Ab Diet Tips
January 30th, 2008 Posted by: Sean Cavanaugh
Over your lifetime you have been bombarded with diet ads, solutions, and tips. With all the contradictory information how are you to answer the key questions to developing hot sexy abs? You crave abs that will make you proud, but how do you need to eat to get the results you are searching for? What is the best ab building diet to follow?
If you can learn the proper diet to follow you will be well on your way to the tight abs you desire. Coupled with your work in the gym a proper diet can skyrocket you to success. Six pack abs are well within your reach.
One of the key things to remember is that you don’t have to follow any of the so called fad diets. One program tells you to go low carb, one tells you to go low fat, one says to go high in protein. If you want to see your abs underneath that layer of fat surrounding your belly then don’t try to make it difficult. Don’t sway with this and that fad diet that all your friends are trying out. I like fitness expert Mike Geary’s advice. Keep it simple with the key being on balance and eating foods that are high in nutrients that have not been damaged through food processing.
Eating a proper diet is not as easy as getting your daily allowance of fruits and vegetables. The way our foods are grown, and made have made it difficult to eat right. Foods have been chemically altered for taste, shelf life, and growth. That has left us with potential adverse health effects which are still unfolding. You are much better off sticking with unprocessed nutrient rich foods.
Here are four keys to a healthy abdominal diet.
* Protein - A diet high in protein is very important to lean abs. Protein is a key ingredient to muscle growth. The more muscle your body has the more energy needed to maintain it and thus more calories are burned. In addition, protein in and of itself takes more energy to digest. Try consuming protein throughout the day. This will keep your body burning calories.
* Consume high fiber foods. Carbohydrates that are rich in fiber help satisfy your food cravings. Try and stay within 2 or 3 grams of fiber for every 10 grams of carbohydrates you consume. Remember that foods that are rich in sugar are poor in fiber. They may taste good, but have little nutritional value. You want to try and get your fiber from unrefinded foods like organic vegetables, fruits, and grains.
* Not all fat is bad. Don’t be afraid to eat fat! When you eat too little fat your body is deprived of many of the vitamins and minerals it needs to thrive. Healthy skin, nails, and hair are all a result of proper fat intake. In addition good fat is used in cell construction, cell repair, and for storing energy. Sources of good fats come from fish, egg yolks, nuts, seeds, nut butters, avocados, olives, olive oil, organic meats, virgin coconut oil, coconuts, durians, and unrefined oils. Your local health food store will have many of these.
* Avoid these items at all cost. Sweetened food items which are high in fructose corn syrup. Artificial trans fats which the body does not need. Trans fats are primarily man made food additives found in margarines, shortening, and hydrogenated oils. The easiest way to avoid these damaging substances is to stay away from processed foods.
Mike Geary (fitness expert) says you will gain control of your hormone levels, blood sugar levels, and appetite by following these 4 keys. Don’t do everything right in the gym and then fail in your diet. If you really want your ab muscles to show then follow these diet tips to success.
