has ne1 got ne food tips for wen training for a fight

What you want is whole, natural foods. In general this means a lot of fruits (bananas, berries, apples, etc), vegetables (spinach, broccoli, carrots, etc), nuts, lean meat (chicken, beef), fish (salmon, tuna, etc), eggs, dairy products (quark, yogurt, raw milk, butter), whole multi grain bread (or even rye bread for example), things like that. The general rule is the less processing it endured, the better.

You could make him a daily smoothie that he can take to work for example. Take yogurt, bananas, blackberries, strawberries and some orange juice. Add some flaxseed (grounded or oil), blend it and you're done. Cheap and extremely healthy.

Frequent vegetable soups with meat will also aid him. If you buy frozen vegetables it's not expensive, and most of the nutrients survive the freezing process. Boil water, add veggies, garlic, unions and meat. That's it. Quick, cheap and healthy.

Another comfortable diet fix is trail mix (nuts and dried fruits). Nuts aren't cheap, but they do offer lots of good stuff. If you live in a rural area you can pick them outside in about a month. It's blackberry season as we speak btw.

Also, frequent meals. Not two or three big meals, but six to eight smaller ones. Lots of water, herbal teas are also a good addition to his diet.

Basically when you're in the supermarket act like you've been in a cave for the last century and only buy what you would recognize then.

What are you currently feeding him?

 

Here's an example of my diet, copied from another thread.

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rdj im gonna say your diet is great because its extremely similar to my own lol

i have one tip and one question for you

q; did you notice your performance increase when you started drinking the green teas, i never got to the stage of evaluating because after 1 sip i thought it was disgusting

tip; in your post training smoothie throw in half a tea spoon of salt as this increases the rate at which your energy stores are replenished by sugar taken in from the juices from the fruit, usually your body loses a lot of salt in training and replacing those energy stores takes longer than usual with the absence of salt

you prob do this already

 

If he's serious about his training he should be just as serious about his diet.

 

Haha, thanks

Definitely, I've been doing it for a while and I feel like superman. Recovery is very quick, I have loads of energy even on low calorie diets when making weight, it's just that little bit extra for me.

I actually like the taste a lot. If it's too bitter just add some liquorice and fennel for example. I even like the taste of ginseng and chamomile, things I used to hate.

Sounds gross :tired

I put sea salt (not just sodium) in my soup, which I take about 20 minutes (6.2 mile cycle) later. Perhaps I should also take a home brewed sports drink with me, which would basically be cold herbal tea with some sugar and salt.

 

RDJ - nice to see a fan of unpasteurisaed milk - works wonders for my allergies!

After reading of your teas, I have been experimenting a bit myself, and I have found that I have a penchant for cumin tea!

For the original poster, I have always been a fussy with my food, but I acknowledged the fact that I needed a good diet to support my training many years ago. There are still many things that I won't eat individually, but if I make a soup or a stew, i'll eat them fine.

 

That's interesting to hear, I'll look into that. I know that people with lactose intolerance have no problems drinking unpasteurized milk, because it contains bacterias that produce lactase.

Where do you get your tea? Probably not necessary to mention, but it's wise to avoid pre-bagged teas. They contain very little actual herbs and lots of additives, at least they do here.

If you like cumin you could also try liquorice and fennel for example, both taste awesome. Other things to try are chamomile, redbush (South African tea, very nice), green teas (Vietnamese / Japanese / Chinese), mint, nettle, ginseng, ginkgo biloba, etc.

 

yeah after a long training where you have sweat a lot a bit of salt defo speeds up the recovery and reduces the time your body spends dehydrated, although it is very hard to take i throw it into a smoothie, supplemented with omega 3, glucosamine, oils, fruit, yoghurt etc and the salt is still strong as hell

 

Oh btw. please let me know if you notice any differences. My experience was good not just in terms of recovery and other pure physical attributes, but also alertness and such. Sometimes I feel almost doped up. I'm interested to hear other people's experiences.

 

I decided to add it to a post workout rehydration tea, I did that before (after weighing in for my fight) and did not really mind the salt. Thanks for the suggestion :good

Sea salt is less salty tasting than normal NaCl, perhaps that's worth the try if you are not already using it.

 

yeah i will do, which ones iyo are best

yeah think ill try this, i find the salt the worse part of all the nasty **** like oils and other supplements to take, it would be easier to take through food but it needs to work with the fruit as these are what are best for replenishing stores post workout

 

I have suffered with bad allergies up until about five years ago when a local farmer suggested that I try some raw milk and honey from him - I haven't so much as had an allergic sneeze or burning eyes since.

I have been reading up on teas lately. The subject of herbal teas is very interesting to me as my current studies are linked to herbs, weeds and such like.

I get my cumin seeds from a local health food shop, and make the tea by steeping the seeds in boiling water for approx 15 minutes. I also do my chicken breasts in ground cumin and a touch of garlic, wrap in foil and bake in the oven at 200 for 20 minutes - beautiful!!