Body Building Information

To properly understand nutrition you really need to know a few terms. Don’t think I don’t watch people in the grocery stores staring blankly at the food levels not knowing what they mean… or worse yet not even knowing! Pull out a few things from your fridge and read down the list to start comparing food groups. Try taking out a can of beans, a carton of skim milk, and maybe those cookies you have tucked into your cupboard that you save for those really bad cravings… then read on.

The one of the most important steps you will ever make to becoming healthy is to understand what you are putting into your body. While no extreme diet is healthy, finding what is best for you is. Let’s take a look now at the items you’ll find on a nutrition facts [ Continue Reading ]

Pregnancy is a wonderful time when a little life is growing inside a woman’s body. With careful planning and wise choices, a woman can boost her chances of having a healthy, full term baby. The woman should realize that everything she does will affect both her and the baby. The baby has some essential needs that can be provided only through the mother. The baby needs good nutrition and a healthy environment. The mother can provide this by nd how she takes care of her body.

A growing baby has many essential nutrition needs. Protein, calcium, folic acid, and iron are all important to a healthy pregnancy. Each provides a very unique benefit that should not be ignored.

A baby needs a lot of folic acid to prevent birth defects involving the brain and spinal cord. Folic [ Continue Reading ]

Top Chickens for Home Food Production

Chickens supply two food products for the home: eggs and meat. There are top bred egg producers and top bred meat producers. There is also a compromise through dual-purpose breeds that may suit the needs of hobby farmers the best.

* Meat Breeds

An ideal meat bird is bred for quick weight gain. The faster the bird grows on the least amount of food the more economical the meat is. Weight to feed conversion ratio is important for cost-savings. These birds attain their market weight in 8 weeks or less. Most birds recognized for this ability are from the English Class of chickens. This class includes the Cornish, the Australorp and the Orpington, with Cornish leading the way.

-Cornish

This bird was originally developed [ Continue Reading ]

Ever wonder why some guys can train in the gym day after day, month after month, year after year, suck down raw eggs and protein powder and pop every body building supplement pill they can get their hands on…and BARELY see any progress?!

And what about the guy who seems to go to the gym, just look at the weights, follow it up with a diet of Twinkies and cheesecake and somehow add an inch to his biceps in the process?

Frustrating, right?

While body building magazines and “guru’s” would love for you to believe that building muscle is as simple as “performing this exercise for this many reps”, it’s actually a very PERSONAL process and YOUR body building results will depend on many factors…including the body you were born [ Continue Reading ]

Many inexperienced, sometimes even experienced, gym regulars believe that muscles grow while lifting weights. However lifting weights forms only a small fraction of the muscle building process. Muscle development takes place at night during deep sleep when the body synthesizes new cells with nutrients from our diet. Therefore nutrition forms a very important part of a bodybuilding program.

The body utilizes nutrients in food to perform daily metabolic and what’s commonly referred to as the wear and tear processes. With bodybuilding, additional strain is put on the body to make new muscle tissues. Therefore the nutrient requirements also shoots up to stay with the demand. The best bodybuilding nutrition comes from a balanced intake of carbohydrates, adequate protein, [ Continue Reading ]