Healthy Tips For Everyone
September 27th 2006 10:47
Tips to Be Fit & Healthy
I’ve learned a lot of things about nutrition and exercise over my life, mainly due to my interest in such topics. I thought I’d share with you some interesting tips and tricks on how to maintain a healthy body and a safe weight. Of course your current health status/issues (like heart problems, kidney disease, or simply having the same diet/lack of exercise for 20 years) must be taken into consideration before strictly following any guidelines – from me or anyone else. And remember, these ideas could only prove effective if done in conjunction with a solid exercise regime – 20-30 minutes per day, at least 3 days a week.
1) Limit your carbohydrates at night: Don’t go to bed after having a lot of carbohydrates. This is best avoided by not having much rice, pasta, potatoes or bread for dinner. The body doesn’t need all this energy when it’s just going to be unconscious for 8 hours. Try only having small portions of carbohydrates at dinner time, or better still – leave them out all together. Save the carbo-loaded meals for lunch.
2) Eat until you’re not hungry, not until you’re full: A good way to stretch your stomach so you require more food to be satisfied (and hence, gain weight) is to have a habit of overeating. I know this may be difficult at times, especially at a party when there’s so much lovely food around! If you want to sample everything, do it wisely. Go for the foods with the least amount of carbohydrates (which usually taste nicer anyway) so you can eat more before feeling satisfied – get into the tuna salad, the chicken skewers and the fish cakes, and if you’re still hungry then you can try the potato bake.
3) Take a break between weights sessions: If you are a keen weights training enthusiast remember to take a one day break between each session. Every time you complete a session the muscles need to break down and regenerate (this is why you get sore muscles the next day) so they may increase in size. You should have every second day off to allow this process to occur and to avoid the risk of injury.
4) Drink lots of water, especially when exercising: We need to drink ample amounts of water each day to keep our chemical processes running. There’s no standard water allowance you must reach for every day – like just eating when you’re hungry, only drink when you’re thirsty (but obviously increase your intake when exercising, to replace the fluids you’ll lose through sweat). Too much of a good thing is bad for you, and too much water can wash out the sodium levels in your body and way too much can kill you (some drugs such as ecstasy can cause users to lose control of their sense of thirst, leading to water intoxication). Start becoming aware of when you’re thirsty, as most headaches are a direct result of dehydration.
These are only a few tips, but sensible ones at that. Watch this space for more ideas on how to achieve a good healthy body, and maintain it too.
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I’ve learned a lot of things about nutrition and exercise over my life, mainly due to my interest in such topics. I thought I’d share with you some interesting tips and tricks on how to maintain a healthy body and a safe weight. Of course your current health status/issues (like heart problems, kidney disease, or simply having the same diet/lack of exercise for 20 years) must be taken into consideration before strictly following any guidelines – from me or anyone else. And remember, these ideas could only prove effective if done in conjunction with a solid exercise regime – 20-30 minutes per day, at least 3 days a week.
1) Limit your carbohydrates at night: Don’t go to bed after having a lot of carbohydrates. This is best avoided by not having much rice, pasta, potatoes or bread for dinner. The body doesn’t need all this energy when it’s just going to be unconscious for 8 hours. Try only having small portions of carbohydrates at dinner time, or better still – leave them out all together. Save the carbo-loaded meals for lunch.
2) Eat until you’re not hungry, not until you’re full: A good way to stretch your stomach so you require more food to be satisfied (and hence, gain weight) is to have a habit of overeating. I know this may be difficult at times, especially at a party when there’s so much lovely food around! If you want to sample everything, do it wisely. Go for the foods with the least amount of carbohydrates (which usually taste nicer anyway) so you can eat more before feeling satisfied – get into the tuna salad, the chicken skewers and the fish cakes, and if you’re still hungry then you can try the potato bake.
3) Take a break between weights sessions: If you are a keen weights training enthusiast remember to take a one day break between each session. Every time you complete a session the muscles need to break down and regenerate (this is why you get sore muscles the next day) so they may increase in size. You should have every second day off to allow this process to occur and to avoid the risk of injury.
4) Drink lots of water, especially when exercising: We need to drink ample amounts of water each day to keep our chemical processes running. There’s no standard water allowance you must reach for every day – like just eating when you’re hungry, only drink when you’re thirsty (but obviously increase your intake when exercising, to replace the fluids you’ll lose through sweat). Too much of a good thing is bad for you, and too much water can wash out the sodium levels in your body and way too much can kill you (some drugs such as ecstasy can cause users to lose control of their sense of thirst, leading to water intoxication). Start becoming aware of when you’re thirsty, as most headaches are a direct result of dehydration.
These are only a few tips, but sensible ones at that. Watch this space for more ideas on how to achieve a good healthy body, and maintain it too.
tilles_Mineralwasser.jpg" target="_blank">Image part of the GNU Free Documentation License
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