What foods can I eat to increase my energy level?
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Dr. Mehmet Oz answered:The foods you eat can impact how energetic you feel during the day. Watch the video to learn about energy-boosting foods.
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Dr. Michael Roizen answered:With the enormous variety of food available in this country, and the often contradictory information in the media about various diets, making food choices can be confusing and overwhelming. But when it comes to a RealAge (physiologic age), it's really quite simple. In fact, there are only fifteen food-related habits that we know affect your energy level and rate of aging:Choose the appropriate total calories for your height and build.- Limit saturated and trans fats to less than 20 grams a day.
- Make sure healthy fat makes up about 25 percent of your daily calories.
- Get the right vitamins and avoid the wrong ones.
- Get the right minerals and avoid the wrong ones.
- Get the right micronutrients and avoid the wrong ones.
- Eat four or five servings ("fistfuls") of fruit a day.
- Eat four or five servings ("fistfuls") of vegetables a day.
- Eat 25 grams of fiber a day.
- Eat an ounce of nuts a day.
- Eat ten tablespoons of spaghetti or tomato sauce a week.
- Have one to two drinks of alcohol a day if you are not prone to alcohol or drug abuse.
- Get 31 milligrams of flavonoids a day.
- Avoid simple sugars.
- Eat three portions of a variety of fish a week.
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With the enormous variety of food available in this country, and the often contradictory information in the media about various diets, making food choices can be confusing and overwhelming. But when it comes to a RealAge (physiologic age),... More -
NORMAL nonprofit answered:The composition of our meals and snacks will improve our energy levels. Foods high in carbohydrates such as bread, cereals, crackers, pasta, rice, desserts and fruit are great for quick energy. However, they only last about 60-90 minutes and we have already metabolized them for energy.
To get more staying power to your meals and snacks make sure they include protein and fats. For example, if you eat a plate of pasta with marinara sauce, a bread stick and bowl of salad with fat free dressing for lunch that meal provides almost only carbohydrates to your body for energy. In about an hour and a half your blood sugar will be falling and you will be feeling a very low energy level. Put grilled chicken on that pasta and real Italian salad dressing on the greens and you will have provided the protein and fats necessary for that meal to energize you all afternoon.
A great definition of a snack is this: A snack is more than one food group. Therefore an apple is not a snack. Put some peanut butter and a yogurt with that apple and you have a well-balanced snack that will last you until suppertime.
Remember, overeating and becoming too full will zap your energy, no matter how well balanced you eat.Helpful? 2 people found this helpfulThe composition of our meals and snacks will improve our energy levels. Foods high in carbohydrates such as bread, cereals, crackers, pasta, rice, desserts and fruit are great for quick energy. However, they only last about 60-90 minutes and... More
