Nutrition Vs Food - what to eat for exercise

Nutrition –

The science of foods and their components [nutrients and other substances], including the relations to health and disease [actions, interactions, and balances]; processes with the body [ingestion, digestion, absorption, transport, functions and disposal of end products]; and the social, economic, cultural, and psychological implications of eating

Nutrition Custom Edition 4^th Edition – Authors Dr. Paul Insel, Don Ross, Kimberley McMahon and Dr. Melissa Bernstein

Food

Here’s a question do you ‘eat to live’ or ‘live to eat’?

How many of us actually sit down and enjoy our food? We are people on the run, snatching a bite here and a bite there, standing by the sink, cooker or fridge.

We use food in so many ways, [below are examples – the list is not limited to these examples]

Social - Nice meal out to get to know someone – or keeping up with old friends

Reward – using food as a reward, congratulating ourselves on a job well done, a competition won

Comfort eating – increasing foods we like to help comfort us at times of stress, distress, and anxiety

But are we more concerned with just eating as opposed to the nourishment we get from our food

So many of us are taking to exercise for a myriad of reasons,

· Keeping fit

· Losing weight

· A release from stress / anxiety

· Social interaction

· Health and well being

But seriously how many of us are paying attention to our nourishment / hydration – its one thing training it quite another ensuring the right intake of right foods

Here is a link to an article I think you may find interesting [click on link below]

What to eat before, during, and after exercise

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Add Essential Oils for your Heatlh

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Push yourself beyond your limits

“As difficult as your toughest workout may be, you will not perish from the discomfort you experience. In fact, pushing yourself to new limits is what makes you stronger and better able to handle more stress in the future. Most people never come close to their actual limits and often quit when challenges are very difficult. Moving forward, challenge yourself to give 100% effort at every difficult workout that you are faced with. If you consistently do this, you will learn how to never accept failure as an option.” Nav Vii

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