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If your in the Grand Rapids area I have the answer for you…..
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- Lose pounds and pounds of body fat
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Do all this by eating more food than you ever have and exercising only 3 hours per week!
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This is the season for lots of cooking and baking…..
Just a quick note to let you know that these tasty treats can add up really quick…….
Cookies and baked goods are very high in calories and saturated fat.
I would recommend a healthy alternative to the cookies in the healthy “Craver” bar.
You can find the bar here:
http://realresultsfitness.getprograde.com/cravers
These bars are low in fat and all natural.
Your Fitness and Nutrition Coach,
~David Modderman
Filed under Nutrition by on Dec 6th, 2008. Comment.
Halloween is over! But do you still have some extra candy laying around?
Do you find it hard to go a day without some chocolate, soda pop, or ice cream?
If so you just might have a sugar addiction.
Oh no! Does this mean you need to check yourself into rehab or go to Sugar Addicts Anonymous? 
No, not necessarily but if you finding yourself not making it through the day without your late afternoon pop or candy pick me up then you might need some help jumping off the sugar high roller coaster.
When you eat simple sugar all that sugar is absorbed through your blood stream at once. So for that moment you now have high blood sugar. The problem with this is your body has a hormone called “Insulin”. Insulin is a storage hormone and it’s job is remove all that sugar from your blood and store it into your muscles and liver. The major problem with this is insulin does such a great job of removing this sugar it actually removes to much…so from this you will end up with low blood sugar!
When you have low blood sugar guess what? Your body will crave MORE SUGAR. You will choose more sugar and start the up and down roller coaster all over again.
The nice thing is you can break this cycle and kill your sugar addiction with the right plan. Once you are off the sugar addiction you can have twice as much energy and burn twice as much fat than you ever did before.
Your Fitness and Nutrition Coach,
~David Modderman
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I have worked with a lot of clients over the years and have discussed nutrition with almost all of them. I have never ate perfect all my life infact I don’t eat perfect now and never claimed to. But I still feel its my responsibility as a Fitness and Nutrition Coach to educate people on what is a healthy food choice for them and their family and what is not.
That brings us to peanut butter. Most people love peanut butter and you grew up with peanut butter and jelly sandwiches as a kid and still love them today as an adult. But the questions I always ask my clients and others during my supermarket tours is what kind of peanut butter do you buy?
An the answer that comes back 90% of the time is JIF!
JIF peanut butter, looking back that’s what I had as a kid. I don’t think my mom new better. But I do now.
Here is the JIF peanut butter ingredients:
MADE FROM ROASTED PEANUTS AND SUGAR. CONTAINS 2 PERCENT OR LESS OF: MOLASSES, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL (SOYBEAN), FULLY HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OILS (RAPESEED AND SOYBEAN), MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES AND SALT.
What it is partially and fully hydrogenated vegetable oils? It’s a long ingredient name for trans fat! The #1 cause for heart disease in America. It is in JIF and thousands of foods in America.
But David……”JIF it tastes so good” yeah with sugar and transfat mixed in together something tastes so good…is making your health so bad!
Do you know reduced fat JIF is worse than regular JIF? How? JIF peanut butter and most peanut butters have some healthy fats (peanut oil) mixed in with the bad fats (trans fat). Reduced fat JIF Peanut butter actually removes the good fats from the peanut butter to reduce the fat but then leaves the trans fat in. Shocking? I say so.
So what would be a better choice “Natural Peanut butter.” Here is the ingrediants of most natural peanut butters.
INGREDIANTS: Peanuts
Wow! Do you see the difference?
Your Fitness and Nutrition Coach,
~David Modderman
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Last night my date and I went out to dinner. We had a nice meal at the Winter Inn in Greenville, MI. This was our first time there. It was an interesting atmosphere keeping in mind the place was built in 1902.
Not to mention in my opinion it could be haunted.
After our dinner was done we are talking and I was expecting our waitress to bring us the check. But instead our waitress comes out to greet us with not a check but a dessert plate with 4 types of desserts. She doesn’t come out and ask “are you guys interested in dessert?” Or after asking us if we wanted dessert and we said yes then she could have brought out the plate. She just comes out and shoves it in our face like “here do guys like temptation?” Was I tempted? Never… dessert has never been my thing and I had a nice sweet potato and chicken breast for dinner and was perfectly satisifed.
Did I buy my date want dessert? Thats really not important is it? What is important is that unhealthy food is being pushed on us everyday and the person doing it doesn’t think twice.
It could be a waitress who has no concern maybe someone at the table is trying to eat healthy and make better choices. She just wants a bigger tip….(she didn’t get one).
It doesnt matter if its a owner of a fast food chain who doesn’t care that he/she is tempting people through advertisment and serving unheathly food to billions of people worldwide.
