Howdy,

This past weekend by buddy John Sifferman and I hopped in my new ride and drove down to hang out at a fitness seminar…

Anyway,

After a great weekend we cruised back and I dropped John off at his house.

On the way back from his pad a road side farm stand caught my eye because they were selling fresh picked flowers.

Being a good husband I stopped to pick up some pretty flowers for the ‘misses’ (ahhhhh). 

While the nice woman was wrapping up the flowers I noticed that she was selling farm fresh eggs too.  I was psyched!

I grabbed a dozen of those and drove home to collect my brownie points from my wife for my thoughtful gesture of flowers.

Well, the flowers were a hit and this morning I cooked up a couple of those farm fresh eggs and let me tell you…

THEY TASTED AWESOME!!

I just happen to have one left over egg from the supermarket and I cooked it side by side next to the farm fresh egg.

There was a DISTINCT difference between the two eggs - the yolk of the farm fresh egg was bright yellow and the supermarket egg (which claimed to be an omega-3 egg) was much less vibrant than its fresh counterpart.   

Besides tasting awesome I know that this little egg was packed with nutritional goodness and that’s why I recommend hitting your local farmer’s market as often as you can (my wife and I try to go every weekend). 

If you’re trying to burn fat and improve your health then you should definately be buying farm fresh eggs and meats as often as you can. 

I have seen reports that farm fresh eggs have 21 times the amount of omega-3 fatty acids as store-bought eggs - WOW!!! 

You may or may not know, but omega-3 fatty acids are one of two essential fatty acids that your body simply can not make on its own.

Linoleic acid (a.k.a. omega-6) is the second essential fatty acid.

Health gurus say we need the proper ratio of these essential fatty acids.

They also state that having too much omega-6s can lead to chronic degenerative diseases because they increase inflammation, constrict blood vessels, and increase platelet ’stickiness’ just to name a few “not so good things.”

On the other hand, those good old Omega-3s have the exact opposite effect…

They decrease inflammation, open up blood vessels, decrease platelet ’stickiness’, and more…

Too much of either of these fatty acids isn’t a good thing and if your goal is burning fat then you will want to make sure that you are hitting your caloric deficit but getting more omega-3’s is a good thing for your health and waistline.

So my friend,

The take away is hop in the car and head down to the Farmer’s Market, support your local farmers, and do some good for your waistline and your overall health by picking up some farm fresh eggs.

Bon appetit! 

Train with purpose,

Kyle Battis, NSCA-CPT, CSCS
www.SecretsOfBurningFat.com
http://www.BurnTheFat-InnerCircle.com

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Train with purpose,

Kyle Battis, NSCA-CPT, CSCS
www.SecretsOfBurningFat.com
http://www.BurnTheFat-InnerCircle.com

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To your health and success,

John Sifferman, NSCA-CPT

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Ever in a pinch for getting in some good nutrition, and only have a minute or two to prepare a meal? Enter the smoothie. With a little bit of creativity, these can become great tasting, nutrient dense meals that can be prepared in less than 5 minutes.

There is so much leeway with a recipe like this, that there are virtually limitless combinations of ingredients, which ensures that each shake always agrees with your taste buds. Here is a standard template that I use when making a high protein, whole foods smoothie.

Banana Berry Nut Smoothie

• ¼-½ cup water or milk as a base
• ¼-½ cup plain, nonfat yogurt
• ¼-½ cup low-fat cottage cheese
• ½ serving of whey vanilla protein powder (between 10-20g)
• 2-4 tbsp dry oats
• 1 medium banana
• ½-1 cup of mixed berries - blueberries, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, etc.
• 2 tbsp natural peanut butter
• 2 tbsp of mixed nuts (walnuts, almonds, pecans, etc.)
• 1 tsp of cinnamon
• 1 tbsp of flax meal (ground flax seeds)
• (optional) honey or splenda as a sweetener, go light on this stuff
• 4-6 ice cubes for texture and that “chilled feeling”

Put all ingredients in a blender, in the listed order, and blend on high for one minute. This simple recipe packs a lot of protein into one meal along with some complex carbohydrates, fiber, and plenty of healthy fats.

Remember that liquid meals like this should be used out of necessity and for convenience reasons - not as a cornerstone of a meal plan. Whole foods smoothies are usually packed with calories and will leave you feeling hungry not long after finishing. Whole foods are always a better option, and when eaten from solid form, instead of liquid, more of the nutrient value will be digested and absorbed into the body.

To your health and success,

John Sifferman, NSCA-CPT

P.S. Do you have any favorite shake or smoothie recipes that you would like to share with other fat burning blog visitors? Please leave your recipes and comments below.

We have witnessed a very interesting fundamental paradigm shift in America as of late. In nutrition, what once used to be tradition, commonplace, and tools of the trade have now become virtually obsolete, the exception to society. What once was the norm in the average American’s diet, is now considered by many to be revolutionary and unorthodox. Believe it or not, one of the best things you can do to start burning fat and improving your health is to … (cue the drum roll)

EAT BREAKFAST?!?!

Like I said, this is not staggering advice, and we have all heard it before a hundred times. Yet, it is so common and easy for us to skip meals, especially breakfast. This is one of the biggest mistakes you can make if you’re trying to ditch fat and build lean muscle.

The term breakfast literally means to “break the overnight fast.” Upon waking in the morning, the body is just begging for nutrition - it needs to fuel up for the day after fasting for 8-12 hours. Skipping breakfast can literally halt your fat burning progress.

So, what are the benefits of eating a large, nutrient-dense breakfast first thing in the morning?

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