All of these supplement-waters available on the market today make me realize how dumb the general public is.
Vitamin Water is probably the king of marketing trickery...for the calories, you are better off drinking a can of Pepsi than a 16oz bottle of Vitamin Water.
As far as nutrition goes, I've been following the advice of that guy from Fitness Made Simple, following this philosophy I've seen very good results (leaner body, more muscle mass, without significant weight gain or loss).
"Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper."
For breakfast I load up on a mix of eggs, deli meat, bagels, cereal, fruit, basically trying to throw a little bit of everything. Lunch is usually a sandwich or can of tuna or salmon with fresh carrots, celery, green pepper, cucumber, etc. For dinner, if its after a workout, I'll eat lean protein with a small portion (1-2 servings max) of whole wheat pasta, cous cous, or brown rice. I try not to take in any sugar after 2pm.
I cheat regularly after lunch with Sour Straws. Good god those things are good.
Basically take in the majority of your calories before 2pm, and you'll be better able to process those nutrients and have energy available.
A lot of people nowadays skip breakfast, get fast food for lunch, and gorge themselves at dinner. That is basically completely backwards as far as what to do from a health standpoint - its obvious when you walk down the street in most places in the US and it seems like 2 out 3 people are at least mildly overweight. |