Meal prep, the bane of every dieter, athlete, gamer, streamer, or person trying to control their caloric intake that is forced to cook their own food. I have seen rhetorical posts like, “Why does it take 7 hours to do meal prep but only 3 minutes to actually eat??????” Herp derp. There are two questions here: 1) why does meal…
If you just want a link to the chart, click here. Dietary fiber. It's important. What is dietary fiber? There are many definitions, which isn't great. The CODEX definition, which seeks to unify labeling amongst many other goals, has this as the following definition: any oligosaccharide of 3 carbons or more, either naturally derived/extracted or synthetically composed, that is enzymatically…
https://youtu.be/yVG8R7dw7kkWatch us stumble through the exciting world of myocardial infarction as I prepare for the CSPS exam. Symptoms, risk factors, diagnostics... we have it all, with an introduction to fitness/health assessments and exercise programming for MI patients. With sources and science words... and mild profanity. The beginning of a longggg series on cardiovascular health. Watch on Twitch Watch on YouTube…
https://youtu.be/7H0wWJ3bWi4Culinary for Cool People presents: Sinigang and the 7000 Islands. We use sinigang as a model for understanding how to cook soup, analyze and modify recipes to meet our macronutrient needs, different ideas about meal prep, and other things culinary and fitness related. There probably isn't that much profanity in it, but I diddddd used to work in a kitchen…
https://youtu.be/zwJVyAfiTbMThis episode covers essential resistance training terminology, strength and hypertrophy training principles, and modern exercise programming paradigms using the concepts of Maximum Recoverable Volume and Auto-regulation, with minimal amounts of profanity! Learn the basics of evidence-based intelligent programming and stop button-mashing when you go to the gym, complete with sources. Watch on Twitch Watch on YouTube View Lecture Slides ©…
This Pollo Asado inspired recipe was featured in Episode 1 of Culinary for Cool People, and features the use of the mortar and pestle to achieve maximum flavor!Ingredients Cilantro Stems, Minced Garlic cloves, whole Onion, minced Turmeric powder Salt Black peppercorns, whole Cumin seeds, whole Quantities 25g or stems from 1 bunch 30g or…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNWwcSH-PrIThis episode of Culinary For Cool People covers the historical and cultural varieties of Mortar and Pestle systems, along with what it can be used for and why to use it. A brief lesson in the biology of a cell and why you'd want to smash it rather than trying to slice or grind it, along with a review of…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLuW26r4VYgA glorious and eloquently delivered evidence-based lecture with minimal swearing on the roles of the hormones ghrelin and leptin in the development of obesity and obesity-related diseases, how they affect weight loss, and what strategies we can do during diet to obviate those issues. Here, we introduce the phasic approach to weight loss, highlighted in the MATADOR research diet from…
For me, exercise used to be the equivalent of button-mashing an arcade console. I’d show up, do some random stuff, or maybe something I read out of a magazine or off the internet or something. Maybe it was high-intensity interval training, maybe it was bro-splits, maybe it was kettlebells, or some bad-form Olympic lifts. It was this hodge-podge of random…