Category: Stephen’s Corner
Losing it Like a Winner Part II: Vegan Edition
In my last article, I emphasized the not-so-revolutionary concept that eating a diet with equal proportions of carbohydrates to protein can allow one to cut excess fat while maintaining muscle mass. This is easily done by anybody who is willing to chow down on steaks and salads, but for those who, for whatever reason, choose [...]
‘Cheating’ is not Cheating
When you’re interested in developing strength, or some other aspect of athletic ability, proper form is whatever position gives you the highest level physical advantage, and generally pertains to safely being able to use the greatest amount of your body’s muscle power as possible. With a few exceptions pertaining to contest rules, there is no [...]
Stephen’s Corner – Losing it Like a Winner Part I
In my recent post about vegetarian/vegan diets, I mentioned that the real challenge for the non-meat eater is not weight gain, but healthy weight loss. The key word being ‘healthy’. Whether you’re a meat-eater or vegetarian, it’s very easy to lose weight badly, by which I mean losing muscle along with the fat, and effectively [...]
Stephen’s Corner – I’m a healthy Vegan
Too many people seem to have the misconception that becoming a vegan or vegetarian means cutting out meat (and other animal products) and replacing it with nothing. No matter if you’re an omnivore or full-fledged vegan, if your diet doesn’t provide you with adequate levels of complete proteins, iron, and B-12 vitamins, you will become anaemic [...]
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