http://www.bryantheryan.com Challenging conventional wisdom about nutrition, fitness and overall health Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:23:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 http://www.bryantheryan.com/what-i-eat-and-why 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 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 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 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 credit: Pentax K-x How important is sleep? Really f**king important. ]]> http://www.bryantheryan.com/6-reasons-why-we-need-sleep 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 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 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