Even though the average weight of the population in the Western world continues to rise, this seems to have fueled the interest in health and fitness products. In addition to that, these people are having the desire to sculpt their bodies to achieve that magazine-cover look. Consequently gyms, health spas, fitness clubs and equipment manufacturers are all doing very well with what everyone hopes is not just another fashion.
Although to be honest, trying to avoid the subject is not easy with amount of advertising that goes on to promote diet fitness. The way we eat and the types of food we consume also play a major role in our overall health and fitness so the two should really be emphasized as a joint effort.
We need to remember that our bodies require a certain level of nourishment if they are going to be able to repair themselves and stay healthy and diet and fitness go hand in hand. With the popularity of keeping fit, many different opinions, methods, programs and dieting strategies have been formulated by numerous professionals, among these are high-carb diets and high-fat diets but which one is more effective and which one should you choose?
The first thing you need to know would be the fundamental differences between these two diet approaches because as the name implies, high-carb diets concentrates on taking in carbohydrate-rich foods while high fat diets endorses fat-rich foods. The more traditional high-carb diet camp says you need to have carbohydrates because the glycogen or glucose is stored in the muscles ready for use when performing anaerobic or what we term, short and rapid exercise.
Whereas, fat is a rich source of calories with two and a half times more than proteins and carbohydrates whilst fat metabolizes in an eighth of the time it does for carbohydrates. So a person can follow a high-carb and low fat fitness diet or the other way around but it is not recommended to follow both at the same time; unless of course if you want to gain body fat.
If your aim is to lose body fat then you will need to stick to a diet fitness routine but remember this is not just a short term goal. Research shows that sustainable loss of weight can only be achieved on a diet which suits the individual food preferences, lifestyle and medical profile.
Just losing weight is not the issue as many overweight individuals manage to do this but if the diet doesn't suit them they pile it all back on, so the trick is to organize a diet that exactly fits your needs and maintain a moderation to what you eat. Having made that point, it is only fair to say that as part of a healthy diet, certain vitamins and other nutrients essential for good health must still be taken if the body wants to remain strong.
The important message here is experiment until you find the diet fitness method that suits you and then staying fit and healthy will be much easier and probably enjoyable. - 16004
Although to be honest, trying to avoid the subject is not easy with amount of advertising that goes on to promote diet fitness. The way we eat and the types of food we consume also play a major role in our overall health and fitness so the two should really be emphasized as a joint effort.
We need to remember that our bodies require a certain level of nourishment if they are going to be able to repair themselves and stay healthy and diet and fitness go hand in hand. With the popularity of keeping fit, many different opinions, methods, programs and dieting strategies have been formulated by numerous professionals, among these are high-carb diets and high-fat diets but which one is more effective and which one should you choose?
The first thing you need to know would be the fundamental differences between these two diet approaches because as the name implies, high-carb diets concentrates on taking in carbohydrate-rich foods while high fat diets endorses fat-rich foods. The more traditional high-carb diet camp says you need to have carbohydrates because the glycogen or glucose is stored in the muscles ready for use when performing anaerobic or what we term, short and rapid exercise.
Whereas, fat is a rich source of calories with two and a half times more than proteins and carbohydrates whilst fat metabolizes in an eighth of the time it does for carbohydrates. So a person can follow a high-carb and low fat fitness diet or the other way around but it is not recommended to follow both at the same time; unless of course if you want to gain body fat.
If your aim is to lose body fat then you will need to stick to a diet fitness routine but remember this is not just a short term goal. Research shows that sustainable loss of weight can only be achieved on a diet which suits the individual food preferences, lifestyle and medical profile.
Just losing weight is not the issue as many overweight individuals manage to do this but if the diet doesn't suit them they pile it all back on, so the trick is to organize a diet that exactly fits your needs and maintain a moderation to what you eat. Having made that point, it is only fair to say that as part of a healthy diet, certain vitamins and other nutrients essential for good health must still be taken if the body wants to remain strong.
The important message here is experiment until you find the diet fitness method that suits you and then staying fit and healthy will be much easier and probably enjoyable. - 16004
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