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Body Composition and Optimal Health

Why am I still fat?  How can I get more muscles?  What’s more important diet or exercise?  What are the best foods?  What are the best exercises? We get these questions all the time.  Here’s some food for thought: Diet is probably 90%+ of body composition … [Read More...]

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Leafy Greens and Non-Starchy Vegetables

Less than 25% of American adults eat 3 or more servings of vegetables a day.  Eating a variety of leafy greens and non-starchy vegetables is an important part of the TurboCharged program for optimal health.  Large amounts of fresh, high-quality vegetables every day … [Read More...]

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Macadamia Nut Oil

Most of you have heard of Dr. Fred Pescatore.  Yes, he wrote the foreword to TurboCharged.  However, he is also a best-selling author, M.D. and has been helping people get healthy for many years.  Although we do not recommend added oils or fats, especially when you … [Read More...]

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Walk or Run?

A new study concluded that walking equaled running for heart health as long as the same distance was covered.  It was not how long you run or walk but how far. The study included data from more than 33,000 runners and almost 16,000 walkers aged 18 to 80 with the … [Read More...]

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Calorie Intake Down But Obesity Still Rising?

In March 2013, Reuters Health reported on a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, based on the nine National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has conducted between 1971 and … [Read More...]

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70 Million Americans Have Pre-diabetes and Don’t Know It

According to a recent report from The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in 2010, approximately one in three U.S. adults aged ≥20 years (an estimated 79 million people) had pre-diabetes, a condition in which blood glucose or hemoglobin A1c (A1c) levels … [Read More...]

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Everything in Moderation? Not True Based on New Studies

“Everything in moderation” is a commonly used directive for life.  In TurboCharged we state that this approach can become an excuse to eat anything you want.  If you believe that a little of anything is OK, you may want to re-evaluate your thinking.  Based on … [Read More...]