Trimarni Coaching and Nutrition

Within a "healthy" diet, a high-fiber diet has its many benefits such as controlling blood sugar levels, lowering high levels blood cholesterol, normalizing bowel movements and keeping the intestines/gut healthy.  Furthermore, a high fiber diet has been shown to assist in weight loss and maintenance because fiber is associated with satiety.  In today's society, we are heavily educated about"healthy" eating and certainly, fiber has an important role in our diet.  High-fiber diet Recommendations for daily fiber are: 21-25g/day for women 30-38g/day for men Most individuals receive around 15g of fiber in the daily diet.  How easy is it to meet recommendations with a real food diet? 1 cup rraspberries- 6 grams 1 cup cooked barley -8 grams 1 cup lentils - 15 grams Total: 29 grams fiber Because fiber (along with adequate fluid intake) moves through the digestive tract quickly and relatively easily for most healthy individuals, you can see why we need fib...

I've worked with dozens and dozens of athletes and fitness enthusiasts for nutrition, sport nutrition and coaching.  The human body can be a bit complex but I find that when individuals focus only on themselves, it's much easier to make changes that are effective and long lasting.  When it comes to healthy eating or training for an event, there are often many roads to take to get to the same final destination. Many times, athletes and fitness enthusiasts struggle in a spot of slow progression because many changes being made are in response to a change/result from someone else.  There can be something powerful in having a role model or someone that inspires you to break habits to move yourself closer to your diet, health or fitness goals but if you find yourself being too focused on what everyone else is doing.  I have worked with a variety of active bodies. Nurses, dietitians, teachers, stay-at-home parents, CEO's, engineers, aerobics instructors, the ...