Guest Blogger today is our very own Peter Robinson who is also The Muscle Technician.
Next time you are preparing a meal, stop and ask yourself what food groups are in the meal that you are planning to eat?
- Are your meals mostly made up of processed carbs ie: pasta, rice, bread, cereal?
- Is there any protein in your meals ie: beef, fish, lamb, chicken, lentils, chickpeas, nuts?
- What about vegetables, how much are you eating?
- How much fruit are you having each day?
Protein is one of the food groups that I am sure most of you are not consuming enough of. The question is, how much protein should we be consuming? Every meal should have a protein component to it ie; eggs for breakfast, meat with legumes for lunch and dinner.
Carbohydrates are one food group that most people consume too much of especially processed carbs. Does this sound familiar? Toast for breakfast, sandwich for lunch, and pasta for dinner. Carbs are important as they give us energy, however processed carbs are devoid of vitamins and mineral components. They are negative calories. Sure they fill you up and give you energy but in the end, over consumption will deplete your body's precious energy reserves. If you're old enough you may remember back in kindergarten we used to make glue out of flour and water, these are pretty much the same ingredients for bread and pasta. Vegetables and whole unrefined grains prepared properly are a better sources of carbs.
For the past 3 months I have been following a slow carb diet. This means no processed carbs for 6 days of the week and no grains. On one day of the week you can eat anything you like. So it's a high protein and vegetable based diet. If you are going to try this you must include lentils into your meals as they will help boost the protein content and also a great source of fibre and they will fill you up. If you rely just on meat and vegetables you will be starving.
I urge you to take a look at the food that you are consuming as it makes a huge difference to energy levels, the suppleness of your muscles, your moods and your ability to recover from one training session to the next.
If you are training, you really must increase your protein intake even more than you think. A lot of the above information was taken from the book Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon and the 4 Hour Body by Tim Ferris.
What food group do you consume the most each day? Would love to hear what they are just leave a comment below.
The Muscle Technician, Peter Robinson is a successful SLM Myotherapist. SLM is a full body treatment. It's a technique that goes beyond the standard massage using a combination of acupressure, trigger points and deep tissue massage that will restore total balance to your body, leaving you FREE FROM BACK PAIN.
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