I’m a track runner, doing a lot of training. Weight lifting and sprinting. I don’t drink any soda. Just about the only things I drink are orange juice, apple juice, other fruit juices, milk and water. I pay attention to nutrition facts on many things I eat or drink. Orange Juice has a lot of sugar in it. Is it natural sugar? Is orange juice bad for an athlete?Learning about the in’s and out’s of internet marketing can be difficult unless you have a great mentor and where can that mentorship be found? If you really want to succeed online you must get yourself a copy of Commission Blueprint 2.0 created by Steven Clayton and Tim Godfrey. The tools alone are worth the cost alone. Best wishes!

No its very good. It is VERY vitamin c rich.
Also its mostly natural sugars, and its not bad, I am a track runner as well and I drink OJ every day!

Please detail the most appropriate nutrients and why, as well as the timing of the intake. Thank You

After exercise, your body is trying to repair your muscles. Your muscles tear, and they need to be repaired. Your body sends nutrients to help you recover, most importantly protein.
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The most important time to intake the most protein to recover and repair your muscles is definately post-workout. That’s when you need it the most, your body is trying hard after your workout to recover after what you were doing.

Eating before and after exercise is good for your performance, fitness and your health. The question now is what, when and how to eat after exercise that will fulfill all of your body’s requirements.

Begin by eating a balanced diet every day. This alone will help your body to maintain appropriate nutrition and to be ready for your workouts. What you eat after a workout will determine how your body recovers and replaces the glycogen stores needed for your next workout.

If you have 2-3 days between each workout then your body has the time to replace the fuel but if you workout each day you must thoughtfully consider your post workout meal.

Often athletes are not hungry directly after working out. Intense exercise pulls the blood away from the stomach and intestines to be used in the major muscles. This slows digestion and stomach motility. You just don’t feel hungry.

Studies have shown that 15-60 minutes after a workout is the best time to eat. Replacing your glycogen stores with carbohydrate drinks and food is more likely to be sent directly to the muscles in that window after working out. Protein will also help with muscle recovery and repair.

Enzymes and hormones active in the recovery process are available in the short 1 hour window after your workout. Blood flow is elevated and liver and muscles are more sensitive to insulin.
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Carbohydrates are your body’s fuel system. Proteins are important in muscle repair and fats have minimal use after intense exercise. By refueling with carbohydrates after your workout you increase your potential to improve your performance and refuel the glycogen stores your body needs to work out at peak intensity the next time.

In a series of studies in the 1990’s it was discovered that the body is more sensitive to insulin in that 1 hour window directly after an intense workout. In fact eating within the first 20 minutes takes full advantage of the hormone and enzymatic activity. Eating carbohydrates will enable your body to replenish glycogen stores in the muscles and adding a bit of protein will also increase muscle repair.

In the final analysis, athletes who work out for greater than 45 minutes with high intensity and who work out with less than 2 days between workouts, should refuel with carbohydrates and protein within 20 minutes after a workout to take full advantage of the hormone and enzyme changes that happen with exercise. Feed your body right and it will take care of you!

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Years ago, it was rare to see an obese adult and almost unheard of to see an obese young person. Don’t believe it? Just watch old movies or television shows. Even in crowd scenes, at sporting events, etc. Americans were almost uniformly of average weight. All that has changed. Americans seemed to be divided into two groups, the overly thin, bordering on eating disorder crowd, imitating their favorite actress, or the overweight, moving in the direction of obese.

It’s truly amazing when you think about it. In just the past 30 years, obesity amongst young people has more than doubled, and the percentage of those who are overweight has sometimes tripled! According to the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention, Among young people, the prevalence of overweight increased from 5.0% to 13.9% for those aged 2-5 years, 6.5% to 18.8% for those aged 6-11 years, and 5.0% to 17.4% for those aged 12-19 years.

If the above trend continues, and it will continue unless something is changed, overweight and obesity rates will continue to rise. Concurrently, adult rates will rise as well, especially troubling when you consider the fact that heart disease is already the Number One Killer in America. In addition to Heart Disease, other dangers include:

Hypertension
Dyslipidemia (for example, high total cholesterol or high levels of triglycerides)
Type 2 diabetes
Coronary heart disease
Stroke
Gallbladder disease
Osteoarthritis
Sleep apnea and respiratory problems
Some cancers (endometrial, breast, and colon)

It is quite possible that all of the above to be exacerbated by poor diet. Fried foods, fast food, candy and other junk foods are taking Americans on a short road to an early grave.
You may think, “It’s impossible, look how readily available these types of junk food, fast food and candy are available. There’s no way our society and government would allow it. Well, for readers who are a bit older, just think back to cigarettes. They used to have athletes doing commercials saying Lucky Strikes helped them play better. Doctors used to prescribe cigarettes to women for nerves. So it’s possible our society is at that same crossroads where junk food, fast food and candy are concerned.

