These are some things that you may want to
look into getting not musts but can be quite useful.
From left to right.
- Chilli Powder and Flakes
- L-Glutimane
- Protein Powder
- A Shaker
- Slimming Belt
1. Chili powder and chili flakes. These help
speed up metabolism and with the HRI tabs and bran flakes boom going to work wonders,
if your not a spicy fan don’t use to much and it doesn’t have to be on every
meal just something to add to spice things up abit.
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few facts about chilies and why they work so well
· Chili pepper contains impressive list of plant
derived chemical compounds that are known to have disease preventing and health
promoting properties.
· Chilies contain health benefiting an alkaloid
compound in them, capsaicin, which gives strong spicy pungent character.
Early laboratory studies on experimental mammals suggest that capsaicin has
anti-bacterial, anti-carcinogenic, analgesic and anti-diabetic properties. It
also found to reduce LDL cholesterol levels in obese individuals.
· Fresh chili peppers, red or green, are rich
source of vitamin-C. 100 g fresh chilies provide about 143.7 mcg or
about 240% of RDA. Vitamin C is a potent water-soluble antioxidant. It is
required for the collagen synthesis in the body. Collagen is the main
structural protein in the body required for maintaining the integrity of blood
vessels, skin, organs, and bones. Regular consumption of foods rich in vitamin
C helps body protect from scurvy; develop resistance against infectious agents
(boosts immunity) and scavenge harmful, pro-inflammatory free radicals from the
body.
· They are also good in other antioxidants like
vitamin A, and flvonoids like beta-carotene, alpha carotene, lutein,
zeaxanthin, and cryptoxanthins. These antioxidant substances in capsicum helps
to protect body from injurious effects of free radicals generated during
stress, diseases conditions.
· Chillies contain good amount of minerals like
potassium, manganese, iron, and magnesium. Potassium is an important component
of cell and body fluids that helps controlling heart rate and blood pressure.
Manganese is used by the body as a co-factor for the antioxidant enzyme,
superoxide dismutase.
· Chillies are also good in B-complex group of
vitamins such as niacin, pyridoxine (vitamin B-6), riboflavin and thiamin
(vitamin B-1). These vitamins are essential in the sense that body requires
them from external sources to replenish.
Chilli peppers have amazingly high levels of
vitamins and minerals. Just 100 g provides (in % of Recommended daily
allowance)
240% of
vitamin-C (Ascorbic acid),
39% of vitamin
B-6 (Pyridoxine),
32% of vitamin
A,
13% of iron,
14% of copper,
7% of
potassium,
but no cholesterol.
2. L Glutamine. I love this stuff, you take
it up too three times a day, what it does is this, when you work out you burn
fats and build muscle yes but when your running for example your body warms and
you reach a certain hart rate your body stops burning just fat but then starts
to burn muscle also, L Glutamine gets into your system and stopped your body
from burning muscle and continues to burn fat, for myself and many others this
is grate, there are many places it can be found with a rang of web sites, I usually
get a resalable bagged packed one and pour it into the tub I first got this
stuff ranges from £10 to £30 depending on weight i.e. 500g to 1.5kg and
brand. I find Amazon is a good
place to go http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_5?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=l-glutamine&sprefix=l-glu%2Caps%2C170
3. Pure Protein. This can be as expensive or
as inexpensive as you like. But when you are looking for these look for pure
protein if you can and avoid the mass gainers, try and be as natural as you can
because once you start to use the mass you then gain water which makes you look
big yes but once you stop using them you decrees in size and lose your shape
which can bring some people down as after all there work it looks and feels
like they haven’t done any thing. The other affects of using the gainers is the
skin problems you may come across for example spots and red flushes, they can
dry the skin out and also cause gut problems because of the carbohydrates that
they are loaded with.
The
good things about the pure protein are the way they help your body repair its
self. Either if your losing weight or gaining mass protein will help your body
through it. When I used to go to the gym before the life style change I would
go for a good few weeks and hit it hard not steady just I need to go need to go
attitude and would rip the muscles which is a good thing but ach like hell the
next day and feel like a crap for a few and have to have a few more days off
doing nothing. Protein will help you through that you drink one after your work
out promote healing and let it do its thing.
As the weeks go by ill talk more about these
proteins and what types are out there and I will also let you know about the
deals I come across as I see and hear about them.
If you know of any good deals out there or
good brands then please comment and let us know.
4. shaker. It’s a shaker ;) basically it’s a
clean and tidy way to mix your powders, be it you glutamine or protein, scoop
it in ad your water or your milk and shake well. It also means you can prepare
your powders before you go the gym and add water there and hay presto ready
five mins after your work out.
5. Sliming belt. That black thing at the
back of the photo is what they call a slimming belt, its like industrial cling
film which you wrap around your waist. I paid £8.80 including p&p and it is
a simple but amazing peace off kit. You wear this when you do cardio such as
running or cross trainer to heat up your core temperature to increase your
sweating and water loss. Out of all the things I tried over the last year this
thing has to be one of my best buys and recommend that in time you do.
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