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10 nutrients men need

The pace and accompanying stress of daily life have taken a toll on most of us. Overeating, irregular meal times and bad eating habits in general have led to such things as obesity, heart disease but most of all complacency. The lap top evolutionary looking man is now taking shape or a lack it. Man is becoming pear shaped. And just plain out of shape. Things that could be augmented by exercise and diet.


Most men know that supplements are key to balance all of the bad we are putting into our bodies. Supplementing missing nutrients is key to putting us on the road to finding that balance. The following 10 nutrients are key to a man's survival in today's fast paced, everyday world.

#1 Water. The most important thing a man can put in his body. It is part of his heating and cooling system. Helps him from overeating. Helps the flow out from digestion. The rule has always been 8 -10 glasses of water a day, but that rule basically tells us that lack of water can cause an imbalance. Before reaching for an alcoholic drink, soft drink or diet soda, man should decide for himself if the benefit of just plain water outweighs the rest.

#2 Proteins. Proteins come from meat or beans, plain and simple. Amino acids are proteins. They are the building blocks for a man's body. He builds muscle with protein. He can offset the feeling of hunger and lethargy with protein. Some amino acids help mood and well being. These proteins can come in steak, red meat, poultry, pork, fish as well as beans and legumes. Some have claimed that red meat is bad for a man's diet. But like everything stated before and after here, in moderation all foods and nutrients lead to balance.

#3 Carbohydrates. Sugar. There is good sugar which is called complex carbohydrates. There is bad sugar which are just wasted carbs. A man must know the difference and how to balance out the two of these. Sugar that is found in pasta takes more time to be broken down. The system is more regulated in dealing with its sugar influx. On the other hand, a quick candy bar or soda pop can lead to a spike in blood sugar and cause havoc after it drops dramatically. There are sugar and carbs in almost everything man is eating today, it's being conscientious in just what makes up our food fuel that really counts.

#4 Fats. Doesn't a man want to shy away from eating fat? Isn't the adage, you are what you eat true? As stated above, there are good fats and bad fats (trans fats). Good fats found in fish oil and olive oil far outweigh


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