Factor Two: Sensible Supplementation
Supplementation gives your body the nutrients it needs without adding calories. It is virtually impossible to satisfy your body’s nutritional needs with the number of calories recommended to lose fat. In addition, due to a typically busy lifestyle, it is difficult to eat perfectly every day for the rest of your life. Therefore, when following a fitness program, muscles become undernourished, causing your body to shed the muscle it can’t feed. By supplying the body with the nutrients it needs without additional calories, (e.g., a multivitamins), you can help satisfy all your nutritional needs for repair and growth without exceeding the amount of calories your body needs to maintain the mandatory deficit for fat loss.
The benefits of using supplements as low-calorie nutrition during an exercise program are well researched. The daily use of a multivitamin formula has been found to be the most inexpensive nutritional insurance.
The reason behind adding supplements to your daily meals is to supply the body with calorie-free nutrition and select compounds that have the potential to improve health, alter body composition and increase performance and metabolic rate.
The Categories and Uses of Supplements
The one thing I will recommend is that you take a multivitamin specific to a man's or woman's needs. A multivitamin formula is the foundation of any complete fitness program. Additional vitamins and minerals will boost your nutrient intake beyond what is available through the foods you eat. These additional nutrients allow cells to reach their potential creating the ideal environment for positive physical change. Taking other supplements before creating a nutritional foundation is like adding expensive accessories to a car that doesn’t run properly.
Altering Body Composition
It is difficult to get enough nutrients from your normal diet to support your fitness goals. Any time there is an increase in cellular activity, as during exercise, the body increases its use of nutrients. By supplying these nutrients without additional calories, the attempt is made to satisfy all nutrient needs for repair and growth without exceeding the amount of calories needed to sustain the mandatory deficit for fat loss. When undernourished, the body must shed the muscle it cannot feed.
Increasing Performance and Metabolism
Specific nutrients and combinations of nutrients have been found to improve exercise performance and increase the calories burned during and after exercise. Supplying the body with calorie-free nutrients can improve performance and, therefore, assist with fat-loss and muscle-gain goals.
Sensible supplementation is recommended in order to supply the body with the right combination of calorie-free nutrients and compounds that have the potential to enhance performance, reduce body fat, increase muscle and/or improve health. Proper supplementation creates the environment your body needs to get maximum results.
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