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Article #174: Are you Sabotaging your Training Efforts by Neglecting Basic Nutrition?

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If you regularly train using There are six nutrients needed on a daily
cardiovascular workouts and a weight basis. These include: water,
resistanceroutine while taking vitamins,minerals, fats, carbohydrates
nutritional supplements but are not and proteins. There are three types of
paying attention tobasic nutrition than caloriesincluding: carbohydrates, fats,
you are essentially throwing away a good and protein. Carbohydrates are converted
portion of thebenefits you are gaining tosugars during exercise. Complex
from your workouts. carbohydrates are what your body needs
Basic nutrition is absolutely essential toperform at optimum levels. Fats also
to making the most of your sports fuel the body for exercise. Saturated fat
training. iswhat you should strive to avoid while
Food calories supply energy and nutrients monounsaturated fat is the
to the body during exercise. leastdetrimental to the body. Protein
Without proper basic nutrition you loss helps build and maintain muscle mass.
energy more quickly resulting in aless Foods high in protein include chicken,
intense workout. While simple sugars are egg whites, lean beef, beans and skim
used up almost immediately,complex sugars milk.
or complex carbohydrates provide It is recommended that your daily diet
prolonged energy to themuscles during consists of 50% carbohydrates, 30%
exercise. Protein is composed of amino fat,and 20% protein. If you exercise
acids which supportgrowing muscles. In regularly you may want to increase
fact, basic nutritional deficits can yourcarbohydrates and protein intake
cause you to lose hardearned muscle to while slightly decreasing your fats.
muscle tissue breakdown or catabolism. To improve your nutrition you should try
According to Joel Marion, prior Body for to consume five servings of fruits
Life 2001 Grand Champion, notonly are the andvegetables per day, drink eight
foods you eat important but proper timing glasses of water (more if you are
in relation to workoutsplays a vital role consuming alot of proteins and complex
in maximizing your performance, carbohydrates), eliminate junk food and
optimizing fat loss, andminimizing muscle unnecessaryfat like in whole milk, and
loss. The intensity of your workout is consume only lean meats. If you want to
directly related to theamount of calories maximize yourwork outs while eliminating
and fat you burn. You can not be at full unnecessary muscle breakdown, it is
intensity if you aresuffering from lack recommendedthat you consume a nutritional
of proper nutrition. supplement before and after workouts to
In addition, intense exercise can restoreglycogen and creatine levels,
increase muscle loss in people who are decrease muscle tissue catabolism, and
notmeeting their caloric needs.(1) encouragemuscle tissue growth.






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