Optimal Nutrition

Question: What is the most important period during pregnancy, during which nutrition should be as optimal as possible? Which nutrients have greater needs during pregnancy? What kinds of pregnancies are “at-risk”?

Answer: Your ENTIRE pregnancy should be. Get some prenatal vitamins. Your entire pregnancy is important to your babys health

Question: which protein powder tastes better, and better overall: designer whey or optimal nutrition? also which flavor?

Answer: I have Maximuscle Cyclone Banana flavour and it is the best tasting shake I have come across, though it is a bit pricey. Is the only powder i have actually been able to mix with just water and actually enjoy (is much better with milk though!)

Question: Hi, Please can anyone tell me where i can buy Onesource Optimal nutrition in Dubai?"?

Answer: Onesource Optimal?

Question: What is optimal calories for the longevity with full nutrition intake? Any scientific test/statistics?

Answer: I have to disagree with sug_daddy. (sorry, dude!) He's not giving y'all enough calories a day. To MAINTAIN your weight you eat your weight X15. So if you weigh 150 pounds, you will maintain that weight by eating 150 X15=2250 calories a day, assuming you're doing a normal amount of exercise. Your question is really difficult to answer. It really depends on the person; male, female, age, meds, etc. :)

Question: My maine coone cat is getting older (14 years). How should I supplement her diet so she gets optimal nutrition

Answer: Hi, Is she generally healthy? Have you taken her in recently for a full blood panel? At 14, it's very important to check for declining kidney, thyroid and liver function. These are very common issues and usually manageable with diet. If she's generally healthy and doesn't require a low-protein or other special diet, there's a great dry food out there called EVO made by Innova. No supplements are needed when feeding it. My cats, both young and old, have really thrived on it. Wellness is another great food; Royal Canin also makes a special Maine Coon formula. Hope this helps--

Question: Explain how nutrition contributes to optimal health, obesity, malnutrition?

Answer: in order for your body and mind to function well it needs certain vitamins, that without you may experience a chemical imbalance you might feel tired, you may not function well obesity is when you are very overweight malnutrition from not eating healthy, your body can suffer from malnutrition, maybe have bad teeth, dry hair, dry skin, many differant things come from bad nutrition, also acne our health is also affected by how much sleep and rest we get and the stress in our life

Question: I would like to teach nutrition for optimal health but do not know where to start. Any ideas? Lately I have been learning a great deal about our nutritional needs and I have been vegetarian for 6 months. I just finished reading The China Study (highly recommended) and I am so excited about the new information but frustrated that not many people understand what is needed for optimal health. Many are so concerned with these fad diets that fail to provide results. There is a lot of misinformation about food because of the money behind it all. What do I need to become licensed to teach or share this information with the public? I want to be taken seriously and be surrounded with people who have the same goal in mind. To honestly share information that can prevent illnesses and reduce the risk of many fatal diseases and cancers.

Answer: the China Study is crap. Very biased information and excludes a lot of data that doesn't support their theory. Humans are not supposed to be vegetarian. Our brains would have never developed like they have without lots of protein. This is what separated us from monkeys. Research it.

Question: I am putting together a powerpoint on sport nutrition. what are some good points to make? The powerpoint it aimed at college athletes and proper nutrition for optimal performance

Answer: Wholegrain carbs! Before training and straight after, this is vital for endurance athletes especially because of being reliant on glycogen stores.

Question: How much creatine should i take? I am about to take optimal nutrition creatine caps(pills), and the bottle is telling me to take 2 pills three times a day which i think is too much. 2 pills equal 2.5 grams of creatine monohydrate and i believe that u only need 5 grams a day. i was wondering when i should take it on workout days and would it be ok to just take 4 pills in the morning so i can get my full serving for that day?

Answer: 5 grams a day. Take it pretty much any time, but some say post workout is best.

