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    Milk & Milk Products
    Helder Barroso
    • Feb 15
    • 3 min

    Milk & Milk Products

    Whilst out hunter gatherer ancestors did not use milk products, there are many healthy nomadic and agricultural societies, dating back as...
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    Carbohydrates
    Helder Barroso
    • Feb 9
    • 4 min

    Carbohydrates

    All green plants produce carbohydrates, starch and sugar, in their leaves through the action of sunlight, carbon dioxide and water. Sugar...
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    Finding Your Maintenance Calories
    Helder Barroso
    • Dec 14, 2021
    • 2 min

    Finding Your Maintenance Calories

    To determine the appropriate amount of calories to consume for your planned muscle building or fat loss phases, you must first establish...
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    Best Approaches To Tracking Food
    Helder Barroso
    • Dec 10, 2021
    • 2 min

    Best Approaches To Tracking Food

    One of the biggest reasons I advocate you should weigh foods, as opposed to measuring their volume (when possible), is because...
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    Why I Hate Rigid Meal Plans
    Helder Barroso
    • Dec 8, 2021
    • 2 min

    Why I Hate Rigid Meal Plans

    The main reason I don’t write meal plans for my clients, other than providing them as an example so my clients can initially see how to...
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    Tracking Calories
    Helder Barroso
    • Dec 8, 2021
    • 2 min

    Tracking Calories

    Accuracy, Flexibility, and Consistency Implementing quantitative changes to your diet is all about balancing these three qualities. If...
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    Hydration
    Helder Barroso
    • Dec 9, 2020
    • 3 min

    Hydration

    LET'S TALK ABOUT WATER INTAKE Water is essential for cellular homeostasis and life and without it we can only survive a matter of days....
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    The Basics Of Fats
    Helder Barroso
    • Nov 26, 2020
    • 7 min

    The Basics Of Fats

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    The Basics Of Carbohydrates
    Helder Barroso
    • Nov 25, 2020
    • 3 min

    The Basics Of Carbohydrates

    ARGUABLY THE CRIMINAL AMONGST THE GENERAL POPULATION WHEN IT COMES TO WEIGHT/FAT GAIN AND FOR THIS REASON THE CARBOHYDRATES TEND TO BE...
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    Calories In VS Calories Out
    Helder Barroso
    • Nov 19, 2020
    • 2 min

    Calories In VS Calories Out

    Total body weight is ultimately determined by: calories in vs calories out
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    Blueberries
    Helder Barroso
    • Jul 21, 2020
    • 1 min

    Blueberries

    Blueberries are a popular food and frequently supplemented. The antioxidant and anthocyanin content of blueberries makes them...
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    The Popcorn Experiment
    Helder Barroso
    • May 19, 2020
    • 3 min

    The Popcorn Experiment

    Have you ever finished a bag of chips even though they were cold and soggy? Have you ever ate stale crisps just because the bag was there...
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    I can't stop eating junk food
    Helder Barroso
    • Jan 28, 2020
    • 2 min

    I can't stop eating junk food

    Helder If only I had more willpower, I could stop eating so much junk food. Can you help? For me this is not the fact that you have less...
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    Cinnamon
    Helder Barroso
    • Jan 11, 2020
    • 5 min

    Cinnamon

    Cinnamon is popular spice worldwide. It exerts numerous biological effects on the body. Cinnamon is frequently treated as an...
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    All About Glycemic Index
    Helder Barroso
    • Dec 12, 2019
    • 7 min

    All About Glycemic Index

    What is the Glycemic Index? The glycemic index (or GI) is a ranking of carbohydrates on a scale from 0 to 100 according to the extent to...
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    Can you gain weight from eating too little?
    Helder Barroso
    • Sep 26, 2019
    • 3 min

    Can you gain weight from eating too little?

    Thermodynamics don’t lie! Thermodynamics is a way to express how energy is used and changed. Put simply, we take in energy in the form of...
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    How much protein do you need?
    Helder Barroso
    • Sep 1, 2019
    • 3 min

    How much protein do you need?

    As with most things in nutrition, there’s no simple answer. Your optimal daily protein intake depends on various factors, notably your...
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    Plant Based Diet
    Helder Barroso
    • Aug 22, 2019
    • 3 min

    Plant Based Diet

    I am kind of fed up with the amount of crap I see on social media, so many claim things that just aren't real, for the sake of selling...
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    Fibre and it's importance
    Helder Barroso
    • Aug 21, 2019
    • 3 min

    Fibre and it's importance

    Many studies show that daily consumption of high fibre diets reduces the risk of developing kidney stones, inflammatory disease, colon...
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    Having a better relationship with food
    Helder Barroso
    • Aug 19, 2019
    • 2 min

    Having a better relationship with food

    Do you have a “complicated” relationship with food? If you find yourself having unwanted food experiences, such as intense food cravings,...
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