How Do You Repair Your Immune System After A Lifetime (Or Just A Few Months) of Damage?

Don’t let this be your only defense against infection. I have a friend that from all appearances should be healthy. She is thin and active. Yet she is constantly sick. A cold. The flu. Strep throat. Just goes to show that being hot and sexy... (read full article)

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Real Foods Take On Fake Foods: Butter, Bacon, And Eggs

A few years ago, I was served a quiche at work, but instead of being made with eggs, it was made with half eggs and half Egg Beaters. As the chef, she “did everything she could to make it low-fat.” So I started thinking about all of the... (read full article)

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Maximize Your Performance By Training For The Right Muscle Fiber Type

There was a very interesting article posted over on the Performance Menu forums a few days ago: Muscles, Genes, and Athletic Performance. I’m also going to use these two articles in this post: Skeletal Muscle Fiber Type Part I and Part II. The... (read full article)

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The Best Of The IF Life and Modern Forager From 2008

The Best of IF Life and Modern Forager from 2008As most of you know (or newer readers may not), Mike and I recently merged our blogs (namely the IF Life and Modern Forager) into the Fitness Spotlight in early 2009. Each of our personal sites had grown... (read full article)

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