Friday, February 11, 2011

Foods You Need to Build Muscle



To build muscle & lose fat, you need a variety of proteins, veggies, fruits, carbs, and healthy fats. Eating protein helps building & maintaining muscle. But it also helps fat loss: protein has a higher thermic effect than carbs/fats.

Eating fats also helps fat loss: your body holds fat if you don’t eat fats. Fruits & veggies contain vitamins & minerals, necessary for recovery from your workouts. And carbs fuel your muscles so you feel full of energy at the gym.

Eat Whole Foods. You’ll achieve a lower body fat, so the muscles you’ve built show better. And the vitamin & mineral content helps recovery. Stop eating food coming from a box. Eat whole foods 90% of the time.

Training is more important than diet for muscle building. But you do need to give your body the food it needs for optimal recovery. Most guys don’t eat enough, you got to eat more to build muscle.

Protein is the building blocks of muscle. In fact, mach of what makes up your muscle is protein. So protein is needed to repair broken down muscle and build new muscle. There is musch debate about the amount of protein you need. There are too many variables such as goals, weight, sex etc. My recommendation is east as much protein as possible, especially at key meal times (after your workout and before bed). High protein foods include chicken, red meat, fish and eggs.

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Live a Healthy Life, Quick Weight Loss



You can start your weight loss journey by reading any weight loss articles that catch your eye. You can read nutrition and dieting articles to help you put an end to unhealthy eating. Stop your potato couch lifestyle by reading the workout, exercise and fitness articles. To get your butt on the move towards rapid weight loss read the health and motivation articles.

The secret to rapid and easy weight loss is that you have to change your lifestyle. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results. If you want to shed weight permanently you have to live a healthier life. Change your eating habits and exercise more. Change your way of being and you will see results fast and effortlessly.

To be healthy we need a balance of good nutrition, proper water intake, and adequate amounts of sleep and daily exercise. The combination of all of these elements in our lives is what gives us the healthy balance that equates to long life and healthy living.

Another element that we haven’t discussed yet that plays a major role in living a long healthy life is the avoidance or better management of stress. We all encounter stress in our lives; some of us are thrown into more stressful situations than others. We all must learn how to handle the stressful situations in order to be able to be healthy mentally and emotionally. Stress can also have an impact on our physical body. Long-term stress has been studied along with the connection between stress and diseases. Stress can lead to obesity, heart attack, stroke, asthma, gastric disorders, menstrual dysfunction, ulcerative colitis, chest pain (angina), irritable colon, high blood pressure, and ulcers, even headaches. You can experience mental stress or emotional stress. You body can even experience physical stress. Studies show that emotional stress takes a greater toll on the body than the other types of stress.

A lifestyle that allows your body to experience a balance between sleep, eating, water, and activity is one that promotes a health long life.

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Duck Fats Health Benefits



Fat is an essential part of any balanced diet. It provides the body with the fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E and K; which are essential for growth; and contains essential fatty acids which are important in maintaining normal health and body functions.

Although animal fats are often considered to be ‘bad fats’, goose fat is one of the better ones and contains far fewer saturated fats than butter or lard. Goose Fat contains 32.7g Saturated Fat per 100g compared with 54g for Butter and 40.8g for Lard.

Did you know:

Duck fat contains 35.7% saturates, 50.5% monounsaturates (high in linoleic acid) and 13.7% polyunsaturated fats.(which contains Omega-6 and Omega-3 essential oils). This compares to olive oil which is: 75% monounsaturated fat (mostly oleic acid) 13% saturated fat and 10% Omega-6 linoleic acid and 2% Omega-3 linoleic acid.

Duck fat has a higher percentage of mono-unsaturated fat than saturated fat. Mono-unsaturated fats can help to lower levels of blood cholesterol.

Duck fat actually contains a lower percentage of saturated fats than butter and some plant oils such as palm kernel and coconut.

Duck fat has a has a high smoke point, which means you can cook it to very hot temperatures without it smoking or adopting an off flavor. And unlike butter or olive oil, duck fat can be recycled.

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Gain Weight Tips for Men



Tips on how to gain weight quickly are priceless to skinny people who struggle to put on some extra pounds. The world we live in is a contradictory one. There are folks who put on weight rather effortlessly and yearn to lose their weight and fats through unhealthy diets. Yet on the other end of the spectrum, thin people find it tremendously challenging to gain that extra few pounds to enhance their physical appearance and regain some masculine appeal in the case of men. Skinny ladies also dream of fitting nicely into beautiful clothes that look so fabulous on those svelte and voluptuous models. But do not envy those who put on weight too easily, especially those through unhealthy diets. It is better to understand the fundamentals behind healthy weight gain. This is where you can learn more on how to gain weight quickly and healthily.

It is pretty simple, you need to eat more. What do you want, a get ripped quick pill? Just like the overweight people have to eat less, you need to eat more.
If you can't handle a lot of food in one sitting, eat 8 times a day, every 2 hours. Eat calorie-dense food and you'll gain weight. It may be tough, but it isn't easy for overweight people to lose that weight.

I'd suggest since your stomach is small you could eat oatmeal with raisins, a protein bar or shake and go work out. If you go to the gym, wear long pants and do some weighted squats and the stair climber. That will work those leg muscles. Try to keep in mind everybody has had to start somewhere. I remember being in the weight room, lifting small weights. But now they're medium weights, because I got stronger. I noticed when people at the gym have never seen you before they will tend to look at you just because they haven't seen you before. Go a couple times and after a while they will be used to seeing you.

Losing Weight Common Problems



The first weight loss problem to discuss is the fact that generally women won't lose as much fat as men or at the same rate. The reason being is that female fat is stored around the hips, butt and breasts and is there to support the female through pregnancy even during periods where food may be scarce. This fat is less mobile than the fat men store around the mid-section. This is a good thing for women as it reduces their risk of cardiovascular disease when compared with men of the same age. Post menopause women change in how they store energy and can begin to store fat more readily around the mid-section thus increasing their risk of cardiovascular disease as compared to their level of risk prior to menopause. Therefore it's important for women to manage their body fat prior to menopause as it becomes more difficult with time.

Fats contain approximately double the amount of kilojoules (calories) per gram than carbohydrates or protein. They are a very concentrated form of energy. If you eat a lot of fat, you are more likely to put on weight than if you eat a lot of carbohydrate.

The type of fat you eat may also be important. Research shows that animal fats (saturated fats) may be more ‘fattening’ than plant and fish fats. Fish and plant fats appear to be more readily used by the body and less likely to be stored as fat in the belly. They can also provide some health benefits.

Excess carbohydrates or protein can also be converted into body fat. If you eat more kilojoules than you use, you will put on weight whether those kilojoules came from fats, carbohydrates or proteins.

Ideally before starting a weight-loss program, talk to your doctor. He or she can review any medical problems you may have and medications that you take, and help you set weight-loss goals. You and your doctor can discuss what may be contributing to your weight gain — in rare cases, certain medical conditions or medications can cause unwanted weight gain, for example. And you can discuss how to exercise safely, especially if you have trouble or pain carrying out normal daily tasks.

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