Nutrition for boxing

about 6weeks before i fight i start taking vitamins, either ''multi vitamins' or vitamin c any point in this? i'm so scared about getting a cold or some other bug which will **** my training or fight up

on a side note i eat good, try and get my 5 a day 2/3litres of water a day etc

 

Yeah multi vitamins are great, i stopped taking them and started getting loads of shitty little bugs. I eat healthy but just not enough fruit and veg(do now through RDJ smoothies idea!!) remember your body cant store vit c so it always good to keep topping up..

I recently started taking something called Echinacea which i have heard raving reviews about from people i know that take it,

Of the site i got it from...

Only just started taking it myself so can't comment yet but like i said heard good things...

 

would it be better to try and stay about 3-4kg over your fighting weight (weigh in weight) or would it be better to stay on the weight all your round?

thanks

 

yes this is true where your body can only absorb so much protein at one time. the scientific journal i read said it was somewhere between 25-30 grams so you don't want to go over that with each meal. not only is it a waste of the powder, too much protein is actually bad for you and excess is stored as body fat. i could go into the biological process of how it happens but i wont lol. you are also better off getting protein from whole food sources like eggs or tuna fish...the protein powders have a lot of fillers and additives that you could really go w/o. same goes with vitamins which is why you should try to eat as healthy as possible.

here is a little trick for those who train. when you go to sleep your body goes into a catabolic state where your body breaks tissue down...basically your body starves itself while you sleep. if you are looking to be fit and strong you don't want this, you want your muscles to be continually nourished w/ protein throughout the night. there is a kind of protein powder that can do this for you and it is casein protein. it digests slowly unlike whey which is more of a post workout protein b/c it absorbs quickly. casein protein powder will help make sure your muscles are continually fed throughout the night. alternatively you could just eat cottage cheese before bed b/c it contains a lot of casein but i understand some may think it's nasty and grosse.

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garlic is very good when it comes to warding off colds *and dracula*. if you happen to catch a cold or flu and want to recover quickly you can use colloidal silver. you can get it cheap through vitacost.com. i have taken it many times at the first signs of being sick and recovered within the next day, it's very effective against pathogens and other minor health concerns.

 

I usually have a shake before I go to sleep.

 

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Liquid diets have been found best for hummingbird metabolism but our human bodies are designed for both soups and roughage. Thus, with my mutitgrain, multivegetable, multifruit, multidairy shake, I also try to get plenty of solid roughage to clean the ol colon. I believe the Lord also designed us to eat more game or free range foods as well and not the out-of-shape, caged-up, hormone-fed chickens and/or fish from hatcheries.

 

Sorry but that sounds awful. All that in one shake? :-(

I always end up eating the foods before I put them into my smoothie/shake maker. I love blueberries and all that jazz but getting the little bits in the back of my mouth while I am drinking makes me feel sick.

 

Many people really do find the idea discussing and if you have the time and like eating lots of fruit and vegetables the old fashioned way then I would say its more power to you. I myself have always been considered as the human garbage disposal system.

We use a blender to make big pitchers of it every day and I find that mixing it with orange juice makes it more tasty compared to mixing it with milk. A blender is also much better than a processor since it retains all the pulp and and you can adjust its chunkiness or thickness.

 

IMO when it comes to grains and vegies, more and more often is better. Bread can be great roughage if you know how to pick the right kind thats ow in salts, processed sugars and preservatives but it still dont compare to wild rice, brown rice, wheat germ, whole oats, barley, corn meal or grits, sorghum MO. Dairy products like yogurt and whey isolate are great to. Beats, kale, carrots, sweat potatoes, squash, watermelon broccolli, etc.. or whatever we got left over.

We eat a lot of chicken and fish soup but like our shakes we load them with vegies, lentils or rice because there really is no reason to limit them when they taste great and when one understand exactly why cell metabolism thrives on variety.

When I am competing hard, I also throw in glucosamine, Maltodextrin, Dextrose, HMB l-Glutamine, and Electrolytes.

 

For experts on nutrition, is it generally accepted that people can have varying metabolisms? I used to weight train alot and would train for 1 hour 3 times a week, I would eat 6 meals a day and also snack with the occassional chocolate bar/takeaway. Some of the meals were not 'ideal' but decent enough and I never got over 12st, i've roughly stayed around 11 st 6lbs & now down at 11st4. So basically, do you think it seems like i'm someone who can eat lots but roughly stay the same weight as long as I work out enough? (which I do)

Cheers!