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Superfood or Health Hazard?

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       Throughout the past couple of months, I have seen so many polarized opinions on the consumption of red meat. A lot of fitness influencers recommend eating meat as a superfood and encourage their followers to eat it daily, whereas healthcare providers strongly disagree. So, what can healthy consumption of red meat look like? Why Red Meat?     There is a fitness influencer that I have been following for a couple of years now, and she swears by the carnivore diet.  Here  is a more recent video to get an idea of what she eats in a day. In almost every meal, she is consuming a form of red meat. She is obviously in really good shape and seems to be very healthy.      The image to the left, is an example of processed red meats that are filled with salt, nitrates, and other preservatives, which can severely impact an individuals health.      Though it is quick and easy to pick these types of meats at a grocery store, i...

Entry #1: We Go Jim

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      A little less less than a year ago, I stopped going to the gym consistently. I went for a year straight before school at 4:40 a.m. I would go to school then to wrestling or tennis practice after. During this time, I felt my best, mentally and physically. I was happy with who was staring back at me in the mirror.      I took a complete year off after being consistent for a year, and this is where I felt like I had gone downhill. I was still pretty active. I was on my school's swim team in the fall, wrestling in the winter, and tennis in the Spring, but something still didn't feel right. After school however, I felt like something in my life was missing. I had noticed changes in my body and my mental health, so I decided to break through my mental barriers and go back to the gym.  I've been consistently going to the gym for 5-6 days out of the week for 4 months and there are drastic changes in my overall health. The image below is me now with a pum...

Blog #0: Reflections On The Blogosphere

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       There are about 7.5 million blog posts that published  everyday  and somehow, today I am one of those 7.5 million that is publishing today. I have never written my own blog nor have I been aware that I was reading a blog before, but if watching  Dog With A Blog when I was 8 counts, then I have dabbled in the art of blogging. Kidding.     Over the past couple of days, I have done some research on different types of blogs. The ones I initially looked over were the lifestyle and fitness types. As I continued my search of finding blogs that I resonate with, I stumbled upon music, daily news, drama, fashion, really any type of genre you can think of, there is a blog for it out there.      I think blogs allow for a wide audience as blogs aren't confined to any one genre or any one topic. Any blog can talk about, quite literally, anything the publisher wishes. Reading blogs allows one to broaden their horizon of reading as the...