What the Bible says about healthy living.....

It's been a while--but I've decided to start blogging again--not just for Nutrition but I also started a Fitness blog--MiMiSTRONG. If you chose to read, GREAT!..welcome :)
          
         *For the next month I'll be reading the book entitled: What The Bible Says About Healthy Living..forwarded by Jordan Rubin--Written by Rex Russel M.D. I honestly still have not found an exact eating style that suits me best but I really believe that this takes years to discover.  I am not one to believe in the eat 6 meals a day to keep your metabolism going...or that grains are absolutely horrible(what if you mill you're own flour?) JUST EAT PALEO..? ok, what does that even mean? eat 6 GRAPEFRUIT a day and you'll lose weight.. really? SOUP, its the cure. ok, but what about SODIUM? JUST eat fish.. DON'T eat this, DON'T eat that. People are constantly trying to get you to do what works best for THEM.. --so what works for YOU may NOT work for some one else.  I always tell people that the BEST way to discover what works is trial and error on yourself. It takes patients and if you want to someday learn what works best then do you're research..stop relying on other people. I'll be reading this book and each time I come across something interesting I'll blog about it.  Hopefully those of you who read these notes will decide to experiment as well :)

"I see a day not long from now when every major mainstream media outlet proclaims this headline: Christians are the worlds healthiest people, with less heart disease, diabetes and obesity than the rest of the world and have vibrant level of health. When this day comes, our churches will have to double or triple in size as people from near and far will beat down our doors to learn about the God we serve. In that day, we will truly be God's city on a hill, a light in a dark world."
-Jordan S Rubin(Best selling author of The Makers Diet)

Three CORE principles:

1) Eat the Foods God Created for You
2) Don't Alter Gods Design
3) Don't Let Any Food or Drink Become Your God

Have a great Sunday :)

xo
mimi

The MaCROS & MiCROS

Just some...Nutrition Basics:

Functions of Nutrients:         1.Provide energy

                                                2. Build and repair tissue

                                                3. regulate metabolic processes

Metabolism- sum of all body processes that accomplish the body (measure speed in calories)

Kilocalorie- 1,000 little calories—amount of energy(heat) needed to raise 1L of h2o 1 degree Celsius

Principle of Nutrient interaction    1. No nutrient works perfectly alone

                                                            2. Nutrients have multiple roles

MaCRO Nutrients (3)ONLY nutrients that PROVIDE energy

         

          *CARBOHYDRATES #1 function: energy provider (4 cal/gram)

                        -from plants

                        -saccharides-building blocks

            *Glycogen is the storage form of Carbs

            *FAT Back up energy source (9kcal.g)

                        -fatty acids-building blocks

            *Adipose tissue—storage form of FAT

           

            *PROTEIN back up, back up energy source (4 cal/g)

                        -Amino Acids-building blocks

            *Store protein as MUSCLE

Other 3 = MICRO NUTRIENTS *minerals,vitamins AND h2O*

            Water-controls metabolism

RDA’s: Recommended daily allowance

            PROTEIN 10%-35%

            CARBS 45%-65%

            FAT 20%-35%

EAR: Estimated average requirement

UL: Tolerable Upper intake level

AI: Adequate Intake

Math: For a Food that contains, 24g Carbs, 2g Fat and 10g Protein

Carbs  25g * 4= 100

FAT     2g *9= 18

Protein 10g*4= 40

                        =158 calories total

Learn more about the MACROS in upcoming blogs :) Happy Sunday and enjoy the football games!! GO 49ers!!!

M