carbohydrates

Up to 10hrs/week training

Oven-Roasted Chili-Lime Chickpeas

These spicy roasted chickpeas are a perfect snack you can make that will satisfy those salty cravings and load you up with nutrients too! Lean Endurance take;

  • Soluble fiber helps keep your gut bacteria healthy and promotes overall fat loss by reducing your appetite. To further promote belly fat loss, combine your soluble fiberintake with other lifestyle changes, such as making healthier food choices and exercising more.

  • Normalizes bowel movements. Dietary fiber increases the weight and size of your stool and softens it.

  • Helps maintain bowel health.

  • Lowers cholesterol levels.

  • Helps control blood sugar levels.

  • Aids in achieving healthy weight.

  • Helps you live longer!

Up to 5hrs/week training

Pomegranate Popsicles

For a fun, immuno-boosting dessert, try making pomegranate popsicles. Just pour pomegranate juice into popsicle molds, stick them in the freezer, then enjoy. Lean endurance take;

  • Pomegranates have long been touted for their antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and heart-healthy properties.

  • But perhaps one of the fruit’s best advantages for an athlete is its ability to boost the immune system.

  • One way to boost that immune system: drink pomegranate juice. One study found that drinking about 3.5 ounces of the juice three times per week strengthens the body’s immunity.

Up to 10hrs/week training, Up to 5hrs/week training

Dates, medjool

Sweet and delicious there are many reasons to chose this awesome dried fruit for your post activity workout. To replenish carbohydrates there is no better way than natures candy! Timing benefits post workout include;

  • They’re packed with slow-burning carbs

  • They help prevent muscle cramps with loads of potassium.

  • They can help you recover faster

  • They’re a natural sweetener

  • Dates are a great natural sweetener to add to low-sugar smoothies, energy bars, or even to sweeten oatmeal

  • They’re a Super Easy Snack

-5hrs/wk training, Up to 10hrs/week training, Up to 5hrs/week training

Sugar

Sugar plays a roll in spiking blood sugar and insulin responses in the body. Sugar should be limited some instances of very high training, minimal “fun factor” I the diet and in emergency situations to rescue blood sugar. All carbohydrates bread down into sugar (they are carbohydrates) to be used for energy. Sugar and glucose are the the most rapid forms of energy that can be readily absorbed by the body for immediate body energy needs.