Showing posts with label diet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label diet. Show all posts

Thursday, 28 June 2012

A Typical Low-Intensity Training Day Diet

Proper nutrition, along with adequate recovery allows athletes to train and perform at their best.

A Typical Low-Intensity Training Day Diet:

Breakfast
Smoothie with Fruit, Hemp and Flax
Soy milk/Almond Milk
Whole Grain Cereal
Berries
Whole Wheat Toast
Nut Butter

Lunch
Brown Rice
Green Leafs (Arugula, Field Greens, Spinach, etc...)
Tofu Sandwich

Snack (Post-Workout)
Brown Rice Protein Drink
Apple
Brown Rice Cakes

First Supper
Whole Grain (Amaranth, Quinoa, etc...)
Bean Salad
Lentils
Carrots 

Second Supper
Whole Wheat Pasta
Tomato Sauce
Green Leafs
Vegetable Juice
Nuts

APPROXIMATE CALORIC INTAKE 3000-4000

Saturday, 23 June 2012

The 6 Levels of VEG

Technically, a vegetarian is a person who has made the conscious choice of not consuming meat. However, since the word "vegetarian" is very broad and loosely defined, there are numerous people who fall into other categories of vegetarianism. 

0 - Omnivore 
Consumes all animal products

1 - Semi-Vegetarian 
Abstains from certain meats, such as red meat

2 - Pescetarian 
Abstains from all meats, but will consume fish, mollusks and animal derivatives

3 - Lacto-Ovo Vegetarian
Abstains from all direct animal products (ie: meat or fish) but will consume milk and egg products

4 - Ovo Vegetarian
Abstains from all direct animal products (ie: meat or fish) but will consume egg products

5 - Lacto Vegetarian
Abstains from all direct animal products (ie: meat or fish) but will consume milk products

6 - Vegan
Abstains from all animal products and derivatives