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Nutritional Tip: Pre-Workout Foods: 1. Eat a nutritionally balanced meal 1-2 hours before your exercise. Some good food choices and combinations for this kind of meal include: ▪ Fruit and yogurt ▪ Nuts ▪ Oatmeal ▪ Cereals (with more than 3 grams of fiber) and milk ▪ Trail mix with nuts and dried fruit ▪ Hummus and raw veggies ▪ Hard boiled eggs (or egg whites) ▪ Cottage cheese and fruit ▪ Half a peanut butter or turkey/chicken sandwich on whole grain bread ▪ Whole grain crackers with nut butter or cheese ▪ Whole grain fig (or fruit) Newton cookies ▪ Milk (especially chocolate milk) ▪ Tomato or vegetable juice ▪ Yogurt smoothie (with added protein powder, if desired) ▪ Most protein/energy bars 2. Eat a small (100- to 200-calorie) snack about 30 minutes before you work out. ▪ Fruit juice ▪ Fruit smoothie ▪ High-glycemic fruits like pineapple, apricots, banana, mango, and watermelon ▪ Sports drinks ▪ Pretzels or bagels (but not whole grain varieties, which digest slowly) ▪ Energy bars (look for 3-5 grams of protein, at least 15 grams of carbs, and very little fat) **Pre-workout snacks should equal 50% of the calories you expect to burn during your workout and include 25-35% protein 50-60% carbs & 15% fat*** Source and full article @ sparkpeople/resource/nutrition_articles.asp?id=1074&page=2
Posted on: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 13:46:15 +0000

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