nutrition


Observing a few basic rules as part of your lifestyle can ensure long-lasting life health. The simple rules are shared with you to help you obtain long term life health.

  • Importance of breakfast

It is true; breakfast improves your overall life health. When you go to sleep, your body goes without food for six to ten hours. If you don’t enjoy a healthy breakfast, the body is starved until lunch time. It means that it will either have to cut into its muscle reserve to obtain energy or will have to store the next meal as fat to prevent possible starvation.

It will lower the metabolism to preserve energy and you will gain weight. If you struggle with the thought of breakfast first thing in the morning, make use of the Nutritional Shake or if you want to increase on your protein intake, add a spoon of Protein Powder to your shake. This will ensure that you get the nutrients required.

  • Eat smaller meals, but eat often

Instead of eating three large meals which leave you without energy, eat four to six smaller meals. You can substitute one to three of the meals with the Herbalife based products, depending on your need. (Weight loss, Weight Management or Weight Gain)

  • Eat variety

Don’t exclude food groups from your diet as this will lead to deficiencies. In addition make sure that you get the vitamins and minerals to sustain optimal functioning by adding the Herbalife multi-vitamin complex to your diet.

  • Exercise regularly

Exercise improves life health as it increases blood circulation, helps in detoxification, and strengthens the muscles. Use your and enjoy a healthy lifestyle.

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Basic facts

Nutrition facts on the food product labels can be confusing and when ordering at a restaurant, you will be extremely lucky if the nutrition facts of the food are available.

Becoming healthy and fit entail a well planned nutritious eating plan, supplements, and regular . Although we cannot provide all the nutrition facts in one article, our site is filled with useful information regarding healthy eating, fitness, and supplements. The following tips are meant as guidelines only to help you make the right food choices for a healthier and leaner body.

Learn about the Glycaemic Index (GI)

If you are serious about weight loss, but want to sustain good health at the same time, you should learn how to keep the GI level in control to ensure regulation of your blood sugar. It is easier than you thought. Start by replacing the GI high foods with some GI lean foods:

  • Whole wheat bread instead of white bread.
  • Brown instead of white rice.
  • Replace potatoes with pastas.
  • Replace processed white sugar with brown sugar and where possible, with honey.

In addition, add flaxseed oil, green tea and loads of water to your diet. To lower the GI level of your meals you can also add the following:

  • Organic acids such as apple vinegar to meals that contain a high level of starch.
  • Green veggies to high starch meals.

Apart from taking simple steps such as not eating very ripe fruits, replacing certain foods and doing regular exercise, you can lower the GI level through supplements. All the products have comprehensive product descriptions listing the relevant nutrition facts. Visit our products pages to learn about our comprehensive range of supplements to promote good health, fat burning, endurance, and muscle building.

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