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HOW TO FORM HEALTHY EATING HABITS - Part 2
Today we continue the topic of forming better eating habits. As we mentioned in the previous article, counting calories and carbs and such, is not what you should be doing. It's a waste of time to play that charade. Drinking too much water (or any liquid) is also a mistake. It's all about finding a fundamental balance. Nobody can give it to you - you have to find it, and changing your understanding and concept of food will help you do it. Easy access to food enables bad habits. If you had to go chase it or gather it before... [Continue reading...]

HOW TO FORM HEALTHY EATING HABITS
We have written a while ago about eating before training, and nutrition and running. Today we'd like to bring to your attention your eating habits in general. Before we can talk about bad eating habits, we should define good ones. So, what are good eating habits? Those are the ones formed by maintaining the perception of balance. Perception is fascinating. Have you ever noticed how babies operate with food? They demand it when they need it and couldn't care less about it when they are not hungry. They eat certain foods and do not want others, some times they eat... [Continue reading...]

THE TRUTH ABOUT BREAKFAST
NOT EVERYBODY HAS IT – AND IT'S OK. No you're not weird for not wanting to eat early in the morning. A lot of people skip breakfast, and it's ok as long as you're not hungry. Don't eat if your body is not asking for it. Why stuff it with something it doesn't yet need? IT HAS TO BE EARNED. Food is our source of energy. In order to have the need to replenish the energy, we have to spend it and have the space available for new stuff to come in. That is natural and healthy. NOT THE... [Continue reading...]

ICE-COLD WATER AND YOU
There are lots of myths about drinking ice-cold water (hydration) and regulating the temperature of the body. No question, a glass of ice-cold water on a hot day gives you tremendous satisfaction by cooling your mouth and stomach. But does it really satisfy your thirst? Does it deliver water immediately to all your tissues and cells? Does it cool down your body, and reduce its temperature? I have no idea where these opinions come from, either from somebody's personal experience of cooling perception or just from anecdotal info passed from one friend to another. Theoretically, according to "The Biology of... [Continue reading...]

HOW TO EAT BEFORE TRAINING
Needless to say, how important this topic is for runners of all levels. It usually takes one quite a long time to figure out his best individual diet through positive and negative experience of using tons of advise from different sources (books, magazines, web sites, coaches, athletes and friends). I am not going to advise you any certain diet, but I would like to set up your mind in a certain direction to help you find out the essence of this problem. During your experimental time you could find something suitable for you, but you’ll still want to have something... [Continue reading...]

NUTRITION AND RUNNING
Certainly, it is not about obesity problem among runners, but it's similar to it from a common sense point of view: what to eat and how to eat? This topic always comes up in our discussion, no matter how much I try to avoid it. In running this is the most provocative and uncertain topic (after technique, of course). After the question about the mileage you need to run, the next one will be certainly be: what and how I am supposed to eat? I am usually getting into sarcastic mood at this point, because we are supposed to know... [Continue reading...]