http://www.bryantheryan.com Challenging conventional wisdom about nutrition, fitness and overall health Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:23:22 +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/what-i-eat-and-why http://www.bryantheryan.com/what-i-eat-and-why#comments Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:49:38 +0000 Ryan http://www.bryantheryan.com/?p=383 http://www.bryantheryan.com/what-i-eat-and-why/feed 6 http://www.bryantheryan.com/the-case-against-grocery-store-meat http://www.bryantheryan.com/the-case-against-grocery-store-meat#comments Sun, 11 Jul 2010 13:50:43 +0000 Ryan http://www.bryantheryan.com/?p=353 photo credit: gregor_y Where does our meat come from? Well it sure as shit does not come from the grocery store.]]> http://www.bryantheryan.com/the-case-against-grocery-store-meat/feed 6 http://www.bryantheryan.com/the-case-against-supermarket-fruits-and-veggies http://www.bryantheryan.com/the-case-against-supermarket-fruits-and-veggies#comments Sun, 04 Jul 2010 13:00:09 +0000 Ryan http://www.bryantheryan.com/?p=397 photo credit: rick Is their a difference in the food we buy from a grocery store and the food we pick our backyard? You better believe it!]]> http://www.bryantheryan.com/the-case-against-supermarket-fruits-and-veggies/feed 1 http://www.bryantheryan.com/fruit-juice-beyond-the-label http://www.bryantheryan.com/fruit-juice-beyond-the-label#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 22:39:43 +0000 Ryan http://www.bryantheryan.com/?p=404 photo credit: baube1942 We have mistakenly associated fruit juice as being just as good as fruit in terms of nutritional content. Unknown to many is that fruits juice is not anything like the live, whole fruit that we pick off of a bush or purchase from a farmers market.]]> http://www.bryantheryan.com/fruit-juice-beyond-the-label/feed 4 http://www.bryantheryan.com/why-we-cant-sleep-and-what-we-can-do-about-it http://www.bryantheryan.com/why-we-cant-sleep-and-what-we-can-do-about-it#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 21:37:52 +0000 Ryan http://www.bryantheryan.com/?p=417 Last post I wrote about the awesomeness of sleeping. But what can we do if we spend our nights staring at the ceiling in hopes of drifting off to sleep?]]> http://www.bryantheryan.com/why-we-cant-sleep-and-what-we-can-do-about-it/feed 1 http://www.bryantheryan.com/6-reasons-why-we-need-sleep http://www.bryantheryan.com/6-reasons-why-we-need-sleep#comments Wed, 19 May 2010 21:32:15 +0000 Ryan http://www.bryantheryan.com/?p=415 credit: Pentax K-x How important is sleep? Really f**king important. ]]> http://www.bryantheryan.com/6-reasons-why-we-need-sleep/feed 1 http://www.bryantheryan.com/why-should-we-care-about-our-health http://www.bryantheryan.com/why-should-we-care-about-our-health#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 20:48:03 +0000 Ryan http://www.bryantheryan.com/?p=302 photo credit: tibchris As important as our outward image is to ourselves and (more likely) those around us, the importance of health goes much deeper and affects areas of our lives that we often overlook.]]> http://www.bryantheryan.com/why-should-we-care-about-our-health/feed 0 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/milk-myth http://www.bryantheryan.com/milk-myth#comments Sat, 01 May 2010 03:27:58 +0000 Ryan http://www.bryantheryan.com/?p=391 credit: kevinspencer Cow's milk has been touted as being a great source of calcium and vitamin D, which are vital for healthy bones. However, the propaganda promoting milk and strong bones has become so ingrained in our culture that we believe if we do not drink milk, then our bones will deteriorate into nothing and we will turn into a massive heap of blood, muscle and guts. The propaganda that we are feed, on a daily basis, covers up the truths behind what milk really is and has vastly exaggerated the benefits that are associated with dairy consumption. ]]> http://www.bryantheryan.com/milk-myth/feed 8