There’s a lot of different ways foods are processed and different types of processed foods. Just cleaning vegetables makes it processed. Not all processed foods are bad for you. In fact, in some cases, they may be healthier than fresh fruits and vegetables. Frozen fruits and vegetables without additives are picked at peak ripeness, so […]
If you’ve heard about the Paleo diet, but didn’t know what it was, you might wonder if it was good, a hoax or just another fad. It’s based on the diet that man might have eaten during the Paleolithic period—2.6 million years to 12,000 years ago. During that period of time, man was not agrarian […]
At LIV Fitness in Dublin, CA, we help clients become their healthiest. That includes diet and exercise. The benefits of vitamin D and the problems caused by vitamin D deficiency became very obvious during the pandemic, with studies now showing that a lack of vitamin D might make a person more susceptible to more serious […]
Low carb diets can be great for weight loss in most cases. However, in some people it can negatively affect the body. For instance, if a low carb diet is too low in carbs or followed for too long, it can cause problems with some women’s hormones. It can cause problems with the menstrual cycle, […]
Do you find yourself dreading working out, when just a few months ago, you couldn’t wait to go to the gym? Maybe you’ve noticed you have more colds or a foul mood recently that can’t be explained. You could have burnout. Burnout occurs for a number of reasons, but it’s often from pushing yourself too […]
Do you want to lose weight and focus on what exercises can help you reach that goal? It’s a natural reaction, but don’t give up stretching just because you don’t think it will burn calories. No matter what workout or movement you do, it burns more calories than you would laying on the couch and […]
Everyone has interruptions in their life that take them away from the gym. Do these interruptions cause you to lose muscle mass? Of course, they do. However, taking a week off won’t do much damage, except making it a bit more difficult to get back into your routine. Just how long will it take before […]
When you’ve finished your workout, you want to celebrate and relax, but is drinking alcohol after working out the way to do it? At Liv Fitness in Dublin, CA we don’t recommend you do it habitually. It adds extra empty calories and hurts efforts to lose weight. Calories come from everything you consume, whether it’s […]
Whether you choose to come into LIV Fitness Center in Dublin, CA, or use our fitness app and workout at home, we provide help. We work with people of all ages and levels of fitness. One of the hardest types of training when people first start is strength or weight training. Most people are comfortable […]
Isn’t it amazing how science finds something new and suddenly it’s all the rage? For instance, when doctors finally realized that some people had issues with gluten, gluten-free options became the latest craze. Unfortunately, even though advertisers equate gluten-free with healthy, that’s not necessarily true. Many gluten free foods are actually loaded with calories, since […]