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    BCAAs
    Helder Barroso
    • Sep 8, 2019
    • 9 min

    BCAAs

    Whey protein naturally contains branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs), but people also take BCAAs separately to build muscle or, if they eat...
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    What is in your protein powder?
    Helder Barroso
    • Sep 7, 2019
    • 13 min

    What is in your protein powder?

    If you enjoy pure, unflavored whey protein, then by all means, keep doing your thing. However, companies usually add ingredients to give ...
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    Casein protein
    Helder Barroso
    • Sep 6, 2019
    • 6 min

    Casein protein

    Casein accounts for 80% of the protein in cow’s milk (compared to 30% in human milk, 23% in goat’s milk, and 15% in the milk of sheep and...
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    Sourcing a whey protein
    Helder Barroso
    • Sep 5, 2019
    • 7 min

    Sourcing a whey protein

    Does organic or grass-fed matter? First, let’s deal with that organic certification you might see on a whey protein powder. It means that...
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    Whey protein
    Helder Barroso
    • Sep 4, 2019
    • 4 min

    Whey protein

    Depending on the stage of breast milk production, the protein in human milk is 80% to 50% whey. By contrast, the protein in cow’s milk is...
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    Advantages and disadvantages of protein powder?
    Helder Barroso
    • Sep 2, 2019
    • 7 min

    Advantages and disadvantages of protein powder?

    The global protein supplement market has a current value of $14 billion, and it is expected to reach $21.5 billion by 2025. Clearly, many...
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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 he...
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    What is the best protein powder?
    Helder Barroso
    • Aug 31, 2019
    • 5 min

    What is the best protein powder?

    I get asked from clients pretty much weekly about which protein is the best to buy. If you walk into any supplement store, or even your r...
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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 bo...
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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 ca...
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    The dreaded scale
    Helder Barroso
    • Aug 20, 2019
    • 3 min

    The dreaded scale

    I have a saying " If you guessing you are messing". This applies to anything in life but in the context of my job as coach this is 100% t...
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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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    Guide to increasing your protein intake
    Helder Barroso
    • Aug 14, 2019
    • 2 min

    Guide to increasing your protein intake

    Protein intake is very important for many reasons, I wrote a blog on this which explains more: CLICK HERE However I know eating sufficien...
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    Guide to tracking alcohol
    Helder Barroso
    • Aug 10, 2019
    • 2 min

    Guide to tracking alcohol

    STEP 1: Identify how much alcohol you will be drinking Myfitnesspal is not the best tool to track alcohol, as it typically it doesn't hav...
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    Stress and Food Consumption
    Helder Barroso
    • Aug 9, 2019
    • 2 min

    Stress and Food Consumption

    One of the key ingredients when I work with clients is to manage their stress levels and this is something I am very concerned about for ...
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    Guide To Estimating Calories
    Helder Barroso
    • Aug 4, 2019
    • 3 min

    Guide To Estimating Calories

    When counting calories and macros it can be a nightmare when foods have no nutritional information. There is always a way to track calori...
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    Stress And Cardiovascular Disease
    Helder Barroso
    • Jul 31, 2019
    • 3 min

    Stress And Cardiovascular Disease

    It's one of those unexpected emergencies: you are walking down the street, on your way to meet a friend for dinner. You are already think...
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    It All Starts With The Brain
    Helder Barroso
    • Jul 30, 2019
    • 3 min

    It All Starts With The Brain

    Just think, the next time you are about to have sex, do you feel your heart beating faster?, yourself feeling a little hotter, even thoug...
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    Stress Can Make Us Sick
    Helder Barroso
    • Jul 23, 2019
    • 4 min

    Stress Can Make Us Sick

    A critical shift in medicine has been the recognition that many of the damaging diseases of slow accumulation can be either caused or mad...
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    Why is protein so important?
    Helder Barroso
    • Jul 7, 2019
    • 7 min

    Why is protein so important?

    1. Protein is one of the three main macronutrients that makes up the food we eat. (The other two are fat and carbohydrate.) 2. Protein it...
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