Question: What are the optimal times to eat Whey Protein? And what should i Eat during the day then? What should I eat during the Day, and when should i take whey protein, and is it good to take after intense cardio? and whats a good optimum nutrition whey flavor, thanks ahead of time.

Answer: Here are a couple youtube vids that tell you when and how to use whey protein. Hope that helps http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=So2tOtL0lR0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-baBR5efgUk

Question: In what ways can I increase my energy body? My problem is that I tend to emphasize the physical body governing the astral body. A doctor would say that I'm in perfect health, yet I feel like a lump of meat stewing on the floor. I have no additions, I exercise and practice optimal nutrition. My liver meridian is continually brewing problems, maybe related to anger and and my throat chakra is weak, probably from not feeling completely independent. Home ownership feels like a vortex. My spirit wants to wander. This is not the life! :D

Answer: I highly recommend Therapeutic Touch. It is an energy modality similar to Reki. It is both energetic and relaxing at once. I had such a great experience with it 2 years ago that I decided to learn it :o) Also try the book with CD meditations: Chakra Clearing - Awakening your Spiritual Power to Know & Heal by Doreen Virture I love the meditations. There is one to start the day and one to end the day. Good luck!

Question: What is the best protein supplement? Does anyone know what the best protein supplement is? I currently use Optimal Nutrition's Gold Standard 100% Whey Protein. It seems to work well and taste well, but I was wondering if anyone knew what the best protein supplement is.

Answer: Don't change anything. If we talk about pure Whey protein, Optimum Nutrition is the best one. I personally love it. It was voted best overall supplement of 2009 and best protein powder of 2009. Now if you talk about protein with creatine, nitric oxide...etc in it. There is product like Nitro Tech.

Question: does anyone have any websites or information on how much of a certain food is recomended to eat for nutrition? I have read how beans are good, and we should eat sweet potatos, and a bunch other recomendations for optimal health. What i was wondering, is what is the suggested amount of certain foods that is recomended to eat? like if i have a bean soup 3days and a sweet potato on the other days am i getting enough of the nutrients? hopefully this question makes sense.

Answer: http://www.webmd.com/diet/guide/health-and-diet-losing-weight http://www.ediets.com/weightloss/diet/

Question: I need a 4 day diet for a marathon runner? My question is.. Design a 4 day diet that includes all the necessary componenets for optimal nutrition for the selected individual. state why you have included particular foods and why they are beneficial to your selected individual and outline any specialconsiderations ncesarry in the individuals diet. Note: the selected individual is a Marathon runner.. and they use the aerobic energy system and its main fuels are proteins, CHO's and fats.

Answer: bananas, their high in carbs and wont take long to eat while running a marathon dont know anything else sorry,

Question: Link between lower calorie restriction and longevity? According to the okinawa diet http://www.okinawa-diet.com/ having a lower calorie intake with optimal nutrition is better for your health and gives you a better chance of living longer. But I thought it was better to eat more calories and exercise more for better health rather than eat less cals but nutritionally dense foods?? Will consuming less calories screw up my metabolism over long term?

Answer: Okinawa seems to be on a good thing. With all this talk around today on FAT Intake..we forget the cal.intake which is just as important, if NOT sometimes the most important. Eating/consuming more Cals..than the body needs results in excess food not necessarily being excreted as some would believe, but rather the body converts it to FAT and stores it in Skin tissue/muscles tissue,around the Waist etc. Consuming less will not screw up your emtabolism now or when your 80.

Question: Is raw, vegan the optimal food diet for the average person? I understand that cooked food really destroys most of the nutrients and that meat and milk products increases your chances for cancer and other major diseases by 10 times according to the China Study by T. Colin Campbell, a leading scientist in nutrition and disease.

Answer: No. How many problems have humans had over the past millenia eating real, cooked food? Not too many as we are still here. The REAL issue - IMHO, is processed, scientifically modified, and synthetic foods. If you eat whole foods - ie. not "mac-n-cheese" and "Ramen Noodles" you will be fine.