Holistic Fitness & Lifestyle
By Ruth Henao. C.P.T
CARBOHYDRATES
SIMPLE; Fruits
Fibrous / Starchy
Measurement cups are great tools to help you measure carefully the portions of Carbohydrates you consume.
You might be surprised to see how little your body needs this type of Carb (starchy) - not if you are an athlete or a marathon runner...
The Fibrous Carb (vegetables) you don't even have to measure. You can eat those as much as you like. They are not going to be transformed into fat. They are going to be used efficiently by the body by being expelled by the excretory system helping with the cleaning of your intestines and detoxification of your system.
PROTEINS
FATS
WHY DO I NEED TO MEASURE MY MEAL SERVINGS?
In the first weeks of a nutritional program get into the habit of "servings" and "grams". Learn the correct portions of food for your specific goal: lose or gain weight.
Sometimes you can find the nutrition information on the package label, but it isn't always available. The charts below from the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) provide the nutrient composition for some of the food we consume frequently.
Once you have become familiar with the servings and grams, keeping track of how much you eat will be easy.