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Fitness FAQ
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Which is better for a pre-workout meal, PROTEINS or CARBOHYDRATES?
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CARBS, CARBS and more CARBS!!! I stress that due to the over-abundance of hi-protein myths. The primary function for carbohydrates is to provide energy. Protein is primarily needed for tissue repair. Granted, an under-supply of carbs would cause proteins to be converted to GLYCOGEN for energy. But this form of energy is not as efficient as complex carbs. Additionally, proteins take much longer to digest, thereby diverting blood supplies away from working muscles, sending it instead to the digestive organs.
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In my attempts to lose weight, is it better to skip breakfast or lunch?
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Neither meal is worth skipping. In fact, in order to elevate your METABOLISM and thereby burn fat more efficiently, you should increase the frequency of your meals, but without increasing, necessarily, the number of CALORIES. The longer the time frame between meals, the lower your metabolism will drop. Ideally, four to six meals per day should be part of everyone's dietary approach for both improved metabolism and higher energy levels.
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I learned recently, through the media, that milk may contribute to osteoporosis. But, isn't milk high in calcium? And don't high-calcium foods help build stronger bones?
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Respectively, the answers are yes, yes and no. Milk does contribute to osteoporosis, it is high in calcium and not all high-calcium foods help thicken bone density. Confused? Let me explain.
While milk does contain a high quantity of calcium, it also contains a high amount of protein; this type of protein is difficult for the body to digest. Any high-protein food, like milk, ultimately ends up leaching calcium already stored in the body. According to recent research, the culprit is protein food's high phosphorous content. There are many other foods that provide higher qualities of calcium that are more easily absorbed by the body. One example is sea vegetables.
Incidentally, other health problems caused by milk consumption include: lactose intolerance, prostate and breast cancers, and more. For more detailed information, click onto milksucks.com.
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Which sweetener, if any, is considered to be healthy?
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The only sweetener, at this point in time, that I would actually recommend for health as well as for sweetening purposes is stevia. Stevia, in its natural form, is 300 times sweeter than sugar yet contains 1/300th the calories of sugar.
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