Tuna Intakes For Bodybuilders, Dieters And Other Athletes
29 Dec 2009Tuna has long been a favorite
protein source for bodybuilders, dieters, and other athletes. It\'s cheap, fast,
portable, and pre-portioned into convenient sizes. Did I mention it was cheap?
The fact is, it is a great source of protein and omega-3 essential fats and it
makes a great snack too.
Solid white skipjack can taste great
all by itself if it fits your budget but it’s much easier to have tuna fish
diet using tuna fish cans that are ready for use in much cheaper price and
packed for one per every meal.
Right dose of omega-3 fatty acid identified
29 Dec 2009Washington, September 1st, 2009_A team of French scientists has identified just the right dose of DHA acid that prevents heart disease in healthy men.
This study is the first to identify how much DHA or docosahexaenoic acid (omega-3 fatty acid) is necessary to promote optimal heart health.
Scientists show that a 200 mg daily dose of DHA is enough to affect biochemical markers that reliably predict cardiovascular problems, such as those related to aging, atherosclerosis, and diabetes.
This study shows that regularly consuming small amounts of DHA is likely to improve the health status of people, especially in regards to cardiovascular function.
Researchers then examined the effects of increasing doses of DHA on 12 healthy male volunteers aged between 53 and 65.
These men consumed doses of DHA at 200, 400, 800, and 1600 mg per day for two weeks for each dose amount, with DHA being the only omega-3 fatty acid in their diet.
Blood and urine samples were collected before and after each dose and at eight weeks after DHA supplementation stopped.
Researchers then examined these samples for biochemical markers indicating the effects of each dose on the volunteers.
Now that we have a very good idea about how much DHA is just right, the next step is to try it out in an expanded clinical trial that involves many more people so it’s better to stick with tasty foods that contain DHA, like fish, rather than getting a quick fatty-acid fix at the local vitamin store.
3 Day Tuna Diet
29 Dec 2009You might have heard of the 3 day tuna diet, maybe even in connection with a famous hospital, as an easy and quick way to lose weight over just three days. While the diet has the feel of an urban legend, there are people on the Internet who claim to have used it.
History of the 3 Day Tuna Diet
The diet has been floating around on the Internet for several years, and is often passed around as a diet recommended by a weight-loss clinic or a doctor. While it\'s not clear how this diet got started, it is known that no hospital or doctor has recommended it.
\"We all wish that weight loss and other health benefits could occur with simply making three days worth of dietary change. But severely restricting your calories, and including/excluding specific foods from the diet is not the way to long-term, sustained weight loss and health benefits.\"
Components of the Diet
The 3 day tuna diet is, as you\'d expect, a three-day plan, but it does not require you to exclusively eat tuna for the three days.
Despite the fact that there\'s no real known source for this diet, the different websites you can find it on have remarkably similar ideas of what the diet entails.
Here\'s a sample, giving you the full day\'s menu for day one:
- Breakfast
- Black coffee or tea (can be sweetened with artificial sweetener) or water
- Half a grapefruit or equivalent in juice
- One slice of toast with a tablespoon of peanut butter
- Lunch
- Half a cup of tuna
- One slice of toast
- Black coffee, tea or water
- Dinner
- Three ounces of any lean meat
- One cup green beans
- One cup carrots
- One cup vanilla ice cream
- One medium apple
- Black coffee, tea or water
The diet goes on in a similar fashion for two more days. In addition to the foods listed, dieters are advised to drink four more glasses of water (or diet soda) daily. Herbs, salt and pepper, lemon, vinegar, soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, ketchup and mustard are also allowed.
After the three days, dieters are advised to go back to eating normally but not to overeat