Ditch COW milk and achieve all your fitness goals

Did you know that half of the reason why you cannot lose weight and get healthy is because you consume dairy and dairy containing products. 

Here is a breakdown of what you are putting into your body when you drink cow's milk: 

• Genetically modified chemicals, meant for a cow!
• Antibiotics, meant for a cow!
• Growth hormones, meant for a cow!

And, if you're thinking organic milk is better, it is not, Organic milk is still homogenized and therefore extremely unhealthy for the human body. Milk is known to cause chemical imbalances in men and women and interfere with alot of the bodies natural chemical and metabolic processes. 

So, here is the challenge, cut milk and milk containing items out of your diet watch your body transform before your eyes into its healthiest state ever. 

Did you know! Sleep is 50% of fitness?!

Never skip dinner: "If the body has not consumed enough energy, sleep will be fragmented. One must eat enough to make it through until morning," explains INSV president Damien Léger. The evening meal should be hearty yet balanced and easy to digest.

Have meat for lunch, slow carbohydrates for dinner: Foods that are rich in protein, such as meat, tend to heighten vigilance, so those who have trouble falling asleep may wish to avoid them later in the day. For dinner, focus instead on slow carbohydrates -- such as potatoes, whole wheat pasta or brown rice — and dairy products, both of which are known to promote sleep. It is also important to have dinner two to three hours before turning in for the night.



Make herbal tea a bedtime ritual: Certain plants are known for their calming effects, and teas brewed from linden, chamomile, passion flower, are among those that can help ease the body into sleep. An evening cup of herbal tea is particularly effective when part of a relaxing routine performed each night in a calm, sleep-friendly environment.

Limit caffeine in the afternoon: Most insomniacs know to avoid coffee and caffeinated sodas in the afternoon, but it is important to remember that cocoa and tea are also to be consumed in moderation. Caffeine takes several hours to be eliminated from the body: half of the amount consumed is still present in the blood stream four to five hours after the last sip. For this reason, it is recommended to avoid these substances after 3 p.m.


Avoid the temptation of a nightcap: "Alcohol impacts sleep in two phases, facilitating it before interfering with it later on," says Joëlle Adrien of the INSV. While it may help lull an individual to sleep shortly after consumption, it can cause problems a few hours later, leading to lighter sleep and more frequent waking through the night, or even nightmares and sleep apnea.

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Is drinking alot of water as healthy as it is touted to be? Or will it kill you???

When a person drinks too much water in a short period of time, the kidneys cannot flush it out fast enough and the blood becomes waterlogged. Drawn to regions where the concentration of salt and other dissolved substances is higher, excess water leaves the blood and ultimately enters the cells, which swell like balloons to accommodate it.

Most cells have room to stretch because they are embedded in flexible tissues such as fat and muscle, but this is not the case for neurons. Brain cells are tightly packaged inside a rigid boney cage, the skull, and they have to share this space with blood and cerebrospinal fluid, explains Wolfgang Liedtke, a clinical neuroscientist at Duke University Medical Center. "Inside the skull there is almost zero room to expand and swell," he says.

Where did people get the idea that guzzling enormous quantities of water is healthful? A few years ago Heinz Valtin, a kidney specialist from Dartmouth Medical School, decided to determine if the common advice to drink eight, eight-ounce glasses of water per day could hold up to scientific scrutiny. After scouring the peer-reviewed literature, Valtin concluded that no scientific studies support the "eight x eight" dictum (for healthy adults living in temperate climates and doing mild exercise). In fact, drinking this much or more "could be harmful, both in precipitating potentially dangerous hyponatremia and exposure to pollutants, and also in making many people feel guilty for not drinking enough.

Most cases of water poisoning do not result from simply drinking too much water. It is usually a combination of excessive fluid intake and increased secretion of vasopression (also called antidiuretic hormone). Produced by the hypothalamus and secreted into the bloodstream by the posterior pituitary gland, vasopressin instructs the kidneys to conserve water. Its secretion increases in periods of physical stress—during a marathon, for example—and may cause the body to conserve water even if a person is drinking excessive quantities.

Every hour, a healthy kidney at rest can excrete 800 to 1,000 milliliters, or 0.21 to 0.26 gallon, of water and therefore a person can drink water at a rate of 800 to 1,000 milliliters per hour without experiencing a net gain in water, Verbalis explains. If that same person is running a marathon, however, the stress of the situation will increase vasopressin levels, reducing the kidney's excretion capacity to as low as 100 milliliters per hour. Drinking 800 to 1,000 milliliters of water per hour under these conditions can potentially lead a net gain in water, even with considerable sweating.

But measuring sweat output is not easy. How can a marathon runner, or any person, determine how much water to consume? As long as you are healthy and equipped with a thirst barometer unimpaired by old age or mind-altering drugs, follow Verbalis's advice, "drink to your thirst. It's the best indicator."

Healthiest snacking options

• Sunflower Seeds
• Air popped popcorn
• Soy chips
• Tuna
• Pickles
• Olives
• Sugar-free Jello
• Protein Bars
• Frozen Grapes
• Frozen Mango
• Frozen Yogurt
• Peanut Butter
• Almonds
• Apple Slices
• Cherry Tomatoes

The role of antioxidants in fitness!

Most people when they think fitness, think physical activity, but, fitness extends beyond the physical activity and works hand in hand with a healthy lifestyle. One of the ways in which we can keep our bodies in tip top shape from the inside is to simply stay on top of our vitamin intake, particularly antioxidants. 

Antioxidants are like the soldiers for the body's defense system. They are the first line of defense when the body comes under any type of attack. They are a staple for people that have a workout regime, because they drastically reduce the free radical damage caused by strenuous exercise. 

There are many different types of vitamins all good for separate reasons. Here are a couple great ones that you should consider investing in below. 

Antioxidants, such as vitamins C and vitamin E, selenium, green tea, reduced glutathione and N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC) can play an important role in reducing inflammation and fatigue, decreasing tissue damage, and in both preventing and treating injuries.

Various antioxidants, such as vitamin E, have been found to be useful in the treatment of some forms of arthritis and in dealing with the oxidative stress of exercise. 

A recent study found that a combination of  antioxidants, selenomethionine and epigallocatechin-gallate (the main antioxidant in green tea extract), had beneficial effects on catabolic and anabolic gene expression of articular chondrocytes.

Also, fun fact, a good amount of anioxidants in the diet has also been proven to keep a person looking at the very least ten times younger in age.

Top way in which fitness can reduce and even eliminate stress

This couldn't be more true if it were written in the Bible itself. Exercise is the number one way to reduce an even eliminate stress all together. Particularly cardio, yup.....the one type of exercise that most people stray away from. Personally we think cardio is the easiest of the lot to incorporate into the daily routine and trick the body into perfect health and shape. As simple as skipping the car ride to work and instead leaving earlier and taking a cool walk (depending on how far away it is). Or perhaps walking to go get lunch instead of ordering. Getting friends together after work and going for a run around the city or park, instead of going to the bar. All these things will introduce cardio into your life in a fun and effortless way without it becoming a regimented dreadful workout that you don't look forward to doing. And after a week of moving more you will realize your body feels a lot lighter and things that would usually stress you out no longer do so. 

Skipping a meal equals FAT FAT FAT!

When you skip meals, this is what happens to your body:

• Metabolism slows down tremendously.
• Your body stops burning calories the right way.
• Your body goes into starvation mode.
• When you do finally eat, your body stores away excess food as fat to compensate for the next time you put it int starvation mode.

So, what can we learn from all this, do not skip meals if you are seeking to lead a healthy lifestyle. Especially Breakfast they don't call it the most important meal of the day for no reason!

Bikes vs cars!

Bicycles run on fat and save you money, cars run on money and make you fat!

Bicycles are traditionally used as a form of navigating short distances and more so exercise, but could you image if the traditional bicycle was used for more than just those reasons, and was actually used as a means of getting around even if the distance was a long one. We know! you are probably thinking this is impractical, because you would arrive to your destination extremely sweaty and tired. Since this is an unavoidable truth, let's eliminate those places that call for you to arrive looking your very best and look more at the place that require nothing but for you to arrive alive. Could you image the way this would change the world.

1). Obesity would virtually vanish!

2). Because of the massive amount of endorphins released in the human body when performing even the simplest of exercises, people would actually be in better spirits.

3). The list of health problems this simple everyday exercise would reduce and eliminate(once it is included as a lifestyle) is actually too long for us to type out.

All these things being said, there are a new wave of bikes called electric bikes that are taking the wave in the biking industry that would solve the problem of arriving to your location sweaty for all those who were thinking it. Have a look see at the article we found on electric bikes Traditional Bikes vs Electric Bikes . 

All these things being considered, we suggest including a bike ride or 2 in your weekly routine as a way to improve your over all health, instead of spending money on transport, invest in a bike and watch your overall health change before your eyes.

Check out the amazing range of biking options below and find something to suite you and your lifestyle. 

Foldable Bikes Electric Bikes