Tips for increasing calories
While most try to lose calories, there are some healthy reasons to gain some as well. We’ll go over some tips on how to gain calories while maintaining a healthy diet.
- Add cheese,nuts, or dressing made with olives, walnuts, or canola oil to salads
- Consume vegetables that are starchy, like corn and potatoes
- Also eat dry foods and fruit juices
- Add cream or cheese to fish/chicken meals
- Add powdered milk to soups and sauces
- Put peanut butter on whole grain bread, apples, or celery
- Dip whole grain bread into walnut, flax seed, or olive oil
- Eat dark chocolate. It’s a good source of antioxidants.
Vitamin C deficiency
Vitamin C is an extremely important vitamin required by the body to function. Individuals that are likely suffering from a vitamin C deficiency are:
Good carbohydrates
The primary sources of our body’s energy are carbohydrates, consisting of fibers and sugars. This is food like bread, pasta, rice, and cereal. Carbohydrates should represent about 40% of your daily calorie intake, 30% for proteins, and the other 30% remaining coming from fats that are “good” like omega-3 and flaxeed oils.
Unfortunately, most people enter into diets ignorant. They think that eating salads and drinking water are the key to losing weight, not knowing that if their body doesn’t receive a sufficient amount of carbs — you’ll have no energy and you’ll feel the results. The fact is, those people that eat foods high in carbohydrates like whole grains weight less than individuals that avoid high in fiber foods.
Whole grains have three parts to them, bran, germ, and starchy endosperm. White bread and pastries are known as refined grains and have been stripped of brain and germ. This is why foods like this, without any fiber or nutrients, are extremely unhealthy because all they have are calories remaining.
Essential amino acid: methionine
Methionine is one of the powerful essential amino acids that your body requires to function. It’s a powerful anti-oxidant and is a good source of sulfur. This is important to our bodies as it prevents disorders that can occur in the hair, skin and nails.
Methionine also assists in the breakdown of fats and prevents a buildup in the liver and arteries. These fat deposits that build up can obstruct blood flow to vital body organs and kill you. Methionine also helps detoxify harmful agents found in your blood such as lead and other metals.
Additionally, methionine protects against affects of radiation and is beneficial for females who take oraal contraceptives as it encourages the excretion of estrogen
Healthy Oil Chart
You need to only consume healthy oils, which are oils that are low in saturated fat. Take a look at this graph comparing different kinds of foods and the percentage of oils they contain:
