| Healthy Living Nutrition |
Nutrition: The Five Main ComponentsIt's important to get the right amount of protein, carbohydrates, fat, water, vitamins & minerals in your diet. High quality protein, water, and vitamins & minerals are usually neglected the most. Carbohydrates and fats are abundant in the processed foods available today, which most people find so convenient. This convenience leads to excess. These convenient foods are also very low in vitamins & minerals. If you consciously eliminate the types of foods that usually make up most of your diet due to convenience (fats and carbs), and replace them with more inconvenient types (protein), you will probably eat less and therefore lose weight. However, balance it the key to getting the proper nutrition your body needs. Click here for general guidelines for the five main nutrients you need in your diet. Mountain Home Athletic Club supports you in building a new, healthy lifestyle! Diet Alone does not work! Your metabolic rate will slow down if the body perceives a low blood sugar situation. It will then preferentially burn muscle over fat as fuel which will further cause your metabolic rate to slow. If the body perceives it is starving, then it will burn off muscle through a process known as gluconeogenesis in order to conserve calories. Once an individual begins to eat more again, the body will store more calories consumed as fat. Move your Body to Get Results! Resistance training should be combined with aerobic exercise to maintain or increase your metabolic rate; muscle makes large metabolic demands on the body. You should get at least 6 hours of physical activity per week. |
