My Top Ten Health and Fitness Blogs

I’m feeling like spreading some love today. I’m sure some of you already read these blogs. Others of you have probably not discovered at least one or two of them and it’s high-time you did. These are the sites that I spend my free time reading; typically there isn’t a post on any of these sites that I don’t read in its entirety. So without further ado, and in no particular order other than the order that my fingers put them on the page:

  • Mark’s Daily Apple - Written by Mark Sisson, a former cardio junkie with a pretty accomplished running career. Basic and in-depth nutrition here, along with recipes and humor. Everything you need to know about health is in this post. I think Mark was trying to shut down the rest of us bloggers with that post.
  • Robb Wolf - Robb Wolf is the guy that inadvertantly got me interested in nutrition with all of the genius he spouted on the CrossFit message boards and I’ve been annoying him ever since. If he only knew the beast he was going to unleash, he’d have probably kept his mouth shut. Here, Robb puts sleep in perspective.
  • Dr. Eades - Best-selling author of Protein Power Lifeplan, one of the nutrition books that I highly recommend. The site is full of general low-carb science, low-carb news, and logical analysis of the various diets. He’s the one that turned me onto the book Mistakes Were Made, But Not By Me.
  • The IF Life - This is Mike O’Donnell’s pretty new blog focusing on Intermittent Fasting and simple living. I like his outlook on simplistic living, freeing up time for what is important and he knows how to help you be healthy. Want to hear it all from a guy that’s been doing personal training for 10 years? Read this.
  • Ross Enamait - Ross is a boxing coach, but before those of you with no interest in combat sports move along to the next site, know that Ross is top-notch on nutrition and other matters. He’s a father (perhaps of two now) and isn’t afraid of taking parents to task for not properly nourishing their children. He’s also a big fan of Jack LaLanne and that never hurts anyone. Another reason to like him? He’s no fan of processed grains.
  • Hyperlipid - Peter eats a very low-carb diet (about 80% fat). He understands science and understands why low-carb is the way to go. Lately, Peter has had some interesting posts on gluten that fit pretty well with the discussion in the comments of the Nutrition 102 post.
  • Conditioning Research - This is a site by a guy named Chris. Posts are typically short and to the point, but he pulls some very interesting studies and knows how to put it all together. Remember when we discussed salicylates in vegetables? It looks like I missed this post by Chris when I was putting that one together.
  • Weight of the Evidence - This one is by Regina Wilshire. She knows how to read research and tear it apart. She manages to keep her son quite healthy on a diet of real food and has some posts telling others how to do it as well. Check out her discussion of the flaws in measuring childhood obesity by BMI.
  • Strong Lifts - It’s pretty much what the name would suggest: getting stronger, losing fat, and building muscle with weights. Here’s a good article on how to build muscle
  • Whole Health Source - Written by Stephan, a doctoral candidate in neurobiology, which just sounds really freakin’ smart! Lots of science and logical speculation going on here. Check out his breakdown of bad science.

So there are ten sites that I read religiously. I read many more, but those are the ten I’ll definitely be keeping on my RSS reader.

What sites did I miss? What are your favorites? Tell us all in the comments!


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