Tag Archive: chia

Answers to Your Questions about Protein, Chia, Flax, Soy and Pre- and Post-Workout Nutrition

Jennifer in Michigan with her 1st Place age group award

People ask me a lot of questions by email. When they want me to make an entire diet plan for them, I ignore them.  When they ask "Do You Want Natural Love Muscle Enhance?" I delete them. But when they ask nice, short, interesting questions, I love answering email questions. And I got a whole…

Pre-Race Pinole & Chia Waffles

[pinole chia waffle photo]

Hello again!  This is Christine, and this week I have a batch of vegan waffles to satisfy your sweet tooth!  But these aren't just any waffles: They're based on the diet of the Tarahumara, a Mexican tribe of superathlete ultramarathoners. Ok, I'll admit it, long after Matt's post on Tarahumara pinole and chia, I'm only…

Spicy Cacao-Banana Raw Energy Bars

[christine running photo]

What do you know, another Monday. But this Monday is special, for lots of reasons, not the least of which are that I'm on spring break and my second-ever 50K is on Saturday.  It's also the start of the last full week of my first year of blogging, seeing as I started this blog on…

Sweet-Tooth Friday: Superfood Energy Bars

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Happy Sweet-Tooth Friday!  This is Christine and instead of my normal frilly-healthy-dessert post, today we are getting down and dirty with homemade vegan superfood energy bars. An energy bar fit for fueling workouts There has been a lot of talk about natural running fuel here lately.  Matt's series of posts on pre, during, and post…

Chia energy bars

[chia energy bar ingredients photo]

Chia seeds are all over the health blogosphere these days, so much so that I was beginning to think they were a fad superfood.  But then Brendan Brazier included them in Thrive Fitness, and with all the research he does for his books and career, I tend to trust ol' B-squared when it comes to…

Sweet-Tooth Friday: Raw Chia-Carrot Cake

[christine and vegan carrot cake photo]

Happy Sweet-Tooth Friday!  This is Christine with a very special dessert this week—one that is not only vegan but also gluten-free and raw!  I've never made a raw cake before so I was pretty skeptical, but this cake was packed with amazing fresh flavor! Ch-ch-ch-chia! Ok my apologies, but there has been a lot of…

iHerb.com shopping spree!

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Alright people; it's time.  iHerb.com has been generous enough to give us three things: a $50 shopping spree for me, a $50 shopping spree for one of you, and a coupon code (RAZ652) that anyone can use to get $5 off his or her first purchase. So, here's the deal with iHerb.  They're an online…

Tarahumara Pinole and Chia

[baked pinole photo]

In case you're one of the six remaining runners on the planet who have yet to read Born to Run, allow me to explain.  The Tarahumara are "the running people" on which most of the book is based, a Mexican tribe of superathletes who run 50 or 100 miles at a time for pure enjoyment,…