Posts Tagged ‘vitamins’

Health & Fitness Tip #4

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

Key principles for weight loss:

1. Regulate blood sugar level
By levelling our blood sugar, we reduce cravings
This is a key requirement for ALL diets
Eat low GI / GL foods (whole grain bread, brown rice / pasta, etc.)
Take Protein & Carbohydrate together (increases thermal effect of food)
High Fibre
Eat the right fats
2.Eat good fats and avoid bad ones:
Avoid saturated, hydrogenated and Trans Fatty Acids
Eat Polyunsaturated and monounsaturated
3.Eliminate hidden allergies
Food Intolerance testing by an established company - York Food Tests

4.Take supplements
We all need additional supplements in addition to a healthy diet because our current diets are deficcient of key vitamins and minerals that are essential to our individual requirements
5.Exercise
This suppresses appetite, increases metabolism and builds muscle and so burns fat

Health & Fitness - Tip #3

Monday, January 4th, 2010

Nutrition & fitness go hand in hand - be sure to focus in on the two this new year especially if you want to lose weight.

Here are some basic rules to get you going:

1.Eat a good breakfast - porridge, wholewheat bread, eggs
2.Eat 5 to 6 times a day to keep your blood sugar levels level
3.snack mid morning and mid afternoon on fruit / yogurts
4.Make lunch the main meal of the day which should include protein, vegetables and low GI carbohydrates
5.Try and avoid carbohydrates for dinner and go for meals such as chicken stir fry, omlettes, chicken & salad
6.Drink 6-8 glasses of water per day
7. Take nutritional supplements such as a good multi-vitamin with high vitamin C (1000mg) plus omega 3 oils
8.Watch your portion sizes
9.Eat plenty of fruit (not bananas, dates, figs, raisins, kiwi)