[Article] Nutrition Facts Knowledge is better then ignorance

ginfreaks said:

If you want to know about your nutrition to gain muscle or to lose weight, for men ,women .
You can all see in Nutrition Facts
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Potato is package of lots of calories: In our Indian grocery stores we usually have medium sized potatoes generally and it contains very less calories. Individuals can gain weight if they eat potatoes regularly in enormous amount. More calories intake with potatoes is possible by the way they cooked. So best form of potatoes consumption is baked and steamed.

Consuming Potato is itself a suicidal for weight loss program: Undoubtedly potatoes contain carbohydrates and little of proteins which are an ideal diet for those who desperately want to put on weight. But it is also a truth that eating potatoes in healthy way such as baked, mashed, roasted and steamed will not add to your weight.

So the whole trick lies in the way you cook potatoes. Prepare your potato dish which completely suits your body fats, provides you required amount of carbohydrates, then it will not harm you. So try to cook potatoes with their skin on to get fibre, potassium, vitamin C and iron and enjoy health benefits of potatoes. God Luck Potatoes lovers!

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Protein Supplements
Protein supplements come in those big containers full of powder - but that's not all there is in the world of protein supplements. Those work well, but are not to everyone's taste. How about shakes or smoothies? Enhanced water? Pudding? Even the tiny drinks called protein shots can provide the protein you need to keep strong and healthy.

Good Nutrition: A Daily Choice
You might be in the best of health, but maybe you're just too busy to eat a full meal at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Or it could just be easier to grab fast food than pack a lunch or prepare a meal. Neither patronizing the drive-through windows nor skipping meals are good for your health, and either will catch up with you in the long run. The best thing to do is to have few fried foods, which are full of fats, and have a little more protein.

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NightFallTech said:

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Night Eating Syndrome and its Health Costs
Used to be that humans collected their food during the day and consumed all of it before sunset due to lack of refrigeration and other sophisticated food storage systems. These days we have technologically advanced methods of preserving and preparing food, and more and more late-night restaurants and grocery stores cater to our around-the-clock lifestyles. The result is we have the capability to eat whenever we want and, consequently, many of us have gotten into "night eating syndrome", or NES. NES is a health-impacting habit where we consume 50% or more of our daily food intake after 8pm. It can result in the following health issues:

o Difficulty falling/staying asleep: Human circadian rhythms are set to start winding down after sunset so we can fall asleep at nightfall. If you eat a moderate to heavy meal during this time, your metabolism revs up for several hours trying to digest this food and will prevent you from falling asleep and/or staying asleep.

This is especially true if you include red meat in that meal as your body has to work harder to digest it. So, the more you eat late at night, the more you habitually disrupt your normal sleep hours. As a result, chronic insomnia and elevated cortisol, a stress hormone, can occur. Elevated cortisol levels can cause you to gain weight in the form of belly fat, the worst kind.

o Weight gain: If you eat at night, and have also consumed a regular amount of food during the day, the extra meal that you eat at night will almost certainly be stored as fat. In fact, 1 in 4 people who are 100 lbs or more overweight engage in night eating

o Diabetes/metabolic syndrome: The weight gain from eating additional late night meals significantly contributes to insulin resistance and/or diabetes.

o GERD, or acid reflux/heartburn: Eating late at night and then going to bed can be a recipe for acid reflux and heartburn, particularly if you eat anything with chocolate and/or tomato in it. Acid reflux can be severe and cause inflammation of the esophagus as well as keep you awake with its very uncomfortable symptoms.

o Sleep apnea: The obesity resulting from excessive late night eating significantly contributes to a condition called sleep apnea. This is the cessation of breathing while sleeping where you can suddenly wake up gasping for air. The stopping of breathing is a result of excessive fat deposits around the airway structures in the neck and laxity of the soft tissues of the tongue and palate.

When the head is the prone position, these structures can tilt backward and block your airway. People who experience sleep apnea are also at higher risk for heart attack from the cutting off of oxygen. Sleep apnea sufferers almost always experience daytime sleepiness which can negatively impact their daily activities and cause accidents.

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Below is some great information for the advanced weight lifter, plus some great tips to try if you find that your gains have stalled.

Are You Eating Five to Eight Meals a Day?
If you're not, you should be. Providing your body with a constant supply of nutrition throughout the day can make a huge difference in how fast you gain muscle or how fast you burn fat. A typical recommended meal schedule is as follows:

1. Breakfast
2. Mid-morning snack
3. Lunch
4. Mid-afternoon snack
5. Pre-workout snack
6. Post-workout snack
7. Dinner
8. Bedtime snack

On non-workout days, you could eliminate the pre- and post-workout snacks, and add another snack between dinner and bedtime.

Are You Watching the Glycemic Index of your Carbohydrates?
The glycemic index (or GI) of foods indicates how quickly your body absorbs the carbohydrates and raises your blood sugar level. It is optimal to keep your blood sugar level even or moving slowly - large spikes are to be avoided. The GI of a food is represented by a number from 1 to over 100. The lower the number, the slower your body coverts the carb to sugar and thus the better it is for your blood sugar level. It is recommended that weight lifters focus on foods that have a low GI.

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nazzysmith said:

Brosef King of Da Brocean!!!

The damaging effects of eating late at night...

Night Eating Syndrome and its Health Costs
It's often said that night is the worst time to eat. The logic: Night is when the body typically slows down and, therefore, is more prone to gain fat. Makes sense, but is it true?

There are no conclusive studies or any evidence to prove that eating late causes more fat gain than eating early. Studies reveal that other variables, such as the frequency of meals, the glycemic index of food, calorie intake and hormonal balance are the real power brokers in the body's capacity for burning or gaining fat.

Even so, the notion that eating late causes fat gain is deep rooted. For most people, who typically eat several meals during the day, a late meal may be an additional meal, and any additional meal may be one too many. The result can be fat gain. Does it mean that eating late is a bad idea? Quite the opposite. If you plan your meals properly and the evening meal turns out to be the main meal, then eating late can be highly rewarding.

There's a substantial amount of evidence that humans have adapted well to nighttime eating. We carry the genes of our hunter-gatherer ancestors, who were busy gathering and hunting during the day and eating at night, when they were at rest. Indeed, our bodies are biologically programmed to work around the circadian clock'active during the day and relaxing at night. As mentioned above, our inner clocks are controlled by the two antagonistic autonomic nervous systems, with the result that our bodies digest and use nutrients better at night than during the highly stressful hours of the day. What's more, night is the time when growth hormone peaks (peak secretion occurs during non-REM, SWS deep sleep). GH is known to be a potent muscle-and-bone builder and a fat burner. Late meals, if applied correctly, can be highly anabolic.

Note that GH actions cannot be effectively finalized without the interference of insulin. Eating late may well help you take advantage of max GH spike during the night, promoting protein synthesis in the muscle tissues and fat burning by providing the nutrients required for facilitating GH actions. Do not betray your biological destiny. Don't deny yourself late meals. If you do, your body may come back with a vengeance to reclaim what was taken away from it. The effects often include chronic cravings for food at night, which may result in bingeing. Finally, late meals often have a relaxing effect on the body, preparing you for sleep. If nothing else, they can help bring a happy end to a tough day.

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