What can be done? Simply put, there needs to be a change in this country and it start with our nations schoolchildren. There needs to be more emphasis on exercise and nutrition. This means less junk food, less fast food, and more Healthy Solutions. One of the healthy objectives of the CDC is to reduce the prevalence of obesity amongst adults to less than 15%. The problem is the trend is not going in the right direction, as the situation is worsening. Only time will tell whether America can let go of junk food and fast food addiction and embrace Healthy Solutions.

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I am doing a school project for my anatomy and kinesiology class and i need to create a workout and diet/nutrition program for a specific athlete. My athlete is a trapezist. Does anyone know what a trapezist would use to workout and the muscles and locations of muscles are? I’m looking for like "Trapezists use a lot of upper body muscles: shoulders, traps, pecs…" stuff like that.

Full body workout non the less would be optimal. Lower body will help you release muscle building hormones. Doing squats alone and nothing else will put size onto your chest.

Just make sure you include a few functional trapezisst exercises in addition to awell rounded program

Fatigue is a condition wherein a person experiences exhaustion and lack of energy possibly due to sleep deficiency, infection or overexertion. Since this is a fairly normal and common condition, most adults have experienced fatigue at least once in their lifetime. However, a person who continues to suffer from severe fatigue for an extended period of time of at least six months maybe affected by a more serious condition known as chronic fatigue.

Most people who are afflicted with chronic fatigue usually suffer from a more serious condition, which includes fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue immunodeficiency syndrome, lupus or rheumatoid arthritis.

In order for us to know how to beat chronic fatigue, we first need to look into what causes this condition. Here are the most common reasons why people suffer from chronic fatigue:

Infections

Some viral and bacterial infection could cause chronic fatigue. Most athletes are more susceptible to such a condition when suffering from an infection as a result of heavy training and exertion. However, chronic fatigue usually disappears once the infection is fully cured or treated.

Over-training

People who put their minds and bodies to the extreme usually suffer from chronic fatigue. Since athletes endure rigorous training and practice, they are the ones who usually experience chronic fatigue due to over training and exertion.

Depression and anxiety

Some experts link chronic fatigue to psychological disorders. Thus, people who suffer from severe anxiety and depression are the ones who are also stricken by chronic fatigue.

Dehydration

Many people do not pay attention to their daily water intake because they are not aware that dehydration could have long-term side effects, such as chronic fatigue, on their bodies and even their performance.

Eating disorders

The likelihood for people who have eating disorders, such as bulimia and anorexia, of suffering from chronic fatigue in the future is very high. Lack of proper nutrition is one of the causes of chronic fatigue, and people with anorexia and bulimia surely have inadequate supply of vitamins and minerals in their bodies.

Now that you know the common causes of fatigue, we should now start discussing the ways in which we could beat chronic fatigue. Follow the tips enumerated below and you will surely be able to manage such debilitating and long-lasting fatigue symptoms:

Eat a balanced and healthy diet

Food that is high in sugar and fat usually makes us feel sluggish and lethargic. Hence, prolonged intake of food that is high in sugar and fat could eventually result in the development of chronic fatigue and other serious diseases.

If you want to stay healthy and energetic, you need to increase your intake of fruits and vegetables. To ensure that you have a steady supply of energy through the day, do not skip breakfast. Instead of eating three full meals, go for small but frequent eating.

Live a stress-free life

Figures from a research group in Sweden found that there is a close connection between stress and development of chronic fatigue later in life. Thus, if you don’t want to suffer from chronic fatigue in the future, you need to bring your stress levels down.

One of the ways to beat stress is to look for what is causing it. Marital or family problems could stress you out, so you need to find a way to remedy your problem with your mother, wife, husband or children.

For many people, work is their major stressor. Proper time management, ability to delegate tasks properly, and learning to deal with difficult colleagues are surefire ways to manage your stress from work. If you feel that you can no longer manage stress alone, you can solicit the help of your family, friends, or even a counselor.

