Shawn Phillips | Start Strong Monday

Dissecting the Consumer Reports “Health Alert on Proteins” [Part 1]

n the event you’ve been in a media black out and missed it, there’s buzz about the article “Health Alert: Protein Drinks” featured in the July 2010, issue of Consumer Reports Magazine. The article (links at bottom of post) presents the results of tests done for arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury on 15 different “protein powders.”

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You’re Invited to Join Me for the 12-Day Reboot

Traveling back to Denver from a short vaca yesterday I was just feeling “the weight” of what I’ve been eating lately—way too much of anything and everything. And my training has not been nearly intense enough…I’m feeling heavy, soft and lousy… And I’m sick and tired of it. It’s time to kick my body into high-gear. It’s time for THE 12-DAY REBOOT….(You with me?)…more…

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Are You Giving Your Body The Finger?

Like a newborn child, each day is born anew holding nothing but pure potential, possibility and dreams of grand achievement…How did you embrace this priceless gift? With reverence; nurturing your body, mind and soul…or…by giving your body, mind, and energy the firm, stiff middle finger…?

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