Do you eat FOOD? Or FOOD PRODUCTS

Look at your food, sniff it, touch it, what is it? Is it edible, will it make your body happy or sad?

Technology has had a wonderful impact on our lives............mainly. Not with food though!!!As technology in food increases it seems that the majority of the advances are bad for us and we are no longer eating real food, we mainly are eating food products these days. Identification of edible and healthy food has become hard, we are now faced with a bewildering amount of substances in foods that leave us scratching our heads saying is it good our bad for me?

So what should our food look like?

Firstly befre we answer the question, forget the conventional wisdoms. Forget the food pyramid, portion sizes, calories, blood types, the glycemic index. Forget Jenny Craig, Weight Watchers, Biggest Loser etc. Forget it all.

The single most important thing we need to know about nutrition in our modern World is how to recognize the difference between food and food products. If we learn this our nutritional decision making process will be sound and healthy eating will be achieved.

As stated by Frank Forencich in the book " Exuberant Animal, The Power of Health, Play and Joyful Movement" the only real rule for healthy eating is; CHOOSE FOOD OVER FOOD PRODUCTS. AVOID FOOD PRODUCTS WERE POSSIBLE.

So back to the question, What does real food look like?

Real food is:

• grown
• messy
• variable quality
• goes bad fast
• requires preparation
• has vibrant colours
• has rich textures
• authentically flavourful
• has a strong connection to the land, seasons and culture.

If it comes from the ground, had eyes at some stage and hasn't had extra ingredients added it is real food.

What are FOOD PRODUCTS?

Food Products are:

• manufactured
• neat, convenient
• always the same
• keeps forever
• instant results
• dull, bland
• artifically flavoured
• has many advertisments on TV selling it (normally)
• no connection to the land, seasons or culture.

Food products are normally made by people in masks to protect themselves from the ingredients, then we go and eat it.....whats with that!!! See food products are loaded with extra substances that are completely alien to our evolutionary heritage and these substances are generally detrimental to our health. Companies claim they are good for us, they have big marketing campaigns to sell, something that you dont see with real food.

For healthy eating made easy, eat FOOD and not FOOD PRODUCTS.



Real FOOD.. mmm can you pick the food product?



Sugar, what is it really doing to your body?

This video says it all. Sugar is toxic to the body, it is also addictive. This video only looks at sodas but all sugar in foods have the same affect on the body. First starting point in creating healthy eating habits is to eliminate sugar.

Body Science at Hybrid Fitness, the nutrition you deserve.

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In just over a decade, we have also become a major player in elite sport .

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Short Bursts of Exercise is Best

After the Christmas period there is normally the desire to lose a few kilos. The first thing people do is go for a run. Why? Well this is what they have been told to do for years to lose weight, so suddenly we have all these people out running, but is what they are doing really that great? truthfully....NO!!.

See short bursts of exercise (ever heard of intervals or interval training?) tell your body that storing fat is inefficient, since you never exercise long enough to utilise the fat stored during the interval.  Carbohydrates, which are stored in muscle rather than fat, burn energy at high rates, taping into burning carbs by using short high intensity exercise will help you burn much more fat after exercise while you replenish the carbs. Short intevals maximise what is known as fat "after burn". You will continue burning fat for up to 72hours afterwards.

(REACH NEW HEIGHTS WITH HIGH INTENSITY INTERVAL TRAINING)

Research shows you can actually burn 9 times more fat doing short intervals then slow long distance endurance training. This is because your metabolism increases after you stop the workout. Shorter duration interval training at high intensity stimulates a greater after burn in fat loss. The result? the loss of fat and the maintaining of muscle tone, which will give you that hard bodied lean look.

In addition to the fat loss benefit, high intensity interval training has other fantastic and desirable results for your health:

• It improves maximal cardiac outputs
• Promotes the development of quicker cardiac adjustments to changes in demand
• Improves cholesterol levels
• Provides anti-ageing benefits, fights against memory loss, accumulation of fat, increases libido, and prevents loss of srength and bone density.
• And ..........helps you lose weight by burning much more fat after you stop exercising.

So do yourself a favour, stop the after Christmas cardio craze, where each session involves long distance, low intensity cardio. This type of training done on a regular basis weakens muscles, shrinks muscles, puts a increased dependancy on body fat for energy meaning you will actually store more fat.

WHY AM I TELLING YOU THIS?  WELL ONE ITS MY PASSION TO LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THIS STUFF, AND TWO, HYBRID HAS A BRAND NEW CLASS COMING THAT IS PURELY SHORT DURATION HIGH INTENSITY EXERCISE.

STAY TUNED FOR THE RELEASE OF THE NEW CLASS.............GYM JAM 30!!!! COMING SOON.