Monday, November 19, 2007

Nutrition: What to eat and how much?

If you are going to start weighlifting you probabaly know that having the right diet means a lot to a weight trainer. In fact 30% of work is done by excercise and the rest by food, liquids and routine habits! So right eating is very important!

Here are a list of foods you should eat on daily basis:

Foods and liquids marked with * are mandatory and should be taken on daily basis, others are optional.

1. *Fruits( Apples, Oranges, Tangerines, Pineapples)
2. Protein Shakes ( Provide a daily supplement of proteins and lots of other vitamins)

3. *Vegetables ( Brocolli, kidney beans, soy beans, green peppers, tomatoes, egg plant)

4. Eggs( Good sourve of protein; should be eaten if protein shakes are not available or allegic)

5. *Milk( Provides calcium to bones and other vitamins! 1-2 glasses everyday)

6. Vitamin tablets- You should only consider this if you have defficiency of any vitamins

7. *Juice- Most natural orange juices provide full day supplement of vitamin C and some vitamin A, You should drink juice regularly if you don't eat oranges or Vitamin C tablets.

Here you have it.... Remember start to change your diet slowly or your body will not able to cooperate with the sudden changes in diet!!!

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