Healthy snacks can be an important part of a nutritious diet, as small bites between meals can help keep our energy levels high. Turns out, our muscles may benefit from snacks too - 'activity snacks,' that is.
Healthy snacks can be an important part of a nutritious diet, as small bites between meals can help keep our energy levels high. Turns out, our muscles may benefit from snacks, tooA new study by researchers at the University of Toronto in Canada shows that breaking up prolonged periods of inactivity with brief spurts of exercise – like short walks or a set of squats – helps the proteins in muscles operate at their best.
“When we eat protein in our meals, they provide those building blocks that allow our muscles to rebuild themselves,” says Moore, whose findings were recently published in the“By breaking up these long periods of sitting, we think over time, this is a way to use the food that we eat to hang onto muscle mass,” he says.
Jennifer Childress, a health coach and personal trainer in Mesa, AZ, says she recommends people turn off their computer cameras, just as they would when eating, if their activity breaks coincide with a meeting.People may think they need to lift heavy weights or do a full workout to become more toned, but the new study shows that’s not necessary, she notes.
“This is good news for people who must spend a large part of their day sitting,” saya Beth Frates, MD. people with prediabetes or diabetes stand every half an hour to improve their glucose levels. The new study supports the value of frequent standing breaks, combined with movement, for everyone who can do it, she says.
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