Nutrition Information

http://www.therunnersguide.com/marathontraining/ Marathon training schedule that will help finish the next 26.2 mile race with the right nutrition. This video in a series will help you choose the right foods to eat when training for a marathon. The video gives you endurance sports information that can help to recover from your daily runs..

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Going over some of the supplements I take, and giving my opinion on them and some tips.
*Update*
I am a personal trainer, I have plenty of certifications to prove it, and I have been bodybuilding for years…If you are ignorant enough to try to argue with me on the fact that you can lose bodyfat and gain muscle at the same time, do your research online before posting on this video. There are two exceptions to this rule, if your on steroids, or if you just started working out for the first time in your life, for everyone else, it is impossible.

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This gives you an idea of the kind of food to eat to have enough nutrition to build massive muscles. It is simple information to make it uncomplicated. It is just a common sense approach to food and building muscles. It will help thin people to build up and heavier people to lose the unwanted fat.

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Athlete nutrition expert Leslie Bonci discusses diets for high school and college athletes. “”I think the most important thing for wrestlers to do during the holiday time is to first of all, that same routine being established, because typically, a season is starting before the holidays begin, so you say, okay, I know I need to eat pre and post-practice. I know I need to eat something within an hour of waking up and two other times during the day. Even over the holidays, that is still possible. So perhaps, instead of eating the whole turkey and the whole bowl of stuffing, maybe we?re dividing that out into five meals. We?re just trying to be consistent, remembering that even if the body is not as physically active around the holidays, it still needs to be hydrated. So the importance of getting the liquid in, and for a wrestler who might be trying really, really hard to keep weight and maintain weight, maybe it?s the tradeoff, and you say I really wanna have a piece of Mom?s pumpkin pie and maybe if I?m gonna have that pie, I?m willing to have a smaller scoop of mashed potatoes, so at the end of the day, the body is still in balance.”"

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Anyone can practice yoga and not eat a specific diet. Yet, devoted yogis have paid close attention to their diet, as a part of yoga practice, for centuries. For the whole health benefit of yoga, one must pay close attention to nutrition.

Discussions about yoga, and yoga benefits, are mostly centered on the movements of the practice. The focus on holistic nutrition is often swept aside. Yet, this is an essential element of whole body health. In a society where pre-packaged foods are easier to find than fresh vegetables and fruit, no wonder we have the health problems we do.

Paying attention to what you put into your body helps you listen to your body as well. The foods that are encouraged in yoga nutrition are whole foods, mainly of lacto-vegetarian origin. Whole foods are those that are as close to their natural state as possible. No alterations or pre-processing has been done to them.

Basically, they are the simplest, most natural form, of the food available. Whole foods should be eaten close to their original source, and in season, when possible. Buy foods in their natural form, not packaged. Know the source of your food, and make sure it is as chemical and additive-free as possible.

These processed, packaged, and “spoiled,” are classified in the yoga diet as tamasic. Foods that contain excessive spices, or salt, are also classified as tamasic. These foods cause lethargy, laziness, and an intolerant temper. Sound familiar?

Have you ever felt this way after eating a meal high in salt and preservatives? You did so for good reason. These foods do not support the body’s functions or the mind’s balance. They do the exact opposite. Reason becomes foggy and emotions grow dark. Eating too much, which is nearly encouraged in our society, is also classified as tamasic. Isn’t your well-being reason enough to look at a different way of eating?

Yoga, and Ayurveda, classifies food into three categories: Rajasic, Satvic, and Tamasic. Let’s discuss two of those three categories.

Rajasic foods are stimulating and provide energy. Too much of these foods, which are sometimes high fat, can cause restlessness and weight gain. However, in moderation, they can be used in the yogic diet to perform their purpose. Foods in this category are sour or pungent foods, like onions, garlic, curry, meat, and beverages, such as coffee and teas.

The foods to focus, on including in your diet, are sattvic foods. These are the purest foods that promote health and provide an even energy. Honey, fresh fruits and vegetables, nuts and seeds, lentils, yogurt and other dairy, make up much of these foods.

Rice and grains are also in this category, providing fiber and assisting digestion. Little, to no preparation, is done to the foods before consumption. In this way, nutrition goes undisturbed with foods which are served raw or lightly cooked. These foods provide the highest degree of benefits and nourish the body. Sattvic foods keep the body balanced and are the most thoroughly absorbed and incorporated.

Impure, highly processed, and synthetic foods, not only isolate the nourishing benefits of foods – they also cause imbalanced conditions. These conditions cause discomfort, obesity, and disease. Most diseases are linked to diet in a major way. Seek to create balance in your body through your diet.

Any change in diet is difficult because it is a lifestyle change. Lifestyle changes are the only way to see long-term benefits. This is why fad diets are so terrible for the body. The more widely the pendulum swings, the less equilibrium you will experience.

Ancient yogis very much understood this and sought to balance their body, mind, and spirit, in all ways. While you will find great improvement through regular yoga practice, without intentional eating, it will be limited. Make the effort to create a new life balance for yourself through the yoga diet.

Copyright 2008 – Paul Jerard / Aura Publications

Paul M. Jerard Jr.
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The concept of improving our athletic prowess through the practice of sports nutrition is actually a very old practice. From the first time humans started recording their history sports nutrition, primarily through the ingestion of appropriating foods, was an important part of succeeding at athletic endeavors. The earliest humans in various parts of the globe used foods and other products to help improve their strength, flexibility, agility, speed and general sports abilities.

During medieval times physicians actually encouraged their patients to consume a human heart as part of their physical sports regime. This practice, though of course hampered by the inability to easily obtain an available human heart, was nevertheless thought to increase the athlete’s bravery as well as her or his intelligence. It was the pituitary glands, extracts of that human heart, that physicians of that time period thought enhanced the strength of the sports enthusiasts’ muscles.

Mushrooms were a staple of any athlete’s regime of preparation for sports as far back as 300 BC. In ancient Greece those preparing for the Olympics ate mushrooms avidly. In the Netherlands in the 19th century commonly focused on their swimming ability, and to enhance this they regularly consumed great amounts of caffeine. During this same time period – the 1800′s – athletes in Belgium dipped sugar cubes in ether and then ate them. This was thought to give them great agility and strength. Marathon runners at that time, however, focused on drinking their cactus. Cactus was the 19th century Gatorade, though at that time electrolytes were not even thought of.

Of course, sports and athletic supplements and the consumption of foods especially made to enhance physical prowess and athletic ability are commonplace in the 21st century. Dietary supplements not only for athletes but for folks just trying to live long and healthy lives are found everywhere. You can pick up a sports drink, a vitamin supplement, an herb to cure whatever ails you, as well as weight loss and herbal stop-smoking products at health food stores, pharmacies, supercenters, supermarkets, through direct mail catalogs and at so many sites on the Internet. Over 40 percent of the population of the world consumes dietary supplements on a regular basis, either for sports, for preventative measures, for cure or control of diseases or just for optimum well being. 59 percent of the globe’s professional athletes take dietary supplements to enhance their agility and sports capabilities, and 43 percent of amateur and collegiate athletes do so as well.

While there are a number of dietary supplements available such as protein shakes and herbs, the most common supplement for those concentrating on their sports nutrition is with a daily intake of vitamins and minerals. The most common of these are B-complex vitamins, vitamin C, iron, calcium, vitamin A and vitamin E. Not only do these professionals and amateur athletes take supplements to excel at sports. They also want to recover from their strenuous workouts quickly and ward off any injury or illness that could be the result of overexerting themselves.

Dustin Cannon
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