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- The Duality of Fitness
Hi everyone!
Welcome back to this segment and thanks for sticking around!
In PART I, I talked about I talked about the functions of OPTIAL NUTRITION, collectively; and touched upon baseline calorie requirements for the average person that didn’t exercise regularly.
Now, I want to briefly explain about what happens with your metabolism at rest, what happens when you eat, AND what happens to that metabolism when you participate in exercise.
Your body uses energy to digest and use the food you have just consumed. This is known as the thermogenic effect of food.
Your body also metabolizes food at a much higher rate when you exercise, especially for people well-trained, or those at athlete level.
This is why trained and elite level cyclists need to consume anywhere from 6000kcals-10,000kcals, during competition.
You must take into account the thermogenic effects of the food you consume, and the duration, intensity, and how well-trained you are as an individual.
If you consume say 2000kcals/day, at least 10% of that energy from the food is being used for the biological processes of the body.
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Nutritional Quality
It’s not as simple as “calories in, calories out”, as they say.
The nutrient density of the food you eat also plays a role. You cannot expect to recovery properly, and have high energy without the quality of what you eat being at a high standard.
high quality animal protein has a much better quality of amino acid ratio, than plant protein. However, one does not exclude the other.
A good source of carbohydrates replenishes your muscle glycogen stores post-workout.
High quality fats and cholesterol are needed for the function of stress hormones. sex hormones, the spinal cord, the brain and the nervous system.
Minerals & vitamins (See PART I).
Thank you for reading PART II, stay tunes for PART III, where exercise itself will be discussed.
Brad
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