While exercise is vital in developing the body's ability to be more efficient, nutrition is a major factor which often lets people down when trying to change their body composition.

A major flaw often found in diets, as well as those eating too much junk, is too little going in. The brain alone requires several hundred calories each day to keep functioning in tip-top shape. (source required) Every other organ in the body also requires energy from food to keep functioning. Read up on the body, not just on fad diets, before deciding how and what you will eat.

Remember the food pyramid, or the plate diagram? How you should consume X% carbohydrates, Y% protein and Z% fat? Well, something a lot of people don't realise is that not all calories are equal. Those percentage values relate to calories, not grams. One gram of carbohydrates or protein yields approx. 4 calories, while 1 gram of fat yields approx. 9 calories. Remember that when reading labels in the supermarket. It's also worth noting that while alcohol is a form of carbohydrate, rather than the meagre 4 calories, this contains 7 calories. Beware!

In the near future, this page will feature many articles relating to diet and nutrition in general, as well as any great recipes that I come across and feel deserving of publishing.