I find it very amazing how diet helps maintain leaner abs. (I am finally getting grips on this.) I also notice with my body, it’s not the quantity of food I eat but the quality. Eating foods that contain nutritional value maintains a strong and healthy body.
Currently I’m not following a low carb diet but maintaining a diet which contain The New Four Food Groups.
The New Four Food Groups are:
(1) The whole grain group - includes bread, pasta, breakfast cereal, rice dishes, corn, and other grains. They provide fiber, complex carbohydrates, important vitamins, and an adequate amount of protein (neither too much nor too little). Especially valuable are unprocessed whole-grain products, as compared to grains which have been ground up into flour or stripped of their bran.
(2) The vegetable group - includes broccoli, carrots, lettuce, cabbage, potatoes, and cauliflower. Vegetables are particularly rich in vitamins and minerals. Beta carotene, found primarily in yellow and green vegetables such as carrots, broccoli, and spinach, has been found to reduce the risk of cancer and other diseases. Green leafy vegetables are also very good sources of fiber, complex carbohydrates, and calcium.
(3) The fruit group - includes apples, bananas, peaches, pears, and oranges, as well as exotic fruits, such as kiwis and carambola. Because they are very rich in complex carbohydrates, vitamins, and fiber, fruits provide valuable resistance to heart disease, cancer, and other degenerative diseases.
(4) The legume group - includes foods that come in a pod, such as beans, peas, lentils, soy, tofu, and tempeh. These foods are excellent sources of fiber, complex carbohydrates, protein, and minerals.
Maintaining a nutritional diet not only do I see a difference physically but mentally I feel refreshed and cleansed. My diet has helped me perform all of my training. I feel strong and awake.
Now it’s just the matter of time when I can say I have achieved the physique I have dreamt of.
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