Fitness Matrix

I know that you don’t want to hear this and being an ex-serviceman, who get through their fair share of alcohol while serving Queen and country, I didn’t like hearing it either, but alcohol is fundamentally poison to your body.  There is no nutritional value in it and as soon as it is ingested, your body is trying to expel it, because it doesn’t want or need it!  In a regular pint of beer there are approximately 12 teaspoons of sugar.  So, the next time you have a few beers with your mates, think about how much sugar you are putting into your body, what it is doing to your body and where it is going.  Your body doesn’t want  that amount of sugar and certainly not on a regular basis, so it stores it, which results in people becoming obese, diabetic or suffering from pancreas problems.  I’m not suggesting that you stop drinking alcohol, just not to drink too much, because it dehydrates your body, which drains your energy resources,  making you sluggish and it also weakens your immune system, leaving you vulnerable to viruses and diseases.

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Whether you do exercise or not, you need a massage. Massage is pampering for your muscles. It helps to reduce muscle stiffness, pain, fatigue and increase flexibility. While it can stimulate the body and increase mental alertness, it can also reduce anxiety and promote feelings of well-being, which will enhance relaxation. Your muscles are like a piece of bubble-wrap. The bubbles are full of waste fluids and the spaces between the bubbles become congested and stick together like glue, which is caused by the stresses and strains of everyday life.  Massage bursts the bubbles, helping the lymphatic system dispose of the waste fluids and at the same time ‘ironing-out’ the congestions, which cleanses and refreshes the muscles, allowing them to perform to their optimum.

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All margarines start-off BLACK! They are then pumped full of artificial ingredients to make them what you see on the supermarket shelves. They have a high content of polyunsaturated fat, which is good for you, but not in high doses. As a test, if you were to leave a tub of margarine and a block of butter out of the fridge for a long time, eventually the butter will decompose. Bacteria will get to the butter, as butter is full of natural goodness, but it will not go anywhere near the margarine.  So, if bacteria doesn’t want to eat it, you don’t want to!

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The current food pyramid decided upon by the government, determines that you should eat more carbohydrates such as, pasta, rice, bread, fruit and vegetables.  The result of eating a diet high in carbohydrates, which your body doesn’t need, is that it ultimately provides your body with sugar, forcing your pancreas to release insulin, which makes the cells of your body more permeable, so that the sugar maybe absorbed into your system to be used as fuel. We only need a small amount of carbohydrates for nutrition, so if you eat alot of carbohydrates, the body uses the small amount that it needs and stores the rest, which is why there are alot more people are obese.

The more carbohydrates you eat, the more sugar is in your system and the harder your pancreas has to work to release more insulin. Eventually, your pancreas will burn-out, not be able to metabolise the sugar, so it is stored rather than used and not perform as it should, which can lead to obesity, diabetes and pancreas problems. The sugar release from carbohydrates supplies a short-lived boost of energy and once used, your body requires another boost soon after. To slow-down the release of sugar from the carbohydrates, eat them with a dairy product such as, butter, cheese, cream, yoghurt and milk. The dairy acts like a bungee tied to a whippet, as it stops the whippet running away at high speed and just allows it to accelerate at a steady speed, resulting in the fuel from the carbohydrates being drip-fed into your system, giving you a steady supply of energy.

When you do eat carbohydrates, eat unrefined carbohydrates such as wholemeal pasta, bread and brown rice. Don’t eat refined carbohydrates such as white pasta, bread and rice, as it has no nutritional value at all and once consumed, your body is trying to expel it, because it doesn’t want it.

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