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RUNNING & FITNESS  • 10.07.2017  Building Muscle and Running: Does It Work? 1.2k 26 Striking a balance between running and  strength training  isn’t easy, and often leads to confusion among runners. How can one boost endurance and  build muscle mass  at the same time? That’s a question I’ve been asked many times — because that’s exactly what I’ve been doing now for over two years. Like this outfit?  Get stylish workout gear! Building muscle vs running performance: can you have both? First things first: yes, you can. However, if you’re aiming high in both categories, there are a few things you need to bear in mind. Let me tell you how I managed to achieve great results in building muscle  and  running performance: 1. Nutrition is key It’s a common mistake among runners to eat too little when trying to build muscle mass while working on their running performance. When I started runni...
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THE VEGAN SPREAD A Silicon Valley CEO aims to prove you can crack an entire market without breaking a single egg Chase Purdy   June 20, 2017 Eggless, and everywhere. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) It only took five years for vegan mayonnaise to disrupt the condiments aisle, where it can now be found alongside stalwart brands such as Kraft and Hellmann’s. And even as the company behind that disruption looks to continue a shakeup, it’s also launching into new territory, one that’s far more behind the scenes. Hampton Creek is the Silicon Valley-based food company that in five years rattled the grocery-shelf status quo—an example of how quickly it can happen. Now its CEO, Josh Tetrick, wants to be an essential supplier of ingredients to the most-mammoth food companies on the planet, for use in potentially hundreds of their products. “We’ve begun the process of establishing relationships with some of the biggest food-manufacturing companies around the world to use in their syst...
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Look Closer. Watch the story I’m in a bustling outdoor market in Southeast Asia. I walk past stands overflowing with edible wonders, burlap sacks and cardboard boxes filled to the brim with beans and seeds and spices. The smells are almost overwhelming; turmeric, ginger, basil, garlic, and other spices mixing in the air with incenses and rich odors from food vendors scattered throughout the market. There are children everywhere, helping their families sell their goods and playing with tattered soccer balls through the aisles of the market. Most of the vendors are women, and they sit on stools or the ground, wearing traditional woven blouses with smartphones in their hands. Modern and traditional are inseparable here. Of the hundreds of seeds and grains in this market, all different colors and shapes, one catches my eye. The soft-spoken farmer selling these seeds tells me he has trucked them in from his farm, 200 km away. They are used on ...