Nutrition – Get The Basics Right

Nutrition – Get The Basics Right

Did you know that your diet can influence between 70-80% of your results? So it is vital that you put as much effort into eating healthy as you do in training.

You only have to train for 2-4 hours a week but you need to commit to eating healthily for 20+ meals a week.

I think the two best bits of advice to follow regarding eating well is to put more time into planning and preparing meals and not to overcomplicate things. 

Here’s a handy list to help you stay on track:

Cut Out Bad Carbohydrates – The bad carbohydrates I’m talking about here are refined carbs, these have had their fibre stripped away from them, they are digested in the body quickly, this causes a spike in blood sugar levels followed by a crash. This can be the toughest thing to cut out for most people, you want to avoid carbs white in colour in most instances and stick to healthier wholegrain versions.

Cut Out Anything Fried – This is pretty self explanatory, anything fried brings the bad fat content right up and is very unhealthy. So avoid fast food places like McDonalds and KFC if you want to lose fat and be healthy.

Avoid ‘Diet’ Foods – I am not a fan of low fat/low calorie versions of bad foods. I firmly believe that there is never going to be a healthy fizzy drink or pack of crisps, often the diet versions are even worse for you than the originals. They may cut out the fat content but in order to keep the flavour they have to add tonnes of sugar and different unnatural substances to it. Food is big business and the big food producers cash in on people’s attempts to eating healthy.

Say No To Processed Foods – This can be a tough one but once you get used to planning and preparing your food you will not need to eat fast convenience foods. The ingredients contained in some processed foods, especially meat is quite disgusting. If you look at the back of a tin of hot dogs you will see in the ingredient list mechanically removed chicken. The stuff placed in cheap burgers, tinned meat and some packets of ham and chicken is not nice. All of the animal is used, and the bad stuff, using not very nice methods end up being eaten by us in cheap meat.

Get Your 5 A Day – This is an easy one but most people don’t manage it. There are so many varieties of different fruit and vegetable nobody can say they are boring. If you can get 5 portions in you are getting so much more vital goodness and nutrients compared to someone who isn’t.  Staying healthy keeps our immune system strong. As it is very important for our overall well-being, it’s essential to boost it with the best greens powders for immune system.

So there are my 5 easy to follow steps to ensure that you get off to the best start with healthy eating. Obviously there is a lot more to do to ensure a healthy diet but at the start it is vital not to do too many things at once. Make one change a week and see how you get on.

That’s all for now!

Let me know how you get on,

Jamie