Nutrition

Fiber is a non-digestible form of carbohydrates. But, there are different types of fiber. These include soluble and insoluble fibers. Both are inherently non-digestible and tend to be good for overall health but there are distinct differences between the two. Soluble fiber dissolves in water and has been shown to be beneficial in lowering blood cholesterol. Soluble fiber can exert this effect by binding to bile acids (which are found in your stomach, secreted by your gallbladder, and needed to make cholesterol) and removing them from the body

Creatine monohydrate is one of the most well-researched supplements in the sport nutrition supplement industry. Multiple training studies have shown that groups who supplemented creatine monohydrate gained more muscle and/or strength than groups who didn’t.

In the physics sense of the word, energy can be defined as the ability to do work.According to the first law of thermodynamics, energy can neither be created nor destroyed but can change forms.Energy can be categorized as kinetic or potential energy.Kinetic energy is the energy of movement. For example, the motion of molecules.Potential energy is stored energy which is of particular importance to this post.In human biology, potential energy can be better understood considering the energy stored in chemical bonds of atoms within molecules.An example of potential energy in the human body is the energy stored in the covalent chemical bonds of triglyceride molecules in fat cells.

Carbohydrate consumption before and during a training session can improve training session performance. Post-training session consumption can improve liver and muscle glycogen resynthesis rates and magnitudes. I tend to recommend ~50-70% of daily carbohydrate intake around training sessions (pre-, intra-, and post-training), and modestly different levels on rest days given less glycogen reduction from training.

The pursuit of a great physique or increased strength involves many factors that affect the eventual outcome. Nutrition is one of the most important influential factors in this process and, in particular, energy or calorie balance. Calorie balance can be defined as the result of calories consumed vs calories expended over the course of a 24 hour period. A calorie is a unit of heat energy. A calorie (i.e., technically a kilocalorie, but referred to as a calorie herein) is defined as the amount of heat energy required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water 1 degree Celsius.

Counting the calories of a meal might be a frustrating and complicated task for a lot of people, let’s break it down to its simplest forms.Technically speaking, a calorie is the energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water to 1 °C. We use calories to track how much energy we spent (or gained) during the day.