Exercise regularly

Couch potatoes and people with sedentary lifestyles often develop chronic fatigue. Your body, particularly your heart, needs regular physical activities to make them perform at their peak. Moreover, exercise could help increase your energy levels naturally, because it aids in proper circulation.

Exercise does not only help in relieving tension, it also aids in releasing endorphins, a feel-good chemical, which generally reduces stress, increase pleasure and lessen pain.

Try alternative and natural remedies

You should not be afraid to try new things that could help you relax and make your body more energetic and stronger. Treat yourself to reflexology massage to help you relax and improve blood circulation.

If you are a little adventurous, you can try acupuncture. This is an ancient medical science practiced in China and the orient. Acupuncture helps in improving the flow of your chi and increase mental and physical strength.

Meditation and aromatherapy are good ways to bring your stress levels down. These methods could also give you inner peace and help you relax after a demanding day.

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I need this for my Food&Nutrition Coursework so i will need all the information you can give! Oh and please suggest any good websites i can go to for this question. Please help and thanks!

By not doing a low calorie diet which causes loss of lean tissues & by doing a high calorie, low carb way of eating. They have to eliminate starches, but there is rarely much nutritional value in sugar & starches, but there is considerable nutritional value in low carb foods.

from the article below -

Numerous current studies show that dieters who follow high-protein low-carb strategies–even plans with higher fat intake–lose more fat and maintain or gain more muscle mass than dieters who rely on higher carb diets.

Yes, you read that right–many dieters actually gained muscle mass without working out, simply by eating a high-protein diet. This is due to several factors. First, amino acids from protein drive muscle growth. When you consume a high-protein meal, amino acids from the protein travel to muscle cells and actually initiate the processes that cause muscle growth.

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I highly recommend adding virgin coconut oil to your diet. All fats can be used for sustained energy, but coconut oil is the (only) fat that can be used for quick energy like a carb.

It takes awhile to convert the body from being fueled by glucose to being fueled by fat but it does convert. It can take several weeks for the body to be able to compete athletically while using fat for fuel. The body does not become fat adapted though it "carb cycling" techniques are employed. Low carb marathon runners don’t "hit the wall" with mid race fuel changeovers. It’s not being fueled by fat that slows them down, it’s the immediate fuel conversion period.

This study:

http://www.nutritionandmetabolism.com/content/1/1/2

seems to suggest that after one has become fat adapted, endurance exercise performance returns to normal, but sprint performance remains poor. The suggested reason is that this type of exercise can not be fueled by fat, it must be fueled by glucose.

If you eat protein without sufficient fuel calories from fats or carbs, then you convert dietary protein to fuel leaving no protein for cellular needs, forcing the body to catabolize it’s own lean tissues. Carbs may be optional, but fuel calories are not but they can come from fat or carbs, but not protein. There are not enough calories in fruits & vegs to fuel the body.

If you don’t keep your calories high enough, the body will strip it’s own lean tissue for nutrition. Although that may look great on a scale it will make it MUCH easier to accumulate fat in the future (since all that pesky lean tissue burning up calories will be gone).

Protein is a very inefficient fuel to use exclusively for long term & the byproducts of the conversion to fuel can be dangerous if they overwhelm the body faster than the body can clear out the nitrogen & ammonia..

Just for example – Someone asked "what if" about a diet of 500g of pure protein (2000 calories a day)

500g protein with no fat would be fatal. Fat is essential but protein without fat will cause diarrhea & then death. So this next bit is only hypothetically speaking.

500g of protein only would turn the protein into a fuel source and not be able to be used for tissue repairs & cellular regeneration. So although you would think 500g of protein would be sufficient for these needs, it would be converted to a very inefficient fuel source with a dangerous buildup of nitrogen & ammonia (byproducts of gluconeogenesis). The body can handle some of these byproducts but not large quantities for long term. So in essence, all this protein would be processed as fuel and the body would STILL have to catabolize it’s own lean tissues for a protein source. 100% of the protein would be needed to convert to 58% glucose – it would be equal to fueling the body with 1160 calories of carbs and NO protein (IF your only ingestion was 2000 calories (500g) in pure protein).

It’s confusing to eat SO much protein and have none bioavailable but your body requires FUEL calories (which can come from fat OR carbs or both) AND protein.

