Light, fat-free and sugar-free claims irritate me!

September 29, 2016
by Jens Hevike
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The food industry never tires of presenting us with health claims on their packaging that would convince even the most health-conscious amongst us. As you will see the terms “light”, “fat-free” and “sugar-reduced” don’t necessarily mean what you think they do. I’m opposed to the claims of the “healthier”, whatever-reduced

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Bodyweight Training – Starting out

August 7, 2016
by Jens Hevike
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I’m not the only person that works out in Mannheim. We organize our training through Facebook and Whatsapp. Everybody is welcome to join. I met Matthias at one of those meetings back in 2014. He is one of the most dedicated people to sport and a well-balanced diet, in my proximity.

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The crap we eat – An assault on the Western Diet

July 8, 2016
by Jens Hevike
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“A diet loosely defined as one high in saturated fats, red meats, ‘empty’ carbohydrates—junk food—and low in fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, seafood, poultry. The Western diet has been linked to hypertension, heart disease, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes, obesity,and colorectal cancer.“ Western diet. (n.d.) Segen’s Medical Dictionary. (2011). The definition says

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Healthy habits – In control of what you eat

June 10, 2016
by Jens Hevike
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Out of control Nowadays the constant availability of food makes it easier to get more for less and less money. Unfortunately, the primary goal of food manufacturers is to sell in vast quantities to increase their profits. The consequence is that they produce what sells the best. Hence, for them

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Healthy habits – the repeating diet

May 17, 2016
by Jens Hevike
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As I mentioned before what we eat plays a much bigger role in maintaining weight than exercising. That’s why we tackle the matter of a better diet before we actually start to become more physically active – although that doesn’t mean we can’t already start moving, of course! 🙂 In

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Body types – Why your chassis matters!

March 31, 2016
by Jens Hevike
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“Tired of being fat and ugly? Just be ugly!”  – gym billboard. There is a lot of truth to this ad. You can’t do much about certain aspects of your body – most are set in stone by your genes. Others, however, can be changed to a certain degree. Regardless

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Misconception: Women, you got it all wrong!

March 5, 2016
by Jens Hevike
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Men, you are not off any better, though! The misconception/s below are based on what I’ve heard from friends. They are really hard to get over. This is my attempt to get you over them and to do the right thing instead. Misconception #1: Working your abs will let you lose

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Being more massive

February 22, 2016
by Jens Hevike
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Over a period of about eight weeks, I gained around about seven kilograms of weight. I was curious to see how hard it would be. Now I know. Eating 500 kcal or more in addition to my normal basal metabolic rate was not an easy task. Sometimes I really had

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Weight Gain

January 8, 2016
by Jens Hevike
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I’ve never weighed more than a hundred kilograms. Reason enough to give it a try to reach that mark. This post seeks to introduce what diet means to me in general and how the challenge will work. In later posts I want to explore the different exercises that I do

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