Everything that you eat falls into one or more of three macro nutrients. They are Carbohydrates, Fats, and Proteins. All three are essential for maintaining health and focusing on both the quantity and quality of these macro nutrients will improve your overall health as well as your performance gains in this class.
The basic sources of carbohydrates are:
•Raw or lightly cooked vegetables
•Most whole fresh or frozen fruits
•Whole grains, breads, pasta, cereal and anything processed that comes in a box or bag and can sit in your pantry for months without going bad.(cheeze-its, lucky charms, chips, etc.)
The basic Sources of Fats in the diet are:
Dairy - Milk, Cheese, yogurt
Nuts, Seeds & Oils - Vegetable oils
The basic sources of protein in the diet are:
Meats - Beef, fowl, fish, pork
Dairy - Milk, Cheese, Yogurt
Eggs
Beans
Nuts and Seeds
For this weeks blog, take a look at your current eating habits and see if you can see any trends in you current eating based on macro nutrients. For example, do you eat more carbs than anything else, do you eat more protein, do you eat any fat? We will discuss quantity and quality of macro nutrients in our next blog. For this post I just want you to examine your current eating.
