Nutrition

There are foods that can have a negative impact on memory, cognitive processes, and emotional health. High glycemic index foods can have a detrimental impact on the brain resulting in emotional health impairment and increased risk of depression. A 2015 study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that post-menopausal women who eat foods with a high glycemic index like white bread, rice, cornflakes, and potatoes have a higher incidence of new onset depression. The more lactose, fiber, fruit, and vegetables participants ate the less likely they were to get depressed.

The United States of America is a great country and this is not a political debate. This country is not among the healthiest populations despite many medical advances. The purpose of this article is not to be critical, but rather discuss health and longevity. Our country seems to have the magic pill syndrome in which it requires fast results regardless of consequences in health and longevity. Extreme nutrition concepts like ketogenic (Atkins), intermittent fasting, and weight loss supplements as well as claims are rampant.

Maintaining normal blood sugar values is very important to overall health. Normal blood sugars are between eighty and one hundred twenty milligrams per deciliter. A blood sugar of seventy milligrams per deciliter will make a person feel extremely hungry. Under seventy is considered hypoglycemia, meaning low blood sugar. Blood sugar over one hundred twenty for an extended time is referred to as hyperglycemia or high blood sugar.

Fiber is generally complex carbohydrates that the body cannot completely digest or absorb. There is soluble and insoluble fiber. Soluble fiber slows motility through the gastrointestinal tract, helping satiety or making an individual fill full. Insoluble fiber is beneficial in digestive health and promotes regularity.

The custom program gives the user the ability to develop meal plans based on whatever nutrient parameters desired. This program uses specific percentages of nutrients established by the needs of the user or client. The custom program features the ability to use macronutrients and parameters of any current program whether effective or not and produce a protocol on the spot. The user can accommodate any breakdown desired and establish many meal plans to achieve the protocol. Tpnbodyperfect provides this feature making it very innovative and encompassing any theories on nutrition.

The weight gain program is for people who cannot put on a pound. It uses lower protein with much higher carbohydrates and fat to provide energy for an extreme ectomorph to use amino acids for muscle hypertrophy. Some people wishing to engage in sports or activities requiring size and strength will benefit from this program. Many individuals with very fast metabolisms can use the glycemic index and insulin response, but in an entirely different manner. If you are struggling to put on pounds of muscle, this is the program for you.

The weight loss program is for individuals who are currently exercising little or not at all. We encourage people to exercise because fat does not burn efficiently without activity. Many clients reach goals even with limited activity because the program if strictly followed will provide the calories, glycemic index, and insulin response that makes and sustains a certain weight. Given a well designed program, the body will reach and maintain a weight that the given substrates will allow and support. TPN encourages activity for efficient weight loss and to promote overall health.

Other programs that do not work well prescribe excessive carbohydrates. For twenty years with great results, forty percent carbohydrates have been used for weight gain. This is the lowest percentage carbohydrates used by other programs. With forty to sixty percent carbs, clients engage in poor, ineffective diet programs. For example, if a man wants to reach a goal of two hundred pounds, he is prescribed between 260 to 390 grams (about 13.76 oz) of carbs per day in a weight loss attempt. This is excessive and ineffective.