Watching the Texas and Oklahoma football game and seeing that 98% of the food available to buy at the stadium is deep fried and has no nutritional value.
Yes, I agree no one is making us eat this food, junk food doesn’t tempt me. But I know for billions of others it does..and ITS EVERYWHERE! Sometimes its the only choice!
I predict soon obesity will be the #1 death in the United States.
Does this bother you?
It should……..
Your Fitness and Nutrition Coach
~David Modderman
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I cheered him on for every one of his 8 gold medals. He will go down as the greatest Olympian of our time. Yet after the article I read about him today he honestly has let me down.
After winning 8 gold medals the millions of dollars of endorsements are rolling in. Being in such great demand Michael Phelps could choose to team up with any endorsement he wanted and get paid handsomely for it.
I read the Michael Phelps foundation and Kellogg’s are teaming up and working together to promote children being active.
This is great news right?
With the rise of obesity in our children, and our kids becoming more inactive every day I honestly believe helping and promoting kids being active is great. Children are now suffering from Type II diabetes, which used to be an adult only disease. Kids are leaving the doctors office being diagnosed with heart problems, and high cholesterol and they have not even reached puberty yet.
Why are kids suffering from all these issues?
The problem is they do not exercise, and they are not active. Their life revolves around the computer, television, and video games. They eat junk food, and fast food. All these foods contain too much sugar, and they are consuming all this sugar while they are sitting on their behinds.
I am glad that Phelps and Kellogg’s are apparently trying to get kids more active .
However, the article shows Michael Phelps on the boxes of Corn Flakes, Frosted Flakes and Rice Krispie treats.
Maybe Michael Phelps doesn’t have much say in what products his face goes on, but I hate to say it I don’t think Kelloggs is really trying to make our kids healthier. They seem just to be in it to sell more of their foods with a superstar athlete on the box. These foods he will be featured on are unhealthy and full of sugar and high fructose syrup and will do nothing to help our kids get healthier.
Michael Phelps also sold out to MacDonalds. So I now guestion if he so concerned about kids health why would he be promoting MacDonalds?
Phelps diet of 12,000 calories per day that was published in the media a few months ago was nothing but junk food! I didn’t come down on him then because being a Nutritionist I know with him being so active if was eating really nutritious food for training he have to eat 3 times the volume of food he was already eating. Since more nutritious food is lower in calories. This would be the only way to get the calories he needed to perform.
We should all know by now that Mickie D’s food and all fast food is poison to us and our kids.
Michael Phelps and Kelloggs you let me down today.
MacDonalds you let me down everyday!
I would love to get some feedback from everyone out there. Let me know what you think about this story?
Your Fitness and Nutrition Coach,
~David Modderman
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Have you seen this new tv commercial ad?
I can’t believe that they are trying to decieve you that High Corn Syrup maybe is not bad for you?
Give me a break!
High-fructose corn syrup is a sweetener and preservative used in many processed foods. It is made by changing the sugar in cornstarch to fructose another form of sugar.
High-fructose corn syrup extends the shelf life of foods and is sweeter and cheaper than sugar. For these reasons, it has become a popular ingredient in many sodas, fruit-flavored drinks and other processed foods. Check your food labels. You may be surprised by how many foods contain high-fructose corn syrup.
Nutrition experts blame increased consumption of high-fructose corn syrup for the growing obesity problem. One theory is that fructose is more readily converted to fat by your liver than is sucrose, increasing the levels of fat in your bloodstream.
The facts about High Fructose Corn Syrup:
Main Points to consider:
Common Foods High in HFCS
- Regular soft drinks
- Fruit juice and fruit drinks that are not 100 percent juice
- Pancake syrups
- Popsicles
- Fruit-flavored yogurts
- Frozen yogurts
- Ketchup and BBQ sauces
- Jarred and canned pasta sauces
- Canned soups
- Canned fruits (if not in its own juice)
- Breakfast cereals
- Highly sweetened breakfast cereals
Problems Caused by Too Much HFCS
- It can lead to higher caloric intake
- It can lead to an increase in bodyweight
- It fools your body into thinking it’s hungry
- It increases the amount of processed foods you eat, thereby decreasing your intake of nutrient-dense foods
- It may increase insulin resistance and triglycerides
Is HFCS worse than sugar? Maybe not but since when is sugar good for for you? Atleast sugar is not man made in a lab.
Avoid it!
How? Cut back on pop, regular and diet and read your food labels it’s in everything!!
Your Fitness and Nutrition Coach
~David Modderman
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Sometimes my clients are shocked when I tell them I eat pizza once a week!
I know what your thinking ”David don’t you preach supportive eating and no fast food”?
Well yes I do…..but you must also realize I preach having a day once a week where there is no rules. I believe that if you follow a sound nutrition plan 90% of the time you SHOULD reward yourself 10% of the time for being good and working hard.
