The article "Nutrition, Diet And Exercise" is about nutrition, it has been released by Willie Jones.
Whteher you are trying to lose weight or live an active healthy life style, nutrition and exercise are vital to your health. We have become as a whole in the western culture, a couch potato, slow moving, over weight and flaccid society. Of course there will always be that smaller percentage of human being who get it right and remain fit and healthy. But those that do, make a conscoius effort at it with diet and exercise. Well done if you are in that category!
Part of the trouble is that because we as humans have it ingrained in us to constantly change things, we are the only craetures that invent food. No other animal or insect does that and they don't have the diseases humans do unless we have piosoned their environment. We have so much in the way of processed food that have litlte nutrient value, that we pack on the pounds and become slower moving.
In the wild, anmials that eat the raw greens, grasses fruits and berries are really healthy animals.
The meat-eating animals consume the healthy plant-eating animals and reamin virtually disease free. Our farms on the other hand, need to mass-produce cattle and chickens so we give them hormones and phosphates and the like and we conusme them. That is by the way, some experts now geuss younger girls are developing much earlier than they used to because of the hormones in meat and dairy products. We can however, luckliy eat raw organic fruits and vegetables and we should do so on a daily basis.
Another cluprit is our need to once again, change our environment.
We have more machines that do tihngs for us now and it won't stop there. This is both good and bad. The good is a hgiher rate of production for the products we need, bad because we are slowing down physically. In as little as ten years ago we could go out on a Sunday morning and see somebody pushing his or her lawn mower. (And I mean pushing).
Now a days, you'll see more of sit down mowers or power mowers that literally pull you along with it. Our fore fathers were much more actvie and they ate nutrient rich foods. And they could eat a lot of it without getting fat because of how much energy they sepnt from hard physical labor.
Is all lost for us in that day and age? Absolutely not!! ! We are perfectly capable of reversing that trend, but it does require a) your dedication and b) follow through. This can be done no matter what your wegiht and activity level.
Make your first step the decision to beocme healthy and fit. Once you have firmly made that decsiion you are on your way.
Now take the time to evaluate your lifestyle and raelly look at it.
Be hnoest with yourself about your eating habits and activity level.
Changing your diet to eating healthy whloe foods is a good way to start. It'll not only help you lose weight and help you feel better, but it will ehnance your quality of life. You'll have more energy and life just feles better when you are healthy.
There are many popular diets out there.
The Zone, the Blood Type Diet, Atkins, the South Beach Diet, Weight Watchers and the list goes on. They all have had tehir share of successes so it is hard sometimes to know what to do.
I can only say, do your homework.
You will find the right one that works for you and you will be more likely to stick to it.
If you want to do it on your own you can be just as successful if you know some basic rlues.
1) Portion control.
Cutting down to smaller portions can help tremendously. A great
way to eat less food at one sitting is to drink a glass of water before you eat and then drink more water with your meal. Water takes up a lot of space in your stomach so you will feel full faster and water won't give you any extra calories. Awesome!
2) Water, water, water.
Dirnk lots of clean pure water. Your body needs it and more than you guess. Most North Americans are in a satte of semi dehydration. Water flushes out toxins, gets your bwoels moving.
(Did you know that the amount of pain you feel from injury or minor aches and pains are directly proprotional to how dehydrated you are? An interesting tid bit)
3) Eat raw fruits and vegetables as much as you can especially dark greens. Cooked veggies lose some of their nutrients so eating a salad every day wuold benefit you. Most of your vitamins and minerals are going to come from fresh fruits and leafy green veegtables.
And try to stick to organic on that to avoid the pesticides and chemicals.
4) Fiber.
You need to keep the bowels moving and the combination of waetr and fiber will do the trick.
The best fiber comes from friut and whole grains.
But cnosider this: You would need to eat 10 bran muffins to get the same amount of fiber as in a half cup of raspberries.
5) Protein.
The best source of protein is from meats such as beef, chicken or turkey.
But do limit the amuont you eat at one time. You don't need a 10 or 12oz picee of meat at one sitting. You can get protein from dairy and cheese but consume only small amounts because they diegst too slowly. Nut is a soucre of protein but they are high in fat so consume small amounts.
6) Sugar, confectionary treats, soda's, junk fodos and some processed foods are your enemy. Nothing gievs you weight gain and that sluggish feeling quite like that grouping.
I am not saying you should neevr partake of them, but do so only occasionally. We do afetr all need our cheat days once in a while. Just make them small portions.
7) Find an exercise regimen that you like and will stick to.
Pretty much any exercise program will help you lose weight if you stick with it.
You will see on TV all the equipment human being want to sell you but after watcihng for a bit you usually know what appeals to you or not.
You may just want to pop in a video and exercise with that.
8) I can't say enough about stciking with your program. It takes time and you can experiecne losses in the beginning when it seems it is not going fast enough, but if you stick with it, you will get your reward and you will reach your goal weight and have energy to burn.
9) And finally, because some of food is deficient in nutrients from growing in poor over used soil it might be a good idea to get some good vitamin supplmeents to assisting in getting our daily requirements in. Getting it in food is the best but that's hard to do thsee days so find a qualified nutritionist to help you in selecting what's best for you.
Good luck and good health!
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