Food Fuel
"Food as Fuel Challenge", kicks off Jan 4th, 2010 30-Dec-2009
(/FoodasFuelChallenge) The First Annual "Food as Fuel Cha..The CrossFit dietary prescription is as follows:
Protein should be lean and varied and account for about 30% of your total caloric load. Carbohydrates should be predominantly low-glycemic and account for about 40% of your total caloric load. Fat should be predominantly monounsaturated and account for about 30% of your total caloric load. Calories should be set at between .7 and 1.0 grams of protein per pound of lean body mass depending on your activity level. The .7 figure is for moderate daily workout loads and the 1.0 figure is for the hardcore athlete.
What Should I Eat?
In plain language, base your diet on garden vegetables, especially greens, lean meats, nuts and seeds, little starch, and no sugar. That’s about as simple as we can get. Many have observed that keeping your grocery cart to the perimeter of the grocery store while avoiding the aisles is a great way to protect your health. Food is perishable. The stuff with long shelf life is all suspect. If you follow these simple guidelines you will benefit from nearly all that can be achieved through nutrition.
The Paleolithic Model for Nutrition
Modern diets are ill suited for our genetic composition. Adaptation has not kept pace with advances in agriculture and food processing resulting in a plague of health problems for modern man. Coronary heart disease, diabetes, cancer, osteoporosis, obesity and psychological dysfunction have all been scientifically linked to a diet too high in refined or processed carbohydrate. Search “Google” for Paleolithic nutrition, or diet. The return is extensive, compelling, and fascinating. The Paleo model is perfectly consistent with the CrossFit prescription.
What Foods Should I Avoid?
Excessive consumption of high-glycemic carbohydrates is the primary culprit in nutritionally caused health problems. High glycemic carbohydrates are those that raise blood sugar too rapidly. They include rice, bread, candy, potato, sweets, sodas, and most processed carbohydrates. Processing can include bleaching, baking, grinding, and refining. Processing of carbohydrates greatly increases their glycemic index, a measure of their propensity to elevate blood sugar.
What is the Problem with High-Glycemic Carbohydrates?
The problem with high-glycemic carbohydrates is that they give an inordinate insulin response. Insulin is an essential hormone for life, yet acute, chronic elevation of insulin leads to hyperinsulinism, which has been positively linked to obesity, elevated cholesterol levels, blood pressure, mood dysfunction and a Pandora’s box of disease and disability. Research “hyperinsulinism” on the Internet. There’s a gold mine of information pertinent to your health available there. The CrossFit prescription is a low-glycemic diet and consequently severely blunts the insulin response.
Caloric Restriction and Longevity
Current research strongly supports the link between caloric restriction and an increased life expectancy. The incidence of cancers and heart disease sharply decline with a diet that is carefully limited in controlling caloric intake. “Caloric Restriction” is another fruitful area for Internet search. The CrossFit prescription is consistent with this research.
The CrossFit prescription allows a reduced caloric intake and yet still provides ample nutrition for rigorous activity.
Additional information about diet can be found:
www.zonediet.comwww.robbwolf.com
www.makers-diet.net
Food As Fuel Blog
This blog is dedicated to providing open source information to our community to promote, "Food as body Fuel." Our goal is that people will change their perception of food and nutrition, which will lead to changing habits, and ulimately optimize human performance and health.
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"Crap"
Tuesday, March 09, 2010Recipe Book
Thursday, February 11, 2010OK, you asked for it and it is coming! We should have a recipe book link up and running soon. This is going to be done allowing members to post recipes by categories. The link will be in the left hand column of the food blog and should be up and running soon!
Food as Fuel Challenge 2010
Friday, February 05, 2010We are nearing the end of our food challenge. Measurements for the food challenge will be taken Friday the 12th and Saturday the 13th. All participants who wish to be eligible for winning, must have their measurements, CrossFit Total and Fran done on one or both of these days. Please contact the office if you have any questions. Keep pushing forward it is not over yet!
Thanks to all!
Monday, February 01, 2010Thanks to all who made our Chili Cook-Off a great success! Good food and healthy too!
Paleo in a Nutshell
Saturday, January 23, 2010What's Up Food Challenge Participants?
Tuesday, January 19, 2010Hey folks, I need to know what's going on with your food challenge? How's it going? I had my own little food challenge called. "the flu." Yuck. But hopefully, I am back and ready to rock. Great way to lose weight though, just joking, not recommended. I have had several members that have come to me with great results. Remember that all results are not measured the same. Post your comments to the food blog so we can hear what's going on. Also, if you are having problems, contact one of the the coaches to do some planning and problem solving. Be ready to show your food journal because that is where it's at! Later. BTW, early big loses are normal and then the weight loss can taper off. Be sure to look at food content and quantity.
Vitamin D -Supplementation
Friday, January 15, 2010If you are like me you are always looking for holistic ways to improve or facilitate the human body's ability to recover, repair and retard degenerative changes. Read this link on Vitamin D supplementation and decide for your self if taking Vitamin D would be good for you. I take it but not at the levels recommended, but I am about to. Recommend levels for starting supplementation appear to be around 10,000IU per day and then after 4-5 weeks reduce to 5,000IU per day. By the way, I like this website. Check it out! http://www.eatmoveimprove.com/2009/10/a-closer-look-at-vitamin-d/
"CHILI COOKOFF"
Tuesday, January 12, 2010Ok, we are moving forward with a little chili challenge! Jan 30th we will have a Chili lunch after the 10am WOD. We will plan on serving chili around 11:30 am for lunch. Bring your best Chili recipe that meets paleo requirements! We will taste the chili's and decide on a winner. The judges will be the membership and coaches collectively. So, get your best Chili groove on and bring it on!
CrossFit FTW "Paleo Chili Cookoff"
Sunday, January 10, 2010OK, you asked for it, you got it! Give me some suggestions on when and where? Maybe a Saturday late morning after the WOD we could have the Chili Cookoff for lunch. Give us some feedback and we will put it on the schedule. I luv it! If we got to eat paleo, why not have fun doing it! I think I am going to whip up some "Elk Chili."
Food Challenge Kicked Off!
Tuesday, January 05, 2010Wow what an evening! We have 24 athletes officially participating in the Food Challenge and several others doing it but not official. We are so excited about how this will affect all of our athletes. Continue to follow the food blog to get daily updates to what's going on and also helpful hints. Have a good one!
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