Health Faqs
Protein
- Builds framework for the body delivering nutrients to muscles, organs, bones, and connecting tissue.
- The enzymes help digest food.
- As a hormone it signals the body to burn food, as energy or store it as fat.
- Helps move oxygen through the body's bloodstream to muscles and organs.
- Becomes an antibody to protedct the body from illness when viruses and bacteria attack.
- There are three types of fats that we consume during our diet: saturated fats, trans-saturated fats, & unsaturated fats.
- Saturated fats are consumed throughout our general diet and it is important that we limit our consumption of these fats.
- Rule of thumb is to limit them to less than 5 grams per meal
- Trans fats:
- Trans fats should be avoided to the best of our ability, look for food labels that contain “no trans fats”.
- Unsaturated fats
- Two types of unsaturated fats, poly and monounsaturated fats, are a big part of our everyday diet.
- These fats are important to consume because they are part of our health structure.
- Polyunsaturated fats come in two forms from our diet: Omega-3's and Omega-6's.
- Omega-3's protect the heart from cardiovascular disease.
- Research suspects that they alter the body metabolism and spur it to burn more fat.
- Omega-6's lower bad choleterol and raise good cholesterol levels.
- Monounsaturated fat reduce the cholesterol level and protect against heart disease. A meal high in this fat helps the body burn fat up to five hours after a meal. It will give you the sensation of being full longer.
- First type of carbohydrate is the Simple carb, it is made of one or two molecules. These type of carbs are found in fruit from its fructose and lactose in dairy.
- Second type of carbohydrate is the Complex carb, it includes more than two molecules. These types of carbs are found in bread, pasta, and rice.
- Eating a meal with approximately three servings of carbs (15 grams per serving) will give you energy to keep you going through the day.