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Healthy Fat: Do you know which ones to choose?


Jennifer Hutchinson provides the latest scoop on our fat intakeIn the world of health conscious endurance athletes, fat can be thought of as another dirty little F word. There is a common misconception that in order to be lean (and healthy), the least amount of fat on the body or going into the body is desirable. The truth is that fat does serve an essential role in an endurance athlete's diet - it's a matter of knowing which kinds of fat and how much to include.

This month we'll review what fat has to offer in a balanced training diet as well as give practical tips to get more healthy fats into the diet.  Read the story »

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This DVD includes the stories of: Brian Boyle, who died eight times on the operating table and was told he might never walk again; blind 64-year old athlete Charlie Plaskon, who competed in Kona on behalf of the C Different Foundation; Atlanta-native Scott Rigsby, who arrived in Kona with the dream of becoming the first above-the-knee double-amputee with prosthetics to finish; and a final farewell to the Ironman World Championship finisher, Jon Blais, who passed away last May after battling the incurable disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).  $34.95  Available now.

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