Welcome to the Pacific Elite Fitness newsletter!
Special Announcements:
- Ironman Canada training camp is now scheduled for May 23-25, 2008. Click here for details on this fantastic camp in beautiful Penticton, B.C.
- Solvang Triathlon Camp starts March 31, 2008 in sunny California, and will feature coaches Peter Reid, Chuckie V, and Ben Greenfield. Click here for more information.
Ben Greenfield is looking for affiliate coaches, personal trainers, and nutritionists who are interested in joining the team at Pacific Elite Fitness. Contact elite@pacifcifit.net for more information.!
The September book special - 3 BOOKS AT OVER 50% DISCOUNT! Take advantage of this discount by clicking here.
Featured Triathlete Product
Cordygen5 from Millenium Sports. Click here.
Ben Greenfield's 2007 multi-sport race season sponsors:
Blue Seventy wetsuits - Ben Greenfield's official wetsuit sponsor for the 2007 race season!
Did you know that Ben Greenfield's practical nutrition expertise is available through comprehensive monthly online nutrition coaching? These packages included unlimited e-mail consultations and weekly phone visits to design and track your optimal meal plan. Most individuals enroll in 1-2 months of coaching at $140/month and completely change their lives and health in this short period of time. Go to www.pacificfit.net/fitness.html and select the Online Nutritional Coaching package to sign-up today and begin coaching as early as this week!
Feature Article: 5 Reasons To Take a Multi-Vitamin
So if you eat your fruits and vegetables, expose yourself to adequate sunlight, get plenty of sleep, and stay well hydrated, your body shouldn't really need a supplemental source of vitamins and minerals, right? Wrong. Here are 5 powerful reasons that you need to take a multi-vitamin, no matter how healthy your lifestyle may be.
- Nutrient depletion in the soil. Modern farming techniques utilize fertilizers that actually deplete the soil of essential nutrients. Agriculture relies on the elements in the soil for absorption of proper amounts of minerals, and when this process is interrupted, the plant does not contain essential minerals and cannot form essential vitamins. And if the plant doesn't have it then you're not going to get it from eating the plant!
- Your ability to absorb nutrients from food actually decreases as you age. So while growing children should absolutely be taking a multivitamin to support healthy tissue and bone formation, supplementation becomes equally important for the older population. Sure, you could just eat more food, but this introduces a problem with caloric balance. Beware that many medications also interfere with proper nutrient absorption.
- Commercial harvesting, shipping processes, long term food storage, processing, and addition of preservatives degrades the nutrient content of food. Therefore, unless you're eating a very fresh plant, it is a far different species at consumption than it was when initially harvested. In addition, compounds added to the food during many of these processes, such as MSG, saccharine, nutrasweet, splenda, colorings, and flavors will increase your body's need for nutrients to deal with these damaging synthetic derivatives.
- Pesticides, herbicides, and chemicals found in the modern food supply are combined with chemicals in water, environmental contamination from elements such as degraded plastic, air pollution from carbon monoxide, lead and mercury. These synergestic elements vastly increase our need for extra vitamins, minerals, and nutrients to combat formation of free radicals and the attack upon our metabolism and immune system.
- Exercise increases nutrient needs. Are you an athlete or frequent exerciser? The vast amount of extra oxygen and energy used by active individuals will necessitate nutrient consumption that far exceeds the typical RDA of the average population. Consuming just the stated RDA can actually limit your athletic performance.
So what are you waiting for? Get your hands on a multi-vitamin today. A previous article in the Pacific Elite Fitness newsletter outlines a very good place to start. If you have more questions about nutrition and fitness, don't hesitate to consider signing up for nutritional coaching or assistance through Pacific Elite Fitness. Click here to view your options.
