Strength Training for Runners

By Ashley Watson

strength-training-for-runnersWhether you are training for a marathon or just trying to get in shape, it’s the time of year that many runners start getting serious about their training. If you want to be in the best shape possible, don’t forget the value of strength training for runners.

According to an article in Runner’s World, strength training can help reduce the risk of injury and improve overall performance. It can also help you keep off those few extra pounds: “Studies have shown that strength training can improve body composition by helping you maintain or increase your lean body mass and can decrease your percentage of body fat, helping you look leaner and burn additional calories.”

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Top 5 Benefits of Sauna Use

By Ashley Watson

benefits-of-saunaAfter I moved into an apartment building with a fitness center, I could no longer justify paying for a gym membership. But the one thing I do miss about my gym is the sauna. While I found many benefits to using the sauna after a workout, here are the top five.

1. Eliminates Toxins in the Body

Sweating helps release toxins that build up in your body. Because many of the toxins from our environment get trapped in the water molecules of your body’s cells, these pollutants are excreted through urine or sweat. The deep sweating caused by sitting in a sauna increases the elimination of toxins—which can reduce blood flow and disrupt cell energy and reproduction.

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My Favorite Healthy Shake

By Karin Krisher

healthy-shakeAll right folks, we’re back again with another awesome smoothie recipe that supports energy and muscle recovery to keep you at your brightest.*

Healthy shakes are a dime a dozen. But delicious healthy shakes? Those are hard to come by.

This one is incredibly simple. It includes just five ingredients and a power punch for your morning or after a good workout. In the spring, it’s a great choice for its green content and for added energy support.* DMG is included to support recovery and oxygen utilization, as well as to support antioxidant power!*

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What are the Benefits of Hemp Oil?

By Karin Krisher

benefits-of-hemp-oilThis week, hemp seed oil kept coming up in our health conversations. As it seems to be a staple of many nutrition and beauty companies’ offerings, and our customers are interested, we decided to look into it a little further. So, what are the benefits of hemp oil?

Some advocates call hemp seed oil “Nature’s Perfect Food.” Derived from the seeds of the Cannabis sativa plant, it does not contain the psychoactive compound THC.

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Beauty from Within: Skin Care Supplements and You

By Karin Krisher

At the end of winter, my skin isn’t what it used to be. Gone is the healthy glow of summers past. Gone is the moisture of humid June air. And sticking with me, of course, is the dry, flaky feeling of five months of freezing. And I’m sick of it.

skin-care-supplements Wouldn’t it be great if I didn’t have to go through these cycles? Wouldn’t it be lovely to have something—anything—to support normal skin health and hydration all year long? Because FoodScience skin care supplements are designed to do just that, I decided that this year I would assist myself with normal upkeep from the beginning, so the end wouldn’t be so…rough.

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Exercise and Stress: The Tips You Need to Succeed

If you started the year off with a bang and are now dragging, this post is for you. If you feel physically energetic but mental fatigue is weighing you down, this post is for you. If you’ve ever been stressed in your life—you guessed it—this post is definitely for you.

Because this post is about making excuses not to exercise.

exercise-and-stressIt’s a slippery slope, one decorated with big red signs telling you to stop and exits that beckon, but that you can’t seem to reach. It’s a cycle, even: you’re stressed, so you don’t work out. You don’t work out, so you’re stressed.

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Winter Running Tips with FoodScience

By Karin Krisher

We know winwinter-running-tipster doesn’t last forever, and we keep holding out hope that we’re almost out of the chill. But here in Vermont, it stays cold for a while. If you’re in a warmer climate, consider these winter running tips whenever gearing up for an especially cold day.

Your main goal should be to keep your muscles warm without sweating too much. To that end, nothing is more important than a serious warm up. Move around a bunch inside, either by jumping rope or mopping the floor, so that by the time you head outside, you’re body is working up to warm. Walk briskly for a few minutes and before you break a sweat, start your run.

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6 Tips to Avoid Food Poisoning

By Karin Krisher

When the Centers for Disease Control published a report about the causes of food-borne illnesses and revealed that leafy greens are largely to blame, I thought I’d better take a closer look at how to protect myself from germy invaders.

What I found was intriguing: I never knew, for example, how important it is to examine cans before purchasing them; a bulging can might mean the food inside is old or damaged. In light of this new information, and our focus on digestive health this February, here is the official FoodScience list of ways to protect your self from food poisoning.

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