NUTRITION
What Should I Eat?
In plain language, base your diet on garden vegetables, especially greens, lean meats, nuts and seeds, little starch, and no sugar. That’s about as simple as we can get.
Many have observed that keeping your grocery cart to the perimeter of the grocery store while avoiding the aisles is a great way to protect your health.
Food is perishable. The stuff with long shelf life is all suspect. If you follow these simple guidelines you will benefit from nearly all that can be achieved through nutrition.
Recipe’s and Resources
Catalyst Athletics Performance Menu
Live Primal – Fuels & Recipe Book
CrossFit Journal – Zone Meal Plans
Julianne Taylor – Zone & Paleo Nutrition Blog
Health-Bent Paleo Recipes that don’t look or taste like dog food!
Know a great nutrition or recipe website you think we should check out? Email office@crossfitauckland.com
10 Ways the CrossFit Nutrition Prescription Beats the Standard Kiwi Diet
Have you taken the time to read the CrossFit nutrition prescription?
“In plain language, base your diet on garden vegetables, especially greens, lean meats, nuts and seeds, little starch, and no sugar.” “Protein should be lean and varied and account for about 30% of your total caloric load. Carbohydrates should be predominantly low-glycemic and account for about 40% of your total caloric load. Fat should be predominantly monounsaturated and account for about 30% of your total caloric load.
Julianne Taylor - Nutrition Coach
Nutrition Coach
Julianne Taylor is a Registered Nurse, Nutritionist (Grad Cert Nutrition Science) and Zone diet instructor.
She is passionate about the Zone and Paleo diet – which not only transformed her own health, but the health of many family members, friends and hundreds of clients.
She has trained in the USA with both ZonePerfect Nutrition and Dr Barry Sears (the scientist who designed the Zone diet).
Julianne has been teaching Zone diet principles since 1998.
Paleo Nutrition Seminar
The Paleolithic diet is eating a diet aligned with our genetic makeup. It eliminates modern foods that are causing numerous health issues such as heart disease, high blood pressure, digestive problems and auto-immune disease. This way of eating is at the heart of CrossFit Nutrition Principles.
Paleolithic Eating – It could take your health and fat loss to the next level
The Zone diet is based on the principle that our bodies work best on a low glycemic load, balanced diet. Lean protein, fruit, vegetables and good fats are emphasised. Other foods such as grains and treat foods are recommended to be kept to a minimum, not necessarily cut out entirely.
I would like to introduce you to Paleolithic eating principles in addition to the Zone balance.
The Zone Diet and Family Meals
Author: Julianne Taylor – 24 July 2009
Perhaps the thought of going on a ‘diet’ and fitting it in with family meals seems a daunting prospect.
Many people with partners or families are concerned that if they take on the Zone eating plan they will need to make separate meals for themselves and other family members.
Dr. Sears Speaks at CrossFit Conference
More than 15 years ago Dr. Sears started working with Greg Glassman, the founder of CrossFit, to integrate his Zone Diet with the innovative fitness programs Greg was developing for total functional fitness. At the time, the Zone Diet and the CrossFit training methods were both highly controversial since they challenged the basic assumptions of how diet and physical training should be done. Once Greg started introducing the Zone Diet concept into his training program, he immediately recognized the powerful synergism of the two programs.
Nutrition for Competitors
Nutrition prior to and during competition should vary as little as possible from your customary routine. An athletes daily nutrition should already be optimal to support recovery and performance, and no last-minute changes prior to competition will produce any considerable improvements. Absolutely the worst possible idea is to experiment with unfamiliar practices during competition. Nutrition protocols should be tested long before competition to avaluate the athletes response and performance. The key to successful competition is maintaining as much consistency with training as possible.
Generally athletes will eat something between heats; small protein shakes or bars, deli meat, nuts and fruit are the best options, and quantities should be limited to only what’s necessary for optimal performance.
Athletes should be mindful of water intake to ensure adequate hydration is maintained. A combination of fatigue and dehydration can make an athletes task more challenging.
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