Hi there, this is Jonathan Clark from Lose Weight For
Scotland – it’s my mission to Crush Obesity, Add Years To Your Life & help
you to Look Good Naked! I challenge
Scots to lose 10 lbs of fat or gain 10 lbs of muscle, even if they've tried
everything else, and it’s guaranteed.
One of the questions I get asked all the time is What nutritional
supplements should I be taking?
So what should you add to your diet plans in order to get
back into balance? Here’s a few:
Probiotic/Prebiotic - Probiotics are live bacteria in
yoghurt, other dairy products and pills. Pre-biotic is a specialized plant fibre
that nourishes the good bacteria already in your large bowel or colon.
Multivitamins - Vitamins
fall into two categories: fat soluble and water soluble. The fat-soluble
vitamins — A, D, E, and K — dissolve in fat and can be stored in your body. The
water-soluble vitamins — C and the B-complex vitamins— need to dissolve in
water before your body can absorb them. Because of this, your body can't store
these vitamins. Any vitamin C or B that your body doesn't use as it passes
through your system is lost (mostly when you pee). So you need a fresh supply
of these vitamins every day.
Minerals - When given the right materials in the right form
(from nature) the body can do amazing things to promote its own health. The
earth naturally gives us minerals via water and food. Today, with current
farming practices that deplete soil of necessary minerals and water supplies
that have been polluted and poisoned, our population has become mineral
malnourished. Your body needs a proper mineral balance to keep our immune
system strong and healthy. Deficiencies of zinc, selenium, silica, and sulphur,
which occur as a result of poor diet or excess stress, can put our health at
risk.
Whereas vitamins are organic substances (made by plants or
animals), minerals are inorganic elements that come from the soil and water and
are absorbed by plants or eaten by animals. Your body needs larger amounts of
some minerals, such as calcium, to grow and stay healthy. Other minerals like
chromium, copper, iodine, iron, selenium, and zinc are called trace minerals
because you only need very small amounts of them each day.
Protein to build lean muscle – the more lean muscle you
have, the more calories you burn.
Chromium helps to move blood sugar (glucose) from the
bloodstream into the cells to be used as energy and to turn fats,
carbohydrates, and proteins into energy.
helpful in building muscle and burning fat
Green tea, native to China and India, has been consumed and
hailed for its health benefits for centuries globally, but has only recently
gained popularity in the UK. Green tea
was used in traditional Chinese and Indian medicine to control bleeding and
heal wounds, aid digestion, improve heart and mental health and regulate body
temperature.4 Recent studies have shown green tea can potentially have positive
effects on everything from weight loss to liver disorders to type 2 diabetes.
Omega 3 essential fatty acids - There are actually three
types of fatty acids that are collectively referred to as omega 3s Besides being hard to pronounce, they are
extremely important to your health. Omega 3s are "essential" because
they are necessary for health and must be included in your diet (because the
human body cannot manufacture them on its own). Extensive research indicates
that omega-3 fats reduce inflammation, helping to prevent inflammatory diseases
like heart disease and arthritis. In addition to warding off inflammation,
omega 3s are also essential to the brain, impacting behaviour and cognitive
function, and are especially necessary during fetal development.
Improve artery health by helping to reduce blood clots in
arteries that lead to the brain.
Improve cholesterol
Improve joint health by reducing joint tenderness and
stiffness associated with arthritis and osteoarthritis.
Improve bone health
Improve mental health by helping to insulate nerve cells
in the brain, allowing these nerve cells to better communicate with one
another. People who are deficient in omega 3s may suffer from depression,
bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, eating disorders, and ADHD.
Improve skin health by helping to alleviate symptoms
related to skin disorders like acne and psoriasis.
Improve bowel health by reducing inflammation of the
bowels, helping alleviate symptoms of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.
Improve lung health by reducing inflammation in diseases
like asthma. I used to have asthma and
taking Omega 3 definitely helped me get rid of it.
Improve menstrual health by reducing the pain associated
with PMS and menstruation.
Help prevent cancer. Colon, breast, and prostate cancers
have all been correlated with low intakes of omega 3s.
So are nutritional supplements important? Just a bit.
You’d be NUTS to not supplement your diet. And there are supplements out
there that contain ALL of these so that makes it a doddle, but try just adding one to your diet –
whichever hot button I mentioned and you thought – OH! That’s me! Then go for
that. ONE small baby step you can take today to get healthier.
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