As you may know, not fueling up with the right nutrients can affect how well your body performs and your overall fitness benefits. Even though
healthy eating is important, there are myths that hinder your performance if you listen to them.
Below, you’ll find some myth busters on healthy eating.
1. Working out on an empty stomach.
If you hear a rumbling noise in your stomach, the rumbling is trying to tell you something. Without listening to them, you are forcing your body to run without any fuel. Before you exercise or do any physical activity, always eat a light snack such as an apple.
2. Relying on energy bars and drink.
Although they are fine every once in a while, they don’t deliver the antioxidants you need to prevent cancer. Fruits and vegetables are your best bets,as they are loaded in vitamins, minerals, fluid,and fiber.
3. Skipping breakfast.
Skipping breakfast is never a good idea, as breakfast starts the day. Your body needs fuel as soon as possible, and without it, you’ll be hungry throughout the day.
4. Low carb diets.
Your body needs carbohydrates for your muscles and the storing of energy.
5. Eating what you want.
Eating healthy and exercising doesn’t give you an all access pass to eat anything you want. Everyone needs the same nutrients whether they exercise or not, as well as fruits and vegetables.
6. Not enough calories
Although losing weight involves calories, losing it too quickly is never safe. What you should do,is aim for 1 - 2 pounds a week. Always make sure that you are getting enough calories to keep your body operating smoothly. If you start dropping weight too fast, eat a bit more food.
7. Skip soda and alcohol.
Water, milk, and juice is the best to drink for active people. You should drink often, and not require on thirst to be an indicator. By the time you get thirsty, your body is already running a bit too low.
Changing how you eat is always a great step towards healthy eating and it will affect how your body performs. The healthier you eat, you better you’ll feel. No matter how old you may be, healthy eating is something you should strive for. Once you give it a chance, you’ll see in no time at all just how much it can change your life - for the
better.
Gaetane Ross
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5 Responses for "Myths About Healthy Eating"
So I’ve heard two myths about eating before bed, which is true?
I've heard that you shouldn't eat anything up to 3 hours before bedtime because then your body will be working hard to process that while you're sleeping, instead of the rest & reparation one typically gets with sleep. However, I've also heard that a small & healthy "bedtime snack" is fine because it keeps your metabolism at a level rate.
I usually go to the gym between 10-12 at night, & afterwards I'm hungry so I'll make a 2 egg & cheese omelet (just using the egg whites). I usually get to bed around 1:30. I eat a small meal about an hour or hour & a half before going to the gym, as well.
Is eating the omelet before bed ok? Or should I really heed the no food 3 hours before bed rule?
wh - Don't worry, I'm not starving myself, lol. I try to eat a few small meals every day instead of 2 or 3 huge ones. I'm trying to not ever eat until I'm full, but unfortunately that means I'm hungry just a couple hours after my last "meal."
And just to clarify - I'm actually trying to lose 20 lbs, & of course I want to do it the right & healthy way.
If you're eating healthy foods like fruit or a light snack before bedtime, it's usually fine. But if you eat meals or fatty food right before bed, then yes, you're likley to gain weight. The best bet is to eat easy to digest foods, or just a fruit smoothie before bed.
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its best not 2 eat b 4 goin 2 bed b cuz when u do u r laying on all dat food and its not goin any where so it causes u 2 get bigger over night
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Actually neither.
The real question is which meal is your largest? Do you not eat all day and eat a large meal at night? If you starve yourself all day long and eat a large meal at night after exercising, then you have effectively tricked your body into thinking that it is starving and needs to build up its energy stores for these bouts of starvation. So, your body will build up its fat stores while you are resting overnight.
If you eat a big breakfast, when your body becomes active, it will break down your food for immediate energy needs instead of storing the food as fat when you are resting.
If you are not starving yourself, then you don't need to change anything.
Addendum:
Since you're trying to lose weight, the main thing is to keep your calorie intake below the calories that you are burning with exercise. You need to eat a balanced diet, too. If you don't supply your body with all the correct amounts of nutrition (ie electrolytes, vitamins, etc), your body will continue to crave food until your needs are met. This also applies to water. Keep yourself well hydrated, because some of your hunger may be a result of your body craving more water.
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As i know, as long as you do not eat something "heavy" at night, like fried chicken, steak, or other meat. That would be fine. Milk before sleep also good and wont effect your health. And that it would be fine too to eat omelet before bed. But, it's better to you if you go to sleep about an hour after meal.
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