So breakfast is still the most important meal of the day. You’ve heard this advice all of your life. You’ve
seen the commercials for breakfast foods – all sugar or all fat – and we know by now what we should
and should not be eating to be considered on a healthy diet. But did you realize that eating after a
workout may be as important as the first meal of the day. One best kept secret is that if you can eat
small meals each day, it is a better tool for weight loss and bodybuilding. If you normally eat three meals
daily (breakfast, lunch and dinner) consider adding two small meals in between to get more food in. the
snacks added will trade of to actually prompt your body to process food faster and more efficiently. The
food skipped at breakfast is hard to “make up” during the day. So by adding a snack you’ll be eating five
square meals a day instead. These extra snacks will help prevent the process of the loss of muscle and
drop in basic metabolism. Anytime you successfully raise the metabolic rate of your body you will have
the opportunity to burn fat on a daily basis. By digesting meals your body will be burning calories, so
every time your body breaks down food, your metabolism will be ramping up to get to work daily.
Bodybuilders can take probiotics to aid in the digesting process. Probiotics are live bacteria strains that
live in the digestive tract and help to break down foods. The formula is manufactured to include live
strains of bacteria which can be found in yogurt, pill form, and powders. These bacteria are normally
found in our digestive systems, but they are eradicated and wiped out because of the processed foods,
pollution and antibiotics that people take in their daily lives. When a bodybuilder ingests the bacteria, it
works to improve digestion and may serve to boost the immune system. This works to help our bodies
fight disease. Many bodybuilders do not know about using probiotics, but all bodybuilders should
consider using this supplement for their diets.
It is also important to not forget that post workout meals need to contain double the usual amount of
carbs and proteins. Of course, most people who work out would not want to eat right after a workout,
but it is actually the best time to take a meal or snack. If a person is eating five meals a day, and is
eating upwards of 2,500 or 3,000 calories, the meal after the workout should be around 500 or more
up to 1,000 with the other meals averaging 500 calories. If a person eats too light before the workout,
it may send the glycemic index into a tailspin. If eating high-glycemic carbs before training sounds like a
good idea, understand it is possibly the worst thing you could do. If you eat a meal high in the glycemic
index and then note your energy, it will be the case that the body’s insulin response will cancel out any
energy increase you may experience. Better said, you will begin to deplete your energy stores, stop any
breakdown of fats that your body has stored and mess up a “good thing.” Stick to the lower glycemic
index foods and find out how your exercise performance and routine will benefit from this advice.
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