Almost all chronic degenerative diseases that plague today's world are thought to be caused or exacerbated by the degeneration of the modern diet. USANA Foods were developed to provide the great tasting, high-quality macronutrients that your body needs to keep health and feel good. These convenient, low glycemic foods can be used combined with the Usana Essentials and Usana Optimizers to accomplish your good diet. Many USANA Foods contain beneficial elements like dietary fiber, soy protein, and potassium.

To get and maintain a healthy body, your body's cells require particular nutrients (high quality protein, different fiber sources, low-glycemic carbs, helpful fats, nutritional vitamins, and minerals). When your body's cells lack these vital nutrients, they do not function properly. Usana realize that good nutrition includes both micronutrients (vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and other compounds we eat in small amounts) and macronutrients (carbohydrates, proteins, and fats that make-up the majority of our food). The primary aim of good nutrition is to promote lifelong health. This state of well being encourages and enables the optimal performance of all body systems.

Sedentary Life-style (=BMR x 120 %) - Regular characteristics include having a desk-based job (office worker), driving to work, taking the elevator and not the staircases, and many others.

In order to promote the adaptations discussed, your cardio exercise must be done at a relatively high intensity (at least 70% of your maximum heart rate - providing you've a realistic cardiovascular fitness base to begin with!). This will promote a rise in the number of mitochondria within the muscles, permitting higher uptake and use of oxygen.

Extremely Active Life style (=BMR x 175%) - Typical characteristics include having a manual job (labouring or exercise teacher), cycling or walking to work, taking stairs not elevators, and so on.

Usana Macro-Optimizers - Why Low Glycemic? The glycemic index is a way of measuring the rate at which carbohydrates are broken down and appear in the blood as sugars. Those foods which result in a rapid rise in blood sugar have a high-glycemic index. Carbs which are broken down gradually and cause only a moderate increase in blood sugar have a low glycemic index. Some carbohydrates fall in between.

High glycemic foods provide rapid energy, but it's usually temporary and hunger soon returns. Low glycemic foods provide higher satiety and sustained energy, which makes eating less and losing weight easier. High-glycemic diets also have been associated with weight problems, type II diabetes, insulin resistance, and heart problems. Almost all convenience foods and lots of meal replacement and diet products available today are unfortunately, high glycemic.

Usana Macro Optimizers - The Products: USANA Foods are a wholesome source of complex carbohydrates, complete proteins, and helpful fats. SOYAMAX, based on highquality soya protein, provides complete and well balanced amino acids. And several USANA Foods, like FIBERGY and Iced Lemon FIBERGY BARS, are low fat, high fiber foods. These tasty snack bars and drink mixes are made to be low glycemic to offer continual energy through the day.

An individual with weight reduction goals should try to lose between 0.5-1 kg body weight per week. Aiming to shed more might result in a slowing of the metabolic process, as the body goes into a state of starvation. Thus, a weekly calorie deficit between 3500 and 7000 kg is required (net calories = -3500 to -7000). An individual with weight gain targets, aiming to gain between 0.5 and 1 kg bodyweight per week will require a weekly calorie surplus between 3500 and 7000 (net calories = 3500 to 7000).