USN Advice:
Nutrition Tips
Quick
Tips
Eat early and eat often, serving sizes, staying hydrated and
try to have a combo of carbohydrate, protein, and healthy fat
at each of your meals all form part of this Quick Tips list.
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Tips »
Food
List
A detailed food list of Proteins, Carbohydrates, Spices, Vegetables,
Vegetarian Proteins, Fats and Fats to Avoid.
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List »
Nutrition
Tips for Vegetarian Athletes
If you don’t eat meat, it can
take a bit more planning to get adequate protein for muscle
building and sports training. Vegetarians must take extra care
to avoid deficiencies of iron, zinc, and B12, which can hurt
exercise and strength training performance. The tips in this
article will help vegetarians who want to get the most from
strength training programs.
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Tips for Vegetarian Athletes »
Recipes
Try our delicious nutritional recipes like Baked Chicken and
Vegetable Salad, Chicken Tortilla Wrap, Chicken Curry and many
more!
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Foods
and your Hormones
Foods can affect their hormones. When we are trying to gain
lean mass or even drop body fat, there is one hormone you do
not want too much of, and that is estrogen. Estrogen is your
female hormone and also one of our most potent fat storing hormones
(apart from insulin), so we do not want to increase it by the
types of foods we eat.
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and your Hormones »
8
Nutrition Tips to get in Shape
To achieve an enviable toned body, with the help of some basic
nutritional knowledge, you could achieve your goals faster than
you thought. Getting the right balance of food, exercise and
dedication may seem a hard task but putting your mind to it is
the first hurdle.
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Nutrition Tips to get in Shape »
All
about Calories
What is a calorie? A calorie is considered in scientific terms
one unit of energy. This energy is used to walk, talk, breath,
sleep, stretch or run. All activities burn calories. The human
body exerts its energy by using calories it receives from food.
Thus when we speak of calories we associate the term with dieting
and weight loss.
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about Calories »
All
about Carbohydrates
If the right type of fuel is not added to your car at the right
times, you are going to have either poor performance, or none
at all. Carbohydrates form the fuel source for your body. Being
a short-term fuel source, you can easily run out of it if not
taken at the right times, and in the right amounts.
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about Carbohydrates »
Blood
Sugar Levels versus Calorie Counting
Understanding the vital principles of blood sugar levels and
calorie counting.
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Sugar Levels versus Calorie Counting »
Calorie
Density for Muscular Immensity
The secret to packing on pounds of solid muscle mass is simple:
For the most part, the types of foods you eat on a muscle-gaining
program are the same ones you should eat all the time, whether
you want to lose, gain or maintain - you just need to eat more
of them.
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Density for Muscular Immensity »
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