When you train, without the right nutrition and healthier foods to assist recovery and fuel performance, you will simply not perform and developaccording to your full potential.
The whole new year, new me concept is often counter-productive if people try to make too many unsustainable changes too quickly. It must be done in a way that allows new habits to genuinely form. A new year is, on the other hand, a tremendously motivating time, so use that motivation to help stay committed to making the right choices for the foods that you choose to eat. As we approach Christmas, many of us (myself included) will be eating a lot. So this articles proposes additions, rather than negations, in your nutrition in order to support positive habits.
Try adding the following healthier foods into your nutrition.
Not just are they absolutely delicious, but they can help you take care of your aching muscles as well. They also help in the production of sleep hormones that help you rest better.
Who doesnt love a big bowl of colourful berries?!? Berries are regularly touted as a superfood and for good reason. They are full on anthocyanins, fibre, polyphenols and vitamins which help supercharge your recovery. Berries can be eaten anytime but may be of particular use when you are in an intense training cycle and need all the support you can get.
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Vitamin C is critical for your skin, scar tissues, and blood vessels to heal themselves. Since the body cant make vitamin C on its own, consuming citrus fruits will ensure that you are pumping in enough of it for your body to fix itself.Vitamin C helps to strengthen the immune system, assist the rate at which we can absorb iron and is an important antioxidant that regenerates other antioxidants within the body. The reduction of stress is a side function, but this helps you to stay relaxed and recover from high intensity training.
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You can easily cover your vitamin C demand with foods like:
Supplements are not necessarily required. The daily demand of vitamin C amounts 100 mg (equal to one kiwi). The human body can neither store vitamin C nor produce it, so it is absolutely essential as a part of your diet. Symptoms of a deficiency are easy bruising and bleeding, joint and muscle pain and a weakened immune system.
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Healthier Foods to Eat for Weight Loss and Better CrossFit Training in 2020 - BOXROX
