NUTRITION 101

NUTRITION TIPS

Ø  FRUIT TRANSFORMS INTO SUGAR- OR GLUCOSE- AND THE GLUCOSE RESERVE IS PRECISELY THAT WHICH YOU WANT TO DEPLETEIN ORDER TO BURN CALORIES FROM YOUR EXCESS FAT SUPPLY

Ø  THE BODY STORES NO MORE THA N 3 DAYS WORTH OF CARBOHYDRATES IN YOUR BODY

Ø  IF A DIETER IS NOT EXPERIENCING WEIGHT LOSS THEN

THEN REASONS ARE

ü  INTENTIONAL OR UNINTENTIONAL DEVATIONS FROM THE PROGRAM (cheats)

ü  PRE OR PERIL-MENOPAUSAL WOMEN

ü  CONSIPATION

ü  MUSCLE GAIN VS FAT LOSS

Ø  SUCRALOSE IS A SWEETNER DERIVED FROM SUGAR CANE. IT TASTES LIKE SUGAR BUT, THANKS TO A PROCESS, SUCRALOSE HAS ZERO CALARIES AND IS NOT ASSIMILATED BY THE BODY, WHICH, MEANS THAT IT HAS ZERO IMPACT ON THE BLOOD AND ITS GLYCEMA

Ø  ACCORDING TO THE NAASCO (NORTH AMERICAN ASSOCIATION for the STUDY OF OBESITY) GUIDELINES “ A LOSS OF 2% OF YOUR BODY WEIGHT PER WEEK IS TOTALLY HEALTHY

Ø  MUSCLES ARE THE ENGINE THAT BURNS CALORIES. THE MORE MUSCLES YOU HAVE, THE MORE CALORIES YOU BURN, THE MORE CALORIES YOU BURN, THE MORE FAT YOU BURN. THIS IS WHY MEN LOSE WEIGHT FASTER THAN WOMEN, TYPICALLY MEN HAVE GREATER MUSCLE MASS THAN WOMEN

Ø  YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM, ALL OF YOUR VITAL ORGANS, YOUR EYES, NAILS, HAIR, SKIN, AND YOUR MUSCLES ALL ARE MADE OF PROTEIN

Ø  MEAT YIELDS ABOU 7 GRAMS OF PROTEIN PER OUNCE OF WEIGHT

Ø  BE CAREFUL WITH SOME FLAVORED TOFU BECAUSE THEY MIGHT HAVE TOO MANY CARBOHYDRATES (total carbs should be less then 5 grams per serving)