Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Back to Basics Series Part lV : Health & Nutrition Tips

Nutrition Tip

People often skip the “basic” rules of nutrition in search of advanced principles that will provide results.
It is crucial that you fuel your body every 2.5 – 3 hours for maximum benefits. Eating breakfast at 7am and not eating again until 12 or 1pm is MUCH too long for your body to go without food.

Try establishing the pattern of eating every 2-3 hours with your current foods and then start implementing better choices into those time slots.

Contact us if you need help implementing the basic rules of nutrition. You need a solid foundation of basic principles in order to see results!!

Chef’s Healthy Tip

In keeping with our theme of basic nutrition principles – it’s all about the prep! Eating every 2.5-3 hours requires preparation. There is no getting around it, prep is hard work and it takes commitment to make sure your proper foods are prepared for the day.

Here are some basic tips for prepping your healthy food…
  • try barbecuing your meats in large enough batches to last 3 days, on Sundays and either Wednesday or Thursday
  • clean and chop vegetables and store in containers
  • divide raw nuts and seeds into containers so they are ready to take on the road
  • try our recipes for healthy peanut butter protein bars and nutrient dense fudge
  • master 2 healthy recipes until you can do them without consulting a book and then move onto 2 more
  • pre mix your salads into containers that are ready to take
  • pre mix olive oil/vinegar and herb dressings into mason jars so they are ready to take

Master the art of prepping and everything else will become easier

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