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Healthy After School Snacks

When your kids get the after school munchies, serve them these healthy alternatives to pre-packaged snacks:A healthy snack

-       Ants on a log

Spread cream-cheese on a celery stick then add raisins to make ants. A quick and easy kid’s favourite.

-       Tortillas

Dr Macklin Talks Portion Sizes

Weight loss fads may come and go, but in the end, your weight is determined by the difference between the number of calories you consume and the number of calories of energy you use.  Dr Macklin

Janine and Jade's Clean Eating Cookbook

Healthy eating shouldn't be about sacrificing the pleasure that you get from food. If you create healthy meals that taste great, then it is going to be a lot easier to embrace changes to your diet.

Shock Horror: Paul Plakas Loves Pizza and Gelato - Just Like the Rest of Us

Even the super fit, like X-Weighted's very own Mr Paul Plakas crave unhealthy foods from time to time. "My absolute favourite food is pizza. Seriously, I'm a big fan of pizza and if I had to only eat one food for the rest of my life it would be that," says Paul. He also admits to loving chocolate, especially a scoop of chocolate gelato on a hot summer's day.

Uh oh....

Easy Ways to up Your Fruit and Veggie Intake

We all know that we should eat more fruits and vegetables, but managing the 8 servings per day (for women) or even 10 (for men) can seem like an impossible task. Here are some easy ways to up your intake:Casey making a smoothie with his son

1) Grab and go

Foodie Tuesday: Teas for Health

KHAfter last week's blog about high calorie coffee drinks, we thought that this week we'd highlight teas that you could drink that contain zero calories, and might even help improve your health.

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Paul Plakas Answers Your Questions

pppppDear Paul, how and where can I get my true body fat measured? I am hovering at the same weight but am seeing results (in my clothing, strength and appearance) but I want to get a true reading.

You need to find a place that will do a Dexa Scan for you. That is the best method of finding out your true body fat level. I’d suggest that you do a Google search to find one in your local area.

Paul Plakas Answers Your Questions

pppDear Paul, I am 5 months pregnant, and still doing cardio and weights 6 days a week. How many calories should I be eating? And what are some safe core exercises I can do now? I have a few, but they are getting boring!

Foodie Tuesday: Think Twice About that Iced Coffee

coffffffwwwwWhen it's warm outside, who doesn't want to slurp on an iced coffee? Be careful though, there's a reason why those drinks go down so easily: they are often packed full of sugar and fat. Here's the skinny on iced-drinks from Canadian chain restaurants...

Tim Hortons

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Paul Plakas Answers Your Questions

ppDear Paul, how much protein do I need to be eating to build muscle? 

An adequate amount is 1 to 1.2  grams of protein per kilogram of body weight.

Dear Paul, can you eat too much protein? 

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