| Let us ferry first to the Tropics for basic build up and | | | | psycho-pharmacological value of your diet, which also |
| bodybuilding nutrition. You are sitting in the middle of | | | | serves different purposes other than the functional |
| 45,000 acres of jungle woodland, littered with | | | | value of your diet. Staying in a strong capable body |
| teeming plant life, perhaps a multitude of shimmering | | | | also involves cultivating stable and balanced mental |
| pot-herbs, vile ivy-like creeping albizzas, exotic magic | | | | and emotional environments. |
| mushrooms waiting to be evacuated and robust | | | | The Ayurverdic nutritionist tradition of the Indian |
| pomegranates, Umeboshi plums twinkling with | | | | civilization holds that food beyond supplying you with |
| decadent aroma. How to discover and arrange | | | | the calories, vitamins and proteins, should enhance |
| permutations of this bounty for healthy muscle gain, | | | | your bouyant humors states of well being. Your |
| a life-time of freaky big muscles plus most | | | | buoyant humors would reflect in your sense of timing |
| importantly, a top of the feeling balance of the mind? | | | | during a workout, how effortlessly you are able to |
| How is this the business of the conscious grocery | | | | satisfy the mental demands of physical exercises, a |
| picker in Manitoba? | | | | state of relaxation as you relate with your partner(s) |
| In the following sections, we will be having a 3 | | | | and the exuberance of the emotional colors or |
| step-by-step discussion of how to catch the wind in | | | | vibrations you exude during these moments. |
| your diet, put on fine and calming nerves during your | | | | In the Ayurverdic nutritionist tradition of Indian |
| workouts, produce terrific anti-bodies and maintain a | | | | Civilization, vegetarian diets like that of the Soma |
| healthy balance of body P.H. | | | | plant supply you with the "Tapas": motivating |
| The first step would be to set apart the functional | | | | immeasurable bouts of energy that allow you to |
| qualities in say your vegan diet from its mere | | | | accomplish your tasks while at the same time giving |
| nutritional value. This is to isolate in your diet | | | | you etheogenous radiance. |
| functions which server more than a mere supply of | | | | The third and final step we will be discussing as so to |
| the basic ingredients of what you need to efficiently | | | | do with incorporating some degree of body PH |
| drive your metabolism. To include functional foods in | | | | measurement into your diet. The basic head on this |
| your diet would mean to include foods that target | | | | has to do with shifting your body's PH towards the |
| specific functions in the body. | | | | Alkaline. The PH scale is from 0 to 14, with numbers |
| A functional food may also be one from which | | | | ranging from 0 to 7 acidic (low in oxygen) and |
| components have been removed, such as harmful | | | | numbers above 7 and through to 14 alkaline. Acidic |
| saturated fatty acids. For instance, beneficial organic | | | | bodies are sickness magnets. |
| compounds produced almost exclusively by members | | | | While there are no strict rules as to combining acidic |
| of the Leguminosae (bean) family can now be | | | | foods and alkaline foods, it is advisable that a great |
| extracted from Soya and added to products | | | | percentage of the food one consumes should come |
| designed to help reduce osteoporosis (a bone | | | | from the alkalines. I will run a cute list of some acidic |
| disease) and as well promote cardiovascular health. | | | | and alkaline foods though it is by no means |
| Same for some commercially produced extracts of | | | | exhaustive. |
| garlic bulb which specifically promotes the build up of | | | | Alkalizing Vegetables: Alfalfa, barley grass, beets, |
| healthy fats and promotes circulation of blood to the | | | | beet greens, broccoli, cabbage, carrot, cauliflower, |
| muscles and the brain. Also, some specialty teas such | | | | celery, chard greens, chlorella, collard greens, egg |
| as roobios (Aspalathus Linearis) and honeybush | | | | plant. |
| (Cyclopia Intermedia), two tea species widely grown | | | | Acidic Vegetables: Corn, lentils, olives, winter squash. |
| in South Africa are rich in antioxidant | | | | Alkalizing Fruits: Apple, apricot, avocado, banana, |
| flavonoids-substances which boost immunity to | | | | blackberries, cantaloupe, dried dates. |
| allergies, viruses and cancer. | | | | Acidic Fruits: Cranberries, currant, blueberries, canned |
| Put in a more straightforward manner, in a single meal | | | | or glazed fruit |
| of periwinkles ( a miniature kind of clam) gathered | | | | Alkalizing Proteins: Almonds, chestnuts, millet, tempeh |
| from the littoral waters of the Atlantic coasts of | | | | (fermented), Tofu (fermented). |
| West Africa, one could crave its meaty juice for their | | | | Acidic Proteins:Bacon, beef, carp, clams, cod, fish, |
| rich protein content while adoring the chitin enriching | | | | haddock, lamb, lobster. |
| flakes made from the shell. Chitin specifically enhances | | | | Bodybuilding nutrition such as getting a correct |
| muscular agility and superb nervous co-ordination so | | | | proportion of alkaline foods that suits your body's |
| that you can fly like a butterfly, sting like a bee and | | | | needs is important to maintaining a healthy |
| prance with the awesome lithe agility of a Manx cat. | | | | bodybuilding lifestyle. So remember, arrange your diet |
| Well, the meaty juice of the periwinkle, all good for | | | | for a super combo mix of functionality, |
| the packs but the chitin richness of the shell, good | | | | psycho-pharmacological values and a healthy PH |
| for those exclusive Harta Yoga stunts. | | | | balance. |
| The second step would be to access the | | | | Copyright 2008, Masszymes Inc. All rights reserved. |