Food Ingredients to Watch Out For

Clients ask all the time "How do I know if the food is good to eat"? And it really is simple if you watch out for four ingredients:

1. High Fructose Corn Syrup (A sweetener that doesn't trigger the feeling of fullness)

2. Partially Hydrogenated Oils

3. Enriched Flour - (Look for whole wheat as the first ingredient listed, not just enriched wheat either.)

4. Animal Fat

If you can try to avoid these ingredients, you'll be so much better off. Shopping at places like Trader Joe's or similar stores make it easier as many of their foods already have dropped these ingredient's.

Clean eating is the way to go. You'll feel better and it will show.

Happy training.

World's Healthiest Foods

Here is a great site listing world's healthiest food. Take a look but keep in mind which ones you should be buying that are organic. Typically, look for the organic fruits and vegetables that you would eat the outer skin of. Like grapes, peaches and broccoli. Bananas you peel, so they don't have to be organic like the others. Reference an earlier post for top foods to buy that are organic.

Happy eating.

Great Quick Reference for Clean Eating

Here is a great quick overview of the way that we all should be eating. Think of American diet and you'll easily see why it doesn't work. And we all know eating more frequently and "cleaner" helps on so many different levels. This article goes over many of the reasons. Just take a look.

Insulin and Your diet

Best Sports Bra

I have tried many different sports bras in the past and the one I keep coming back to is the Champion Action Shape. It comes in specific sizes and really withstands just any cardio training I do. Although, UnderArmor has a great look, you can only wear it to the gym to do some weight training. And Nike doesn't have any real support.

Champion Bra