http://dougfioranelli.com Tue, 24 Apr 2012 07:05:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://dougfioranelli.com/nutrition/is-your-toothpaste-doing-more-harm-than-good/ http://dougfioranelli.com/nutrition/is-your-toothpaste-doing-more-harm-than-good/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 08:39:20 +0000 Doug http://dougfioranelli.com/?p=2074 This past week I was away at a workshop to learn more about flexibility, fascia and stretching (future fascinating article coming soon).  I was sharing a room with another friend and when I was washing up one evening I noticed his toothpaste on the sink counter and it got me thinking about the controversy surrounding [...]

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]]> http://dougfioranelli.com/nutrition/food-sources-with-high-omega-3-fatty-acids/feed/ 0 http://dougfioranelli.com/nutrition/should-you-supplement-can-you-build-muscle-with-branched-chain-amino-acids/ http://dougfioranelli.com/nutrition/should-you-supplement-can-you-build-muscle-with-branched-chain-amino-acids/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 06:11:20 +0000 Doug http://dougfioranelli.com/?p=1825 It’s been a while since I have added another article to the Should You Supplement Series and I have not written on the topic because I initially thought I covered everything I wanted to.  Personally, I do not supplement much.  I always prefer that individuals establish a diet from a wide variety of healthy whole [...]

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]]> http://dougfioranelli.com/nutrition/facts-about-soy/feed/ 3 http://dougfioranelli.com/nutrition/five-fat-sources-for-optimal-health/ http://dougfioranelli.com/nutrition/five-fat-sources-for-optimal-health/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 05:37:40 +0000 Doug http://dougfioranelli.com/?p=1182 I find it interesting that where healthy diets are concerned there has been a huge push away from trans fats and more of a trend towards natural and organic food.  While this is a step in the right direction, I also find it interesting that there is still a stigma that fat in your diet [...]

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