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This year global running day took place on June 5 th (it is celebrated every year on the first Wednesday of June)  And to create a bridge with the website content, I will recommend another book. It is not a new one, however I believe it is quite interesting for those passioned about running and not only. Rather a memories book, enriched with many adv …

Today I recommend a book, especially for those who would like to eat mindfully and for those who want to find out more about the concept. The author was considered the “other Dalai Lama”, also it is considered the parent of mindfulness (although the concept is much, much older, he contributed significantly to spreading it in the western world. It is …

Vegetarianism became lately quite a trend, fueled by sustainability concerns and by ethics reasons. Apparently more than 20% of Millennials are vegetarian, within above 8-10% of global population following same eating style. On top, while no more than 10-20 years ago there were concerns on the potential nutritional deficiencies, swarms of studies s …

I am not a fan of putting too much figures/calculations in nutrition advices; however, there are situations where crunching numbers is needed to reach a certain goal. This could apply to sport nutrition or to cases where a fast change in one person’s weight is required. Even so, I will try to give minimum numbers, and to also offer some hints for t …

Making mistakes when choosing our food or through our eating habits is understandable, due to media pressures and (sometimes) less beneficial eating traditions. And when it comes to losing weight, there are some frequent mistakes people are making in their efforts to achieve this purpose. I will go through some of these mistakes, so you can avoid d …

Each moment, between 1,5- and 2 kilograms of bacteria are teaming up with each of us in order to digest food, keep germs away, improve our mood or with many other purposes. It is our gut microbiota, billions of microbes, growing with(in) us since the day we are born. Here are some interesting facts:  99% of our body genes are non-human, 90% of …

Many of us have learned of or followed a dietary recommendation which promoted either the consumption or the restriction of a certain food group (i.e. only proteins or no carbs, or a certain color, etc.). Of course, with guaranteed weight loss in a short period of time, and (of course) without mentioning what it will happen on the long run. But let’ …