Finishing Strong…With Chocolate Milk?

Oh, geez….here we go again.  One of the interesting parts of receiving subscriptions to several triathlon and running periodicals is all the curious promotions from random products ranging from compression socks to running water bottles to ‘EPO Boost’ pills to, of course, ‘sports nutrition’. I feel the need to use quotes as many of the […]

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How Do You Say “Lara Bar” in Dutch?

I’m not quite sure, but I don’t need to learn, now that I’ve found two good ‘in a pinch’ options for travel!   I spent my first afternoon in Amsterdam wandering around all the shops along the canals,  throughout the museum district near our hotel and into Old Town, too. I popped into a juice […]

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Claims to Healthy Eating Approaches That Are Just…Not

Why bother? What is the point of stating that something is a healthy food choice when it’s just outright rubbish?   We see this time and time again.   Sugar-rich cereals that claim to be a great source of calcium.   Enriched white bread whose package screams how much fiber it contains.   Entire, neatly […]

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