nutrition

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Healthy food myths!

Another great article on Yahoo!7 Lifestyle website https://au.be.yahoo.com/lifestyle/health-and-fitness/a/32617279/5-things-you-should-never-eat-if-youre-trying-to-lose-weight-yahoo7-be/.

Unfortunately, advertising campaigns are fantastic at selling us food that is not necessary healthy under the disguise of something that is actually good for us. Eating fresh fruit is great in moderation but if you are thinking that your next fruit juice will offer you the same benefits you are mistaken. However, you will be getting a massive sugar hit as your fruit juice will not contain just one serving of fruit but quiet possibly more like 4-5.

How about those protein bars that always apparently have no sugar and supposed to be better than a meal prepared with the fresh produce. As the above article correctly points out instead of sugar, protein bars tend to be packed with preservatives and artificial sweeteners that will be just as effective in packing those kilos around your waist.

Idealbody4life Personal Training can help you plan your nutrition and structure your diet based around your lifestyle and fitness goals requirements. Idealbody4life Personal Training team has also established a fantastic network of dieticians around Sydney to whom we regularly refer our clients who might be in need of a more in depth nutritional advice.

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Fasting is it just another nutrition fad?

Nutrition

Healthy Diet and weight loss

For anyone looking to lose weight finding the right balance between the exercise and nutrition is the key. However there are so many different diet plans that very quickly it all gets very confusing. We all recall such popular diets as Atkins diet or Lemon Detox. Both were extremely popular but proven not to be the right choice for many. Today 5:2 diet is very popular and has been steadily gaining momentum as the one diet that not only offers great health benefits but also weight loss.

The 5:2 diet is all about limiting your calorie intake to about 500 calories for women and 600 calories for men, about 25 per cent of the recommended calories, for any two non-consecutive days a week. However during the non fasting days, you can eat whatever you want.

Medical journalist Dr Michael Mosley, who is also one of the creators of the 5:2 fasting, has been a vocal advocate of this particular nutrition strategy. Though it’s indisputable that there are many health benefits that can be attributed to this diet, one should never forget that there are also some concerns. We all have different nutritional needs and medical conditions and it is very hard for one size fits all approach to work when it comes to choosing the right nutrition plan for yourself and your family.

Please find enclosed a link to an ABC article that does a fantastic job at summarising some of the benefits and possible risks associated with 5:2 fasting.

http://www.abc.net.au/health/features/stories/2015/04/07/4211764.htm

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White bread vs Brown bread

White bread vs Brown bread

White bread vs Brown bread – Is there a Difference?

White breads tend to contain easily digestible carbohydrate starch and very little other nutritional value. On the other hand brown and grainy breads will have a lower GI so you will digest them a lot slower and feel fuller for longer. Don’t forget that grainy breads are also high in fibre, potentially helping to improve your digestion system.

So next time try to avoid buying cheap white bread and instead invest into your health by buying brown or grainy low GI and full of nutritional goodness bread.

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Low Carbohydrate Diets Risks

In the short term, very low carbohydrate diets can result in greater weight loss than high carbohydrate diets but, in the long term, weight loss differences appear to be minimal. Very low carbohydrate diets risks can be unhealthy if too much animal fat is consumed and if plant foods are overly restricted. The long term safety of these diets is unknown.

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Why do I need a Personal Trainer?

Sometimes it is hard to motivate yourself to do the right exercises and sometimes you don’t know how many you are supposed to do and for how long. Sometimes you decide to go workout with a buddy and after a couple of weeks your buddy disappears. You find yourself in the gym full of people doing exercises, and maybe you feel a little self-conscious about how your body looks. Sometimes you need a personal trainer to give you the confidence that you need and at the same time look out for your health and mental welfare.

The personal trainer knows the exercises that are right for you. They will look at your body size, your exercise history, and your personal medical history to help decide which regiment of exercises. Often it is better to have a personal trainer with you when you exercise than a close friend or relative. The personal trainer will give you an objective opinion without trying to guard your feelings or give you complements when you don’t deserve them. A personal trainer will instill confidence in the person exercising and can also give words of encouragement as you reach goals that you might have not been able to accomplish without them.

Be personal trainer can charge your growth both in muscle tone or in weight loss. They can gauge how much exactly you can accomplish per session. They will not push your body further than they know what your body can take. If you’re trying to lose weight and tone your body, the personal trainer will design a diet to go along with your workouts. When you hire a personal trainer, you are his client, and he will treat you in a professional, courteous manner. If you’re self-conscious about working out in front of others, the personal traitor will probably find you a more private setting in which to do your exercises. The personal trainers are here for you. He or she will hold in confidence anything that you might let them know about your body or everyday life everyday life. The personal trainer is just one tool in many that can get you ready for a healthy exciting life.