BUT if you ate more than sufficient protein with more than sufficient dietary fat calories AND controlled carbs to less than 9grams per hour (Maximum carbs would be 144grams day or 576 calories) the balance of fuel calories would HAVE to be from dietary fats – at 9 calories per gram.

As long as you have <9grams carbs per hour, you will maintain insulin control & shouldn’t gain weight, no matter the calories because insulin, the fat storage hormone is not activated. Controlling insulin levels will balance out other hormones & allow sex hormones (testosterone in males) & human growth hormone (HGH) to be produced naturally so lean tissue will be gained even without exercise.

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You ever wonder how people back in history got athletic without the exercise equipment, supplements and nutrition advice you have nowadays. I was watching pictures of these olympic events from 70 years ago and a lot of the athletes had equal or superior muscle mass to a lot of the athletes today. How raw was their diet? How did they train? Did they train like cavemen?

these guys will genetically gifted thats why der werent as many huge guys back then…when u look nw…every1 big!!
da training principle was similar 2 wat they do now…but more home made stuff…have a look at worlds strongest man…ittal b stuff like dat…such as snad bags…lifing trees…pulling carts…etc

as for der diet…because dey wud prob be naturally muscluar…der diet wud b similar 2 atheletes now but widout da protein shakes…
dey wud b having alot of rice, oats, chicken, eggs, fish, potato etc!

a present day example wud be tribes in africa, south america…majority will look smallish but u will get da odd 1 who eats da same as every1 else but luks like a gorrilla!!

hope dat helps

1. Understand nutrition

If you really want to lose weight you have to know something about nutrition.

Nutrition really just means what you are putting into your mouth.

It is not enough to follow the latest diet fad. You have to know what you are eating.

If not, you can be fooled. How do you really know what is right for you and what isn’t? How do you figure out why a new diet failed? Or what worked that you need to continue?

It all starts with learning something about nutrition, what you are eating. It isn’t too hard if you start with the basics.

There are labels on most foods. The labels are a good place to start. They list the calories as well as protein, fat, and carbohydrate content of foods. You can use them to compare foods and make wise choices.

You will also want to get a good book that has nutritional information that you can count on. Particularly when it comes to weight loss, knowledge is power.

2. Make a plan.

Once you know something about nutrition, you have to make a plan. It doesn’t have to be complicated, but you have to have some idea of where you are going.

You just take the basics you learned from reading your food labels and from your other reading, and figure out how you are going to use them. You make a simple plan that will fit with your life and your schedule.

For example, you start by really finding out what protein is, where it comes from and why it is a crucial part of your permanent weight loss plan. Then you need to figure out where you are going to get the protein you need.

It may be as simple as cooking some chicken breasts to have in your lunch for the week. You can cook once per week if that fits your schedule, and pack each meal in an airtight container, one for each day. Taking you lunch in a cooler will not only help you eat right, it will save a lot of money you would otherwise have to spend buying your lunch.

Or, it might be as simple as carrying a protein bar in your purse or briefcase.

You have to make sure that good, nutritious and satisfying food is available when hunger strikes. It won’t do you much good to know what you should be eating, only to look around when you get hungry and all you can find is potato chips and soda.

A little planning goes along ways toward reaching your goals.

3. Keep your eye on your goal.

If you want to lose weight and keep it off, you have to keep your eye on your goal. Set a reasonable goal for yourself, and stick to it.

One way to set a goal is to use the body mass index. The body mass index is simply a way of finding how much you should way based on how tall you are. It doesn’t work well for some highly trained athletes, but for most of us it is very helpful.

Just type “body mass index” into any internet search engine, and you will find a calculator that will do the work for you. A number of 25 or less is considered normal. But remember, any weight you take off, even if you don’t get quite to your “ideal weight” is going to have tremendous benefits for your overall health and for your mental outlook.

You are probably going to have some ups and downs; most people do. But don’t let them throw you off.

Learn what you need to know about what you eat, make a plan, and then keep your mind on your goal. The little slips, the little backslides, don’t worry about these things. Look at the larger picture. Make a decision to about how you want to look and what you want to do with your life.

So you lost 20 pounds and gained back 2, or 3, or 5. It happens. But you’ve still made progress. Don’t give up.

Expect the little setbacks. They happen to everyone. Don’t let it get you down. And you will succeed.

Follow these steps, learn something about nutrition, make a plan, and stick to it. And you will finally have the body you always wanted!

Dan Curtis
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