This class really opened some eyes, especially about nutrition labels.
We discussed how manufactures will try make their products look healthy when they are really not and how nutrition labels can be misleading.
Many people assume a small package or medium sized beverage container is a single serving, most times this is not the case. An official serving size of a beverage is 8 ozs, many bottles are 16 ozs or even 20 ozs. That is about 15 cubes of suger!
Remember, 4 grams of sugar is 1 tsp of sugar or one sugar cube. Visualize sugar cubes.
This means you may be drinking 2 - 2.5x the amount of calories listed on the label. Most of those calories are pure sugar!
Here are the highlights from Class #5:
- Went over how to read a nutrition label careful and look for hidden information.
- Learned what a "Good" fat is compared to a "Bad" fat.
- Saturated fats are "BAD" fats. They include Trans-Fats which raise cholesterol levels and contribute to heart disease.
- Polyunsaturated fats can be "GOOD" like Omega 3's or "BAD" like Omega 6's which cause inflamation in the body.
- Monounsaturated fats are also considered "GOOD" because in small amount because they do not raise cholesterol or promote cancer. Olive oil and avacados.
- Our diets are way too low in Omega 3 fats (found in fish, flax seeds, vegetables, free range chicken & cattle and seaweed) which decrease inflammations in the body that are believed to cause heart disease and cause possible cancers.
- Learned why it is important to regulate your blood sugar.
- Be wise to portion size by decreasing your portions and eating small frequent meals
- Most Americans have a very distorted view of what a healthy portion size is.
Homework:
Print off weeks 6 and read it.
Read food labels carefully to know what is in the foods you are consuming and how many servings are in that one container.
Try and get more Omega 3 into your diet. Reducing your portion sizes will help too.
Be Fit,
Todd
http://www.toddcambio.com/
Precision Fitness and Nutrition Center
