Exercise and Nutrition

Here are some notes on exercise that were taken at the 2006 Young Living Essential Oils (YLEO) Convention:

The body must move.  The athlete’s body goes fast.  They need to recover from the acids the muscles produce rapidly.  This is not necessarily healthy.  It is better to exercise regularly and moderately.  The goals differ for both types of exercisers.  The athlete does intense exercise for medals and has one or two activities for training such as running, boxing, weight training.  The regular exerciser will do moderate activity for fitness and does a variety such as walking, biking, stair climbing, swimming, tennis, resistance and weight bearing, etc.  Exercise is stress on the body which is good.  The body will adapt and we need just enough.  Too much puts too great a stress on the body and this stress needs to be overcome by rest, hydration and good nutrition.   

We need to know the goals of our fitness customers in order to best help them.  Are they regular exercisers or athletes? 

Certain activities require certain products best suited for them.  For endurance, do aerobic exercises.  Intense exercise is not healthy.  You should be able to hold a conversation while you exercise.  That is an indicator or a good pace.  Strength exercisers such as body builders and aerobic exercisers have different recovery times.  The aerobic exerciser who walks or runs burns fat and needs a recovery drink with a ratio of 60% carbs, 20% protein and 20% fat.  Whey Fit (now Pure Protein Complete) drink is ideal for this exerciser.  The anaerobic exerciser such as a weight lifter needs a 50% carb, 25% protein and 35% fat drink.  Power Meal is ideal for this exerciser.  The protein in Power Meal is vegetarian. 

Exercise makes the body acidic.  Fruits and vegetables are alkaline.  The desired state of the body is alkaline and disease favors an acidic body.  Athletes should not eat 2 hours before a competition.  Enjoy a healthy meal after.  A good recipe for an after exercise recovery shake is one scoop Young Living Whey Fit (now Pure Protein Complete), one banana, one half teaspoon Blue Agave (which is a honey like substance from a cactus plant and does not raise blood sugar levels), two tablespoons ground flax seeds and a handful of NingXia wolfberries. 

Young Living products are designed to help athletes of all kinds to recover quicker and give better performances.  After workouts, the immune system is low and athletes need a healthy recovery snack such as a nutritional shake.  It takes the body two hours to recover from white sugar ingestion.  Coffee exhausts the adrenal gland.  Many athletes have a chronic cough because intense exercise depletes the lung moisture.  Good nutrition is vital. 

Use glass bottles to put oils in to drink.  Plastic is not good.  For athletes’ good performance, put oils such as Valor and En-R-gee on hairline, Gathering on ankle and foot, Harmony on edge of eyebrow (balances energy) and put oils on your meridian points.  Rub Mountain Savory and Nutmeg with two fingers on the crease of the adrenal gland to stimulate it.  Relieve It is a good massage oil for after and Aroma Siez is good for aching muscles. 

Enjoy your exercise!

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