Food Intake Before and After you hit the Gym.
What you eat before and after you hit the gym is also equally important.
An effective gym turn-out depends on many factors.
Most important one is the food you take, that is your diet.
What you eat before your gym lessons prepares your body for the stress.
What you eat after your gym lessons is responsible for muscle building
and the body repair.
Herein below I have compiled some important tips from health magazines.
Before the Gym:-
1. Get the carbs.
Give your body a dose of carbohydrates one hour before you hit the gym.
Eat an apple. You may also have as breakfast toast, cornflakes or idlis.
You may also eat a banana with lukewarm milk for the complex carbohydrates
it provides.
Such type of foods before gym need comparatively little time for digest,
are easy on the body, and provide you with maximum energy during the Gym.
Also ensure that you drink a glass of water before you take the gym lessons,
so that your body is well-hydrated.
2. Never go hungry.
Do not hit the gym with an empty stomach. The stress that the exercise
has on the body, combined with the lack of sugar energy will lead to
Hypoglycaemia, a condition that will make you prone to fatigue.
For a diabetic it is important to start to hit the gym lessons immediately
after a heavy meal. However normal healthy individuals must maintain a gap
of two three hours before a meal to take up the gym lessons. The logic is to
allow the sugar level in the body to reach an optimum level.
During your course of gym lessons level of cortisol, the destructive hormones
in the body increases. Therefore the human body is prone to infection. That is
precisely why, the hour after gym course is known as the window period
as it allows infections to enter the body. Use this opportunity and eat
as soon as possible. The body loses salt due to sweating. That is why it is
important to compensate the loss with a rich source of electrolyte like ORT.
Have proteins but do not completely rely on proteins for your supply
Of energy as they are far more difficult to digest and take a toll on your
Kidneys. Therefore to aid digestion make sure, you add lot of greens
In your meal as they are rich in fibre.
The body needs a high-protein diet for muscles building. However relying
On the supplements is not the alternative. The best option for a post-gym
Supplement is to take the watery part of yogurt Curd that is very rich in
Proteins, chop a banana and an apple, into it, put it in the blender.
It is a perfect combination of proteins and carbohydrates.
The apple is rich in fibre also.
