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Nutrition - The Important Basics 10 Every Day Nutritional Necessities for solid diet plan foundations. Return to Nature, Eat a Rainbow, Less Legs are Good, Eat Fats that Give Something Back, Three for Three, Eat Breakfast Every Day, Keep Hydrated, Dont Waste the Post-Workout Window of Opportunity, Supplement Wisely, Dust Off Your Kitchen. Article written by Brendan J Sheehan. Healthy Meal Plans - How to Get Started Healthy eating starts with a plan. Make a healthy plan. Write down all you need. Eat more local, seasonal foods. Strength the bonds of your family with healthy meals. Find out the secret to eating right! By Rachel Steffan
Nutrition - The Important Basics
By Brendan J Sheehan
It is important, before you introduce very specific nutritional changes to your diet/nutritional plan, that its foundations are solid. Basic nutrition can be broken into 10 stages or '10 Nutritional Necessities for Every Day'. Without these basics, specific nutritional fine-tuning will have little effect. 10 Nutritional Necessities for Every Day(1) Return to NatureThis means choosing foods that have undergone little or no processing when building your meals. The less processed that food is, typically the more natural it is, and the better it is for your body. 
Berries (2) Eat a RainbowVitamins and minerals, which are essential to our bodies, can be found naturally in foods such as fruits and vegetables. Eating a variety of fruit and vegetables, in a range of colours, will help ensure that you are getting a lot of the vitamins and minerals that you need, resulting in enhanced recovery, improved energy production and immunity. The following fruits rank in the top 20 list of the American Cancer Society: blueberries, blackberries, rasberries, strawberries, granny smith apples, sweet cherries and black plums. (3) Less Legs are GoodProtein is an essential component of any fitness enthusiasts diet. When choosing your source of protein, typically the fewer legs the animal has, the better the source of protein. Fish, turkey and chicken are excellent sources of protein and are low in fat. You need to be more selective with dairy, red meat and pork products. Low-fat dairy, lean cuts of pork and beef, and grass-fed four-legged animals are best. 
Red Meat (4) Eat Fats that Give Something BackIt is recommended that 20-30% of your total calories come from fat. The best types of fats are low in cholesterol for example raw nuts, seeds, olive oil, nut butters and fatty fish. Essential Fatty Acids or EFA's are often neglected in peoples nutrition plan. These fats help to decrease inflammation but cannot be produced by our bodies, so must come from diet. The American Heart Association recommends to consume fish high in Omega-3, for example salmon, mackerel, sardines, trout, herrings etc... 2-3 times per week. (5) Three for ThreeCombining the 3 main nutrients (1) Carbohydrates, (2) Protein and (3) Fat every 3 hours (hence the phrase 'Three for Three') will maintain energy levels, by creating blood glucose, keeps the body in a fed state, therefore preventing binging, and prevent moods swings. (6) Eat Breakfast Every DayThis is 'critical' yet often ignored by people. Eating breakfast gives the body the fuel it needs and sets your metabolism up to function correctly throughout the day. Eating a healthy breakfast has been shown to improve weight loss when compared to eating no breakfast. (7) Keep Hydrated
Vegetables Dehydration equals decreased sporting performance. It is essential to pre-hydrate before you start training, or any physical exercise, to replace fluid lost during exercise whilst exercising and to continue to intake fluid after exercise. Hydration needs to be maintained throughout the day and during training. It is recommended to drink 1/2oz to 1oz of fluid per pound of body weight. Fluids should consist primarily of water and other naturally low or non-caloric beverages, followed by 100% fruit juices. Perceived hunger pangs are often our bodies trying telling us that we are dehydrated as opposed to being actually hungry. (8) Dont Waste the Post-Workout Window of OpportunityDespite the vast amount of research, many people are still reluctant to consume calories after training. However, in order to optimise the benefits of training and kick start recovery, for maximum gains, it is critical to consume a post-workout recovery meal (either through food or supplements), that combines both carbohydrates and protein, within 45 minutes after training. (9) Supplement Wisely
Supplements Supplements should compliment your diet and a mentality of food combined with supplements should be adopted. Supplements without food will not get you to where you want to be. (10) Dust Off Your KitchenIn a fast paced world of convenience and life-on-the-go, we often turn to restaurants, fast-food and microwavable food for our nourishment. These sources of foods are inevitably heavily processed and generally high in calories. If you really want to optimise your body, hit your nutrient and calorie goals, and just eat better, home cooked food is best. The more fresh food that you can prepare on your own, the more control you will have over the nourishment of your body. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Brendan_J_Sheehan
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Healthy Meal Plans - How to Get Started
By Rachel Steffan
Healthy eating starts with a planIt's easy to say that you want to eat more local, seasonal foods and cut out the processed, refined sugar, starch, and fat, but without healthy meal plans to keep you on track, time and circumstances will quickly conspire to have you right back at that fast food drive-thru, picking up last-minute food for the family. 
Mother and Kid
Cooking So, what should you do? The secret to eating right is to have your recipes lined up for the week, scheduled in such a way that you don't need to babysit a 5lb roast on your family's busiest night, and have all the ingredients that you need on hand, where you can find them. Time is an issue for almost everyone these days, but that shouldn't be an excuse for resorting to highly processed "convenience foods". Not only are there thousands of healthy recipes that can be thrown together in 20 minutes or less; you can also plan ahead to make large portions of slow-cooking foods like soups, stews, and large meat cuts on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon, then freeze individual portions for easy meals on busier days. The ritual of cooking on a weekend afternoon is a great way to spend family time, getting kids (and spouse!) more involved in the food they eat. Kids learn to make dietary choices by watching their parents, and the only way to instill good eating habits that will last a lifetime is to model them at home. Involve kids in choosing the weekly menu... offer them several healthy choices and let them choose what they want, and on which days. Let them watch and help with preparing the shopping list, and assist with age-appropriate cooking activities on "cooking day". It's amazing how many eighteen-year-olds leave the house for college or work, knowing only how to zap a frozen dinner in the microwave. 
Family Eating It's a parent's job to teach children the skills they will need when they grow up, and what skill is more basic than the ability to feed themselves? In addition to strengthening the bonds of family, healthy meal plans can strengthen the bonds in a community. If you've never visited your local farmers' market, you'll be amazed at the difference between the frenzy of hunch-shouldered supermarket shoppers maneuvering their battered carts through the crowded grocery store aisles, and the bustle of people talking and laughing as they move from stall to stall at the open air market, chatting with the farmers over tables of fresh, sustainably raised, local meat and produce. It's night and day. So, give it a try. Sit down, write out a week's worth of recipe plans, write down all the ingredients you will need, and set aside a few hours one day to roast a chicken or make a huge pot of stew and a loaf of homemade bread. See how good it feels to toss out all the shrink-wrapped trash that you know you and your kids shouldn't be eating, and replace it with fresh, locally-grown food that makes your mouth water as it simmers on the stove on a cold winter afternoon. By changing your diet, you can change how you look, how you feel, and even your children's future. Why wait? Rachel Steffan is a foodie with an interest in increasing people's awareness of local food, sustainable agriculture, and healthy eating. Healthy Meal Plans Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Rachel_Steffan
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