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The health benefits of trans fat-free diet are many and varied. This type of fats from hydrogenated oils used in some industrial food.

While fats should be present in our daily diet, the worst kind of fat to be removed from our diets is trans fat.

Dangers of trans fats

Trans fats are used because they improve the texture of foods and help it last longer longer. Are obtained from processed vegetable fats. Trans fats are responsible for increasing our bad cholesterol, increasing the risk of cardiovascular disease. Trans fats are accumulated directly on the points where they would like to see: tummy, twenty, buttocks, hips and abdomen.

This type of fat gives us very few nutrients and calories. Its consumption is a clear susceptibility to obesity. Many people experience a loss of considerable weight and durable with only eliminate trans fats from your diet. These products are rich in trans fats to be avoided:

* Bakery products: cakes, cookies, donuts, biscuits, cakes, crepes, …
* Snacks: chips, peanuts, …
* Margarine
* Frozen pizzas
* Pre-cooked dishes, especially the breaded fillets
* Finally, avoid cooking with hot oil: fry before the oil starts to smoke in the pan

Has recently been shown that pregnant women should avoid this type of fat and negatively affecting the baby during pregnancy. Another reason to remove trans fats from our diet.

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What about carbohydrates

This type of food is the staple food for marathon runners and athletes who run, because it is readily available fuel. With regard to those who want to increase their musculature, some recommend not eating at night because it could generate increased fats, while others pay no attention to this point. At this point we can affirm that each person reacts differently and it is best to see what its purpose is physical and organize based on that diet.

Those who have trouble gaining weight and have low levels of fat in your body can consume carbohydrates two hours before bedtime because their rapid metabolism may generate a negative caloric balance during the period of sleep. And as for those with higher percentage of fat, is more beneficial to consume carbohydrates in the morning because at that time energy demands are greatest.

It is necessary to take into account that not all carbohydrates are equal: they are slow-acting simple as sugar, honey, white bread, cookies and are the low glycemic index of more rapid action as sweet potatoes, oatmeal, yogurt  The latter are better for those who want to control your calories.

The best thing for the athlete that rises slowly in weight, but you want to gain muscle and lose fat might be ingesting a carbohydrate meal consisting of hypoglycaemic. For example, the extra oatmeal protein powders can be a source of immediate fuel saving muscle glycogen stores.

The saturation of glycogen is associated with increased muscle and if you run out can mean a metabolic change in muscle protein becoming fuel.
There on the other side are those who increase their mass with great difficulty. In addition Read the rest of this entry »

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