Functional food has its purpose. Gut flora plays a huge role in quieting inflammation. Maintaining a diet rich in good bacteria is the goal. Foods to eat on a regular basis include mushrooms, sauerkraut, seaweed. Bacteria in the stomach live for about 20 mins so the environment can change over the course of one meal. It is important to eat functional food consistently at every meal for prolonged maintenance to keep that inflammation quiet.
Marathon training starts this week...stay tuned.
Monday, January 20, 2014
Monday, January 13, 2014
Influenced by nutrition
Today was started with some fruit, nuts and a coffee. The schedule goes like this:
5 meals per day consisting of 2 thirds fruit/veg and 1 third protein/grain.
No eating 2-3 hours before bed. Why? The only time adults get growth hormone is 2 hrs into their regular sleep. This hormone is essential to keeping and maintaining muscle mass. Eating too close to bed will cause insulin to rise and shift the leptin clock. The nutritional value of food will be depleted. Losing 4 pound of muscle this year was a bummer for me. My late night eating/broken sleep probably had much to do with it.
Why am I going to do this? I want my regular cycle back. I want good sleep. I want to keep my blood pressure healthy. I want to quiet chronic inflammation that I know runs in my family and I already have signs of. The focus of yesterdays lecture was to eat no artificial ingredients and read labels. To summarize, the food we eat should have walked/run, swum, been grown (not in a lab) or flown. Sticking to those basic formalities will keep me eating real food.
Alcohol. Who doesn't love a glass of wine? Just a reminder it burdens the liver, slows metabolism, disrupts sleep and is inflammatory!
5 meals per day consisting of 2 thirds fruit/veg and 1 third protein/grain.
No eating 2-3 hours before bed. Why? The only time adults get growth hormone is 2 hrs into their regular sleep. This hormone is essential to keeping and maintaining muscle mass. Eating too close to bed will cause insulin to rise and shift the leptin clock. The nutritional value of food will be depleted. Losing 4 pound of muscle this year was a bummer for me. My late night eating/broken sleep probably had much to do with it.
Why am I going to do this? I want my regular cycle back. I want good sleep. I want to keep my blood pressure healthy. I want to quiet chronic inflammation that I know runs in my family and I already have signs of. The focus of yesterdays lecture was to eat no artificial ingredients and read labels. To summarize, the food we eat should have walked/run, swum, been grown (not in a lab) or flown. Sticking to those basic formalities will keep me eating real food.
Alcohol. Who doesn't love a glass of wine? Just a reminder it burdens the liver, slows metabolism, disrupts sleep and is inflammatory!
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
January
What a great month this is... always feels like a fresh start. Had a wonderful workout with Jane H today at the gym. My new heart rate monitor was super inspiring to me and I pumped it up to 155 bpm at one stage. How long can I go at that rate... not very long but with good training I should be able to improve and if I need to be able to pull on that in the marathon I will be able to. Still checking out marathon courses but liking the look of Spokane on June 1st.
Eating habits haven't improved much but this coming Sunday I will join my favorite lecture series for 5 weeks and get to some discipline. 'To Quiet Inflammation" by Kathy Abascal. When I started this blog I went down the road of eating no grains. I enjoyed that challenge but for this next marathon I am going to eat grain (gluten free) of course.
Miles in the legs, swimming twice per week, strength training and some discipline towards eating equates to... hello... Happy New Year!
Eating habits haven't improved much but this coming Sunday I will join my favorite lecture series for 5 weeks and get to some discipline. 'To Quiet Inflammation" by Kathy Abascal. When I started this blog I went down the road of eating no grains. I enjoyed that challenge but for this next marathon I am going to eat grain (gluten free) of course.
Miles in the legs, swimming twice per week, strength training and some discipline towards eating equates to... hello... Happy New Year!
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