So does that mean I endorse having a Hot- N- Ready $5 pizza once a week?
Well yes I say it’s ok if you can have it the same day every week and you can eat supportively the other 90% of the week. I personally only have take out pizza once every 3-4 months. So how do I get pizza once and even sometimes twice a week and not mess up my plan?
I make homemade pizza once a week….and guess what it’s healthy!
There are so many foods out there that are not good for you when you buy them already premade, but if you make them from the right ingrediants they can be very healthy for you! If you think what is actually in pizza its really not hard to think how to make it better for you.
My pizza has no bleached or enriched white or wheat flour, no high fructose corn syrup (hidden in the sauce), and no hydrogrenated oils.
So without further ado I give you:
DMODD’S WHOLE WHEAT PIZZA CRUST.
Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1 package active dry yeast/instant yeast
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup hot tap water (120 – 125°F)
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon of organic honey
| Directions: Preheat oven to 425°FTo prepare pizza dough, stir whole wheat flour; lightly spoon into a measuring cup and level flour. In large mixing bowl add one cup of hot water and one packet of yeast and let sit for 5 minutes. Combine whole wheat flour, olive oil, salt, and honey or sugar. Stir by hand vigorously until all ingredients are well mixed; about 3 minutes. Then lightly spray your hands with olive oil cooking spray and knead the dough with hands and fist for about 1-2 minutes. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and let rise to desired size. Place dough in greased (use olive oil or canola oil cooking spray) 15 x 10 x 1-inch jelly-roll pan or 12 to 14-inch pizza pan. Press dough to cover bottom of pan and up sides to form a rim. For a crispier crust place the dough in pizza pan in heated oven for 1-2 minutes before adding sauce and cheese. Add pizza sauce of your choice and your favorite pizza toppings; bake in oven 14 to 16 minutes or until crust is golden brown and toppings are done. |
| Servings: Provides 8 servings |
| Calories/Serving: 146 calories/slice of crust only |
| Nutrition:One slice of crust only provides approximately: 146 calories, 5 g protein, 27 g carbohydrates, 4 g fiber, 2 g fat (0 g saturated), 0 mg cholesterol, 37 mcg folate, 2 mg iron and 219 mg sodium. I personally use all natural sauce (low sugar), fresh mushrooms, reduced fat mozzarela cheese.
For the meat lovers: use turkey pepperoni, lean ground beef, cooked diced chicken breast. Veggie lovers: peppers, onions, mushrooms, etc. I make a cheeseburger pizza do die for, just mix half reduced fat mozzarela, and half reduced fat cheddar cheese, and add in some extra lean ground beef (96/4). Did someone say PIZZA!
~David Modderman |
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I went to the supermarket yesterday with a former client of mine. We met there to do one of my famous “Supermarket Tours” For those who are not aware during one my supermarket tours I take clients/individuals through the market for a full hour. We go through each section of the store examining and deciding what are good foods to choose and not to choose if ones goal is improving health and body compostion. These tours are usually eye opening for most people. I have never had a client leave a supermarket tour without them learning something eye opening on how than can improve their nutrition habits. Also, it teaches them how to choose and know what foods to buy and not to buy if they want to achieve their dream body.
Most of you are unaware that their are foods that are labeled fat free that are 100% fat. Most are unaware that most foods that are labeled sugar free contain ingredients that are just as bad for you.
What if I told you:
- Wheat bread was bad for you.
- Slim Fast will make you fatter.
- Most diet foods are killing your chances of losing fat.
- Your kids are being told to eat junk food everyday.
Want to find out why your last diet, and weight loss program was not successful?
Sign up for one of my Supermarket Tours and take control of your life and your body!
~David Modderman
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Is any other food or drink reported to have as many health benefits as green tea? The Chinese have known about the health benefits of green tea since ancient times, using it to treat everything from headaches to depression.
Here are just a few health conditions in which drinking green tea is known to be helpful:
- cancer
- rheumatoid arthritis
- high cholesterol levels
- cardiovascular disease
- infection
- preventing tooth decay
-
impaired immune function
What makes green tea so special?
The secret of green tea lies in the fact it is rich in catechin polyphenols, particularly epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG). EGCG is a powerful anti-oxidant: besides inhibiting the growth of cancer cells, it kills cancer cells without harming healthy tissue. 
Benefits of Green Tea for fitness and fat Loss:
- Appetite Control.
- Increase in metabolism during and after exercise.
How much green tea should you drink?
I recommend 4-5 cups of freshly brewed green tea a day. Bottled green tea is not recommended. Bottled green tea contains less antioxidants and usually more sugar and additives (if sugar free).
Drinking non calorie beverages like green tea and water will surely aid you in reaching your fat loss goals!
~David Modderman
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