Nutritional Nuances Part 1: Supplements and Your Diet
Lets face it. I’m not a nutritionist, a doctor or really any kind of nutritional consultant. Much of nutrition, in my mind, however, is common sense. I look at it personally from a standpoint that asks, “What is here on earth to eat?” That is the stuff I was designed to eat. Pretty simple. And, I think that scientifically a pretty good case has been made showing that people generally become healthier the more they turn their diet toward “real food” and away from what dominates the shelves of most stores. But what about supplements. I am not talking medication and by supplements I don’t means Muscle Mass 2000. I am talking about things that more and more people are taking daily to make up for nutritional deficiencies in their diet, things like Fish Oil and Vitamin D (and many others, but we’ll stop there). There is a place for some supplementation in a healthy diet. Realistically, many of the foods we eat are less rich in nutrients than they may have been many years ago due to modern farming practices and other social and environmental issues. What I want to think about today, however, is a slightly different angle on what some of the recommended supplementation can tell us about what we ought to be eating. You see many people think of supplementation differently than I presented it above. They don’t see it as some thing to SUPPLEMENT an already healthy diet. They think of it as something outside of the nutritional realm. It is viewed much more like medicine. Something you just take because someone told you to. Well, lets take a closer look at the one supplement mentioned above, Vit D, and see what we can learn about our diets. Many doctors, naturopaths and nutritional gurus around the country are recommending this supplement. Why? Obviously, because it is healthy and our bodies must have it to be healthy. Which begs the question where in our diets are we supposed to be getting this nutrient in the first place? This is the crux of the issue for me. If something is so healthy for me that I ought to be supplementing my diet with it shouldn’t I make sure that my diet is as rich in food sources of this nutrient as possible to begin with? For instance, Vitamin D is a fat soluble vitamin that occurs in animal fat and organ meat (especially from grassfed well raised animals and wild seafood). It is a vital nutrient. A must have! How many vegan friendly sources of animal fat do you know of? You sense the irony there right? IMO this indicates an inherent problem with a vegan or any low fat diet (again I am not in any way qualified to tell you what to eat-this is just what makes sense to me). The bottom line here is that if you need it in a supplement then it should probably also be found in your diet somewhere. And remember food sources are usually the best way to get our nutrients because they are usually found with many other nutrients and catalysts that multiply their effectiveness and absorb-ability. Amazing how that works!
AM Class
“Michael“
Three rounds for time of:
Run 800 meters
50 Back Extensions
50 Sit-ups
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PM Classes
“Nate“
Complete as many rounds in twenty minutes as you can of:
2 Muscle-ups
4 Handstand Push-ups
8 2-Pood Kettlebell swings
Post rounds completed to comments.
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first time doing michael as rx’d and i’m dyin here!! my calves are killing me from pose running, my low back is killing me from the hip extensions, my abs feel just fine! i think a guiness is in order to combat the muscle soreness and going to bed early!!
As rx’d: 22:56 (a 2:13 PR!)
25:56 as rx’d.
16 + 4 HSPU, completely not rx’d.
Great work you two. You both tore it up on Michael. Impressive. It is fun to watch you guys progress together. Keep it up!
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