Food Intake

Food Intake Before and After you hit the Gym.

What you eat before and after you hit the gym is also equally important.

An effective gym turn-out depends on many factors.Most important one is the food you take, that is your diet.What you eat before your gym lessons prepares your body for the stress. 

What you eat after your gym lessons is responsible for muscle buildingand the body repair.

Herein below I have compiled some important tips from health magazines.

Before the Gym:-1. 

Get the carbs. Give your body a dose of carbohydrates one hour before you hit the gym.Eat an apple. You may also have as breakfast toast, cornflakes or idlis.You may also eat a banana with lukewarm milk for the complex carbohydratesit provides.Such type of foods before gym need comparatively little time for digest,are easy on the body, and provide you with maximum energy during the Gym.Also ensure that you drink a glass of water before you take the gym lessons,so that your body is well-hydrated.


2. Never go hungry.Do not hit the gym with an empty stomach. The stress that the exercise has on the body, combined with the lack of sugar energy will lead toHypoglycaemia, a condition that will make you prone to fatigue.For a diabetic it is important to start to hit the gym lessons immediatelyafter a heavy meal. However normal healthy individuals must maintain a gapof two three hours before a meal to take up the gym lessons. The logic is toallow the sugar level in the body to reach an optimum level.

During your course of gym lessons level of cortisol, the destructive hormonesin the body increases. Therefore the human body is prone to infection. That isprecisely why, the hour after gym course is known as the window periodas it allows infections to enter the body. Use this opportunity and eat as soon as possible. 


The body loses salt due to sweating. That is why it isimportant to compensate the loss with a rich source of electrolyte like ORT.Have proteins but do not completely rely on proteins for your supplyOf energy as they are far more difficult to digest and take a toll on yourKidneys. 

Therefore to aid digestion make sure, you add lot of greens In your meal as they are rich in fibre.The body needs a high-protein diet for muscles building. 

However relying on the supplements is not the alternative. The best option for a post-gym supplement is to take the watery part of yogurt Curd that is very rich in Proteins, chop a banana and an apple, into it, put it in the blender.It is a perfect combination of proteins and carbohydrates. The apple is rich in fibre also.