Foundation One: Nutrition

Healthy, Balanced Nutrition

Nutrition is vital to good health. Healthy nutrition can decrease risks of heart disease, cancer, stroke, and diabetes and have a positive effect on many other conditions like osteoporosis, hypertension, gastrointestinal issues, gallbladder disease, sleep apnea, respiratory problems, and some cancers. Healthy eating leads to a longer, fuller and more productive life.

Armed with the right knowledge, you will very quickly see health and weight loss improvements. Our programs teach eating fundamentals that are essential to good health and effective weight loss:

• The importance of a healthy whole food diet.
• Macronutrient Fundamentals - understanding how the body uses carbohydrates, proteins and fats and how to combine healthy macronutrients for optimal weight loss.
• Water intake - determining how much you need and finding quality water sources.
• The power of integration - how to combine proper nutrition with a balanced regimen of exercise to achieve lasting results.
• Grocery shopping fundamentals - healthy, cost-effective shopping.
• Identifying why people fail in efforts to lose weight.
• Recognizing misinformation - developing the education to see through deceptive advertising and make healthy food choices that will last a lifetime.
• Why dieting is not the solution to achieving long-term weight loss.
• Alcohol and its impact on weight loss and health.
• Understanding the USRDAs.
• How the human body metabolizes carbohydrates, proteins and fats.
• How metabolism can be improved through properly balanced caloric intake.
• Basic sports nutrition - ensuring proper food and fluid intake when engaged in exercise.
• Understanding organic food.
• Enjoying healthy eating - ideas that ensure long-term success on a healthy diet.
• Healthy Recipes.
• Meal Frequency for effective weight loss.
• Eating to protect muscle - the importance of protein intake in preserving muscle and why this is essential to the exerciser.
• Optimal weight loss speed and how this speed can impact long-term weight loss results.
• The impact of high-protein diets on weight loss and on long-term health.