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Eat right and learn how to grow taller naturally.

Proper nutrition is key to proper hormonal balance. Forget the food pyramid. It is the same model used to fatten cows! This is not a diet. It is a meal plan for proper insulin release, which plays a crucial role in growth. This is a just a rough outline.

The food pyramid is basically a high carbohydrate diet good only if you want to store fat. You starve your body when you wait more than 4 hours between meals. Which puts your body in a catabolic state. When your body is in a catabolic state it stops burning fat for energy and starts storing it. It also begins converting carbohydrates to fat. In order to keep your body in an anabolic state you should eat a small meal every 3 to 4 hours. Now, some of you might thing eating every 4 hours will increase your weight, but it will actually reduce body fat.

With your body in a constant anabolic state, your lean muscle mass will increase, and body fat will begin to decrease. A normal person will lose about a pound a week before they start gaining weight (from increased muscle mass) regardless of whether they exercise or not. You may experience additional weight loss since you are following the exercises in this programme.

You should consume a 200-500 calorie meal for each meal, with a 100-calorie snack an hour before bed. Here are the nutritional amounts you should consume with each meal.

- 25-35 grams of protein with each meal: 15 grams for night snack

- 36-50 grams of carbohydrate with each meal: 25 grams for night snack

- 5-10 grams of fat with each meal: 2 - 6 grams for night snack

As a basic outline, foods high on the glicemic index (high starch foods) such as breads, pastas, potatoes, & bananas should be eaten in moderation. Foods low on the glicemic index such as vegetables should be a major source of your carbohydrates. Junk food which is usually high in carbohydrate, high on the glicemic index, and high in fat should be eaten sparingly, such as once very 3-5 days to maintain proper hormonal and insulin levels.

Getting 25-35 grams of protein in every meal can be difficult if your diet is usually low in protein. One or two pieces of chicken breast, a can of tuna, or a protein shake can fulfil this need. Cold cuts may not be the best source since they are high in sodium and you would need at least 6 pieces to get the right amount of protein.

For fat, nuts, especially macadamia nuts, are a good source of fat. Fats high in monosaturated fats are the best. A finger full of peanut butter can also fulfil this need, although the best bet would be taking fish oil supplements. If you are curious as to what a diet of high glicemic index foods, which raise insulin levels, will do to your body, just see any diabetic or overweight person and ask them what they eat.

 

 

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