By Belinda Benn
Developing a great body not only means training right but the correct diet, otherwise your efforts won’t be rewarded by reaching your potential. We need healthy proteins, carbs and fats in order to provide energy, stimulate our hormones and create the perfect environment to repair and grow muscle.
Here are 3 things I find very important:
1. One hour before you train have some complex carbs with lean proteins.
2. Again, have some protein and simple carbohydrates immediately
following exercise to begin the recovery process as soon as possible.
I prefer a protein shake with fruit. The simple carbs will replace glycogen–
muscle sugar–burned during exercise, while the protein signals spent
muscles to begin the rebuilding process.
3. As part of your last meal of the day, a lean protein source like chicken
breast, cottage cheese or lean beef will give your muscles the amino acids
they need to rebuild and grow overnight. Keep your starchy carbs and sugar
to a minimum at night to avoid fat storage. Eat plenty of fibrous vegetables,
which will help the protein digest more slowly and prolong the release of
nutrients to your muscles.
Prepare your food ahead of time and if necessary take a small cooler full of
food with you so that you have everything you need on the go.
Good blogging!