Just like keeping a healthy diet is important to maintaining a healthy lifestyle, eating the right foods is just as important for getting the most out of your workout. While keeping active is a major aspect of staying fit, what you use for fuel definitely factors in.
It's key to know which essential foods will keep you going and help your body recover after hard work. Certain foods are good for preparing your body for an intense workout and giving you the energy you need to endure it. Others are great for after exercising to help you maintain calorie burning, build muscle, and prevent cramping.
Since nobody knows men and food like Food Republic, we pulled eight great recipes of theirs to try out before and after a workout. Give them a try -- energy food can be seriously delicious.
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So you get all the nutrients. But you also get all the calories and NONE of the fiber. The result is you can drink in one glass of juice the calories of five or six fruits or vegetables. That's a lot of calories. Plus juice has a high glycemic index while vegetables have a low one and fruit has a low glycemic load. So juice will spike your blood sugar, which contributes to hypoglycemia, obesity and eventually diabetes.
Why not just eat the vegetables or fruit? Or if you have to drink it, why not blend it and keep the fiber? This gives you a much healthier food.
My daily breakfast is 1 fresh raw grapefruit, 1 banana and 1/2 cup of blueberries. Eating raw fruit is a much greater and finer sensory experience than drinking juice. But it is very refreshing and hydrating too. Finally I get hordes of nutrition and am full and satiated until lunch time. When I drink juice I don't want to stop. I could drink a guart of OJ or V8. Then I'd still be hungry and crave simple, processed carbs.
So I am seriously asking, not just snarking. Why juice? Why not just eat the fruit or veggies themselves? What benefit do people think they get from juicing instead of eating the entire fruit or veggies?
I also asked myself the same question as I purchased a machine and tried drying fruit. Why would anyone who does not camp out or hike, want to eat dried fruit?
Frozen and canned fruit I understand. Pressed into juice or dried, no way.
Maybe I'm just not with it.
Thank you!
Oh--and do you have anything using quinoa?