Nutrition Q&A: What You Need to Know About Fibre
Dietary fibre is possibly one of the most underappreciated topics in nutrition, but once you know how dietary fibre can affect your health and impact your waistline, you might change your mind about fibre. What's so important about dietary fibre? Dietary fibre is more than a single dietary component. It’s a complex mix of different plant-based compounds, each with unique health-supporting benefits. The main feature that makes fibre unique is that it’s not digested or absorbed by the body. Even though fibre isn’t digested, it is essential for our health, particularly our digestive health. Getting the right amount of fibre can reduce the risk of some diseases such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes and colon cancer (1). Fibre also [...]
Can I use Isagenix products if…?
We get many questions from people at different life stages and with medical conditions regarding the use of Isagenix products. If you have any kind of medical condition, our general recommendation is to speak to your doctor before starting an Isagenix System, modifying your diet or changing your lifestyle. Isagenix offer meal replacements and nutritional supplements, not medications. No information used in the promotion of our products should be considered as medical advice. Pregnancy and breastfeeding Good nutrition is important throughout life, and is particularly important when you’re planning a pregnancy, already pregnant, or breastfeeding. However, this is not a time to diet. During the final trimester of pregnancy, energy requirements increase by around 200 calories per day (1). Women [...]
Good Nutrition Before A Cleanse Day
Many people choose not to or can’t have dairy-based products, but still want to benefit from Isagenix Cleanse Days* and other dairy-free products. Whilst this has always been possible, now that we’ve launched My Pack in Europe this has just got a whole lot easier! Cleanse Days* aren’t complicated, but for most people they are very different from the usual daily routine. The overall goal is to significantly limit calories for a period of up to two consecutive days per week (a total of four days per month) while receiving nutrients from Nourish for LifeTM and other Cleanse Day* snack options. Cleanse Days* are about letting your body rest and recharge – there are no laxatives or diuretics involved. On [...]
What’s the best way to rehydrate post workout?
It’s well known that we need to rehydrate after exercise to replace the water that is lost when you sweat. But did you know that when you sweat you lose more than just water? Electrolytes such as sodium and potassium are also lost in your sweat. These minerals need to be replaced when you rehydrate during and after exercise to restore the balance of water and electrolytes in your body (1). Why electrolytes are important So, what are electrolytes? Electrolytes are electrically charged minerals that travel through the blood and other extracellular fluids (2). Sodium is the most highly concentrated electrolyte lost in sweat, and is needed by the body to help balance the level of fluids (1, 3). As [...]
Nutrition Q&A: The Truth about Protein
As a nation we’re becoming more interested in increasing the amount of protein in our diets to help meet our goals, but how much do you really know about protein? We met up with Isagenix UK’s very own Product Education and Nutrition Communications Manager, Rebecca Haresign, to look at what protein is, how much we need, and how protein can help us reach our goal. What is protein and what does it do? Protein is found in every cell of the body, and is essential for the constant growth and repair of tissues. Proteins are made up of long chains of amino acids, and it is this sequence of amino acids that determines the biochemical function of each protein (1). [...]
Sugars in Isagenix Products
When you look at the ingredient labels of Isagenix products, you’ll probably notice that some of them include sugar. This might occur in different forms such as dextrose, sucrose, fructose, honey, molasses and agave syrup. Is sugar bad for me? Sugars are a type of carbohydrate that are found naturally in many foods that contribute to a healthy diet including fruit, vegetables and dairy products (1). All carbohydrates are broken down into simple sugars, such as glucose, before being absorbed by the body. The body’s tissues require a constant supply of glucose which is used to fuel metabolic functions within the body (1). Consuming a small amount of sugars as part of a balanced diet is not bad for your [...]