Originally published September 27 2005
Nutrition helps laborers stay active
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
While most people spend the majority of their day at a desk, a select number of people are exercising and stretching from nine to five. Nutrition specialists at Kronos Optimal Health Centre encourage people with active jobs to maintain proper levels of nutrition.
"I have to eat a healthy diet with lots of fruits and vegetables to keep going," says Ryan Garrity, 30, of Youngtown.
On his off days, he paints houses.
"With industrial painting, you're using every muscle in your body," he says.
Sue Ayersman, a certified nutrition specialist at Kronos Optimal Health Centre, says people with very active jobs still need to maintain caloric balance - they can't eat more than they are burning.
"It's a way to get the fuel the body needs.
And smaller meals would be better for digestion."
He eats a light breakfast, maybe a granola bar and some fruit, then a light snack and maybe a turkey sub for lunch.
She is a physical education teacher at Palo Verde Middle School in Phoenix as well as a coach for seventh-grade girls basketball and eighth-grade boys volleyball.
"I might be coaching girls basketball in the morning before school, then after school I'll coach a game before I ref a game," says Weinke, 43, of Phoenix.
"I make sure I get more fruit that day and more water."
Ayersman says the best snacks are not carbs that will give a quick boost, like jelly beans or soda pop.
"I grew up in Oregon and my dad was a cattle rancher so I still like to eat steak and vegetables, and I eat salmon every two weeks," she says.
"Growing up, at harvest time our main meal was at noon and dinner would be light."
Garrity, who drinks water and sports drinks, says that slow and steady is best.
"If you drink too much or too fast, you get sick."
Weinke also finds that even with her active job, she still needs to work out to maintain her energy level.
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