Want to Beef Up Fast? Skip Processed Sugar

Sugar, especially processed sugars do more harm than good to your weight loss program. Diet drinks, ice creams, and other processed foods contain sugars that only add cholesterol and induce overproduction of insulin to the body. You can also opt for sweetening your drinks with honey.

Below are two sources of natural sugars that will keep your body healthy.

1.     Fruits

Although sports drinks have long been recommended for athletes and fitness programs, they are not 100% as healthy as fresh fruits. Sports drinks have sweetened with corn syrup and other processed sugars that will only heighten the body’s sugar levels. Fresh fruits on the other end contain carbohydrates, as well as nutrients, fiber and vitamin C that are useful nutrients to the body. You can have Greek yogurt too with fruit.
These fruits are the best when it comes to increasing your natural sugar intake. Try these five fruits.

Oranges

Not only are these sweet and pleasant to snack on, they are an excellent source of Vitamin C, A, soluble fiber and calcium. You can have as many oranges as you would like before and after workouts or make fresh orange juice to keep you hydrated throughout your workout.

Bananas

Bananas are excellent sources of potassium, fiber, pectin and Vitamin B6, which aid in digestion and other body building qualities. Having Bananas throughout the day also increase your appetite.

Pineapples

 It seems like people often forget to mention pineapples when they refer to nutritious fruits. Pineapples have tons of vitamin C, natural sugars and manganese that keep bones dense and strong.

Strawberries

Strawberries contain anthocyanins –a pigment that helps burn stored fat in the body increasing your chances of building muscle.

Kiwis

Kiwis are an excellent source of Vitamin K, fiber, potassium, and folate, which helps in generation of  red blood cells

2.    Carbohydrates

Often Exercising  eats away at your body’s glycogen levels that will need to be replenished if you are to get ready for the next workout.  Carbohydrates are known to stop the catabolic effect that training causes in the body.


Therefore, you should have some carbohydrates and starch right after the training. This will increase your chances of beefing up your muscles. You should also have some carbohydrates and protein shakes an hour or two before training. These two have natural sugars essential for keeping the body healthy.