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Guidelines
In addition to eating a
proper diet, you should also take dietary supplements to make sure
that any nutrients you lose due to sweating or training are
replenished. The following tables will help guide you in selecting
the supplements appropriate for you. The first table lists the
nutrients recommended for bodybuilders, as well as the range of
intake for each nutrient. Note that within the ranges of intake, the
lower amounts are for smaller individuals and the lower-activity
days, while the higher amounts are for larger individuals and
higher-activity days.
Eating for high energy
The more you exercise,
the more you need to eat a balanced diet. The nutritional rules
still apply, but with an added carbohydrate intake. The combination
of healthy food and physical exertion combats stress, encourages
tissue repair, rebalances hormones and releases endorphins and
encephalin. Mood and outlook should improve markedly.
SUPPLEMENTS: Can they stop the clock?
Trials consistently show
that at the right potency, "natural" remedies may rival conventional
medicines. Doctors & Dieticians often prescribe nutritional and
herbal supplements as effective but gentler alternatives to
conventional drubs for problems ranging from depression to
indigestion.
A RUNDOWN ON NUTRITION bARS
These days you can find
a never-ending list of nutrition bars lying at the stores. Next time
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The aim of this article is simply to inform the reader of the basic
principles and foundations behind creatine and its supplementation.
Its popularity is evident and likely a result of the fact that,
short of macronutrients, it is one of the most researched exercise
nutrition supplements to date; this compound actually has been shown
in well-controlled scientific studies to be quite effective in
producing desired results, unlike many, many available to the unwary
athlete these days.