Micronutrients: The Unseen Foods

You may have heard the word macronutrients before. If you haven’t, you’ve still probably heard of carbohydrates, protein, or fat. Carbs, protein, and fat are macronutrients, the main components of your diet. You need a large amount of carbs, protein, and fat to keep your…

Ending Your Fear of Bread (And Carbs) (Persuasive)

Making Macros Not Scary

Macronutrients is a fancy word, a scary word. It can throw people off from improving their diet, simply because it’s too scary, or too hard to understand. But it’s not as complicated as it may seem.

Breaking the Myth on Fad Diets: What Really Works (Synthesis) (2)

What to do if you hate running

Personally, I love to run. I crave it when the weather turns cold and…

Exercising for Beginners

I was the kind of kid who dreaded gym class for most of middle school. I’ve never had hand-eye coordination, and I couldn’t kick or throw a ball to save my life. The only sport I ever played was softball when I was 8, and I was awful at it. I quit gymnastics after a few years and…

Does fat really make you fat?

Fat is a scary word. Society has this connotation associated with the word fat, that makes fat seem bad. It seems like every food is…

What Exercise and Healthy Food Does to Your Body (1)

Everyone says that it’s important to exercise. Doctors, PE teachers, and celebrities alike all preach the importance of exercising and staying healthy. So why don’t more people do it?

All Your Questions About Weight Answered

Weight is a sensitive subject. It’s something that’s considered rude for men to ask women to about, and it’s something many people are self conscious about. It can be hard to know how much you should weigh, and it can be easy to compare yourself to others.

Let’s Talk About Protein

Protein. As a child, your parents probably made you drink all of your milk and take “just three more bites” of your meat at dinner so you could get your protein and grow “big and strong.” There’s all kinds of diets involving protein, and all kinds of stigmas surrounding it. The common…