| Proper Nutrition? | | | | night. About 3-4 hours after you eat your |
| | | | body shuts down your metabolism and acts as |
| Nutrition is a huge part of you health and | | | | if it needs to store food. This is a great |
| appearance. Some professionals will attest | | | | function to have if a famine breaks out and |
| that as much as 70% of your weight loss and | | | | you don't see food for weeks. After all, if |
| fitness results are based on what you eat. | | | | there's famine you're going to want your body |
| The word alone can make people cringe - as | | | | to work "efficiently" by storing fat, and |
| the guiltily think of the drive thru lunch | | | | using it slowly. |
| that they just ate. Nutrition is a subject | | | | |
| that people spend their careers studying and | | | | However, you don't want your body to store |
| takes volumes of books to explain. My | | | | fat and burn it slowly now, right? Since |
| objective is to teach you how to eat a | | | | there is no food shortage or famine at the |
| healthy diet that encourages your body to | | | | moment (and there likely won't be one any |
| burn fat rather than store it. You don't need | | | | time soon) then it is pretty annoying when |
| overwhelming science to "get" this. | | | | your body starts packing on the pounds. So, |
| | | | in order to communicate with your body that |
| A healthy diet needs to be well rounded with | | | | it is healthy, well fed, and not in need of |
| the proper amount of nutrients, vitamins and | | | | extra fat storage you need to reprogram your |
| minerals. The RDA's recommendation for daily | | | | metabolism. Here's how to go about it. Start |
| intake of such things is a good place to | | | | your day off with a small meal and continue |
| check your optimal intakes. | | | | to eat small meals every 3 hours or so. |
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| The first thing that you need to know about | | | | What should you eat? In this article, I am |
| nutrition is this fact: Eating small meals | | | | just going to give you general guidelines - |
| every 3 hours will increase your metabolism | | | | These suggestions are a basic guideline to |
| and reduce fat storage. This is a proven fact | | | | healthy meals that do not promote fat |
| that bodybuilders, models, athletes and lean | | | | storage. Protein: 20% Fat: 15% Carbs: 65% |
| people in general abide by - and so should | | | | |
| you. | | | | Each meal that you consume needs to have |
| | | | calories coming from protein, carbohydrates |
| Eating right when you wake up is vital to | | | | and fat. Your body needs each of these in |
| breaking the fast your body enters every | | | | small amounts throughout the day. |