answer-not-mens-health http://www.bryantheryan.com/food-is-the-answer-not-mens-health#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:37:50 +0000 Ryan http://www.bryantheryan.com/?p=63 http://www.bryantheryan.com/food-is-the-answer-not-mens-health/feed 5 http://www.bryantheryan.com/how-do-i-lose-weight-focus-on-food http://www.bryantheryan.com/how-do-i-lose-weight-focus-on-food#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:46:13 +0000 Ryan http://www.bryantheryan.com/?p=46 http://www.bryantheryan.com/how-do-i-lose-weight-focus-on-food/feed 12