Category: Snacks
Late Night Snacks
Food cravings often strike late at night. One TV advertisement for chocolate can leave you aching to chow down any treat you can pilfer from your pantry. These munching mishaps can end up costing you. Indigestion, weight gain and interrupted sleep are the unfortunate result of late-night munchies. Feeling ravenous …
Craving Mad
Salubrious Snacking
A growing trend of skipping meals and munching randomly has increased our night time food consumption. Evening cravings and midnight munchies can have a big impact on your weight and may lead to disease. If your night time Netflix session or post-party hunger results in a block of chocolate then …
Building a Diet for Muscle
ZAP members will know their way around the usual machines and free weights. You’ve probably followed programs and understand how important it is to increase muscle mass to enhance strength and power. So why all of a sudden have you hit a wall? Why are you simply not meeting your …
Perfect Timing
My ZAP sessions are not usually complete until I see someone drop their weights and race to slam down a shake. Nutrient timing is one of the most common questions I still get asked about and there’s still too much misinformation being ingested. Here’s the latest on whether timing your …
Which Yoghurt Is Okay and Which Is ‘No Go’ Yoghurt?
The diversity of the dairy industry is soaring in Australian supermarkets. This is particularly evident when it comes tub yoghurt. Where once we simply had to choose either fruit or non-fruit, we now have to navigate through numerous varieties such as full-fat, low-fat, non-fat, coconut, breakfast, tub, pouch, Swiss, kefir, …
Building a Diet for Muscle; Is Protein The Only Way?
Muscle is harder to build and maintain as men and women age. Even during their twenties men will see a decline in overall skeletal muscle and women see a decline in the quality of their muscle mass. So muscles need additional stimulation to grow. They also need a quality diet …