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PREPARING FOR THE NEW 'NORMAL' : HOW ULTIMA CAN HELP YOU.

Remember when the first week of lockdown felt like a holiday period? Then things started to get a bit stressful - we spent time indoors missing our gym routines, working from home at odd hours, and some of us were homeschooling for a while. Developing a new structure amidst the unknown can be stressful to some, so it may come as a relief that most restrictions are being lifted. We are able to get back into the office, kids go back to school, students are back at university, and you can work out again, but is your body ready for this? Let Ultima Nutritional Supplements help to prepare you for the new 'normal'.

How To Read a Nutrition Label

All of us have taken a look at the back of our food and seen that bold, nutritional facts labels starting back at us. It's enough to confuse anyone that's not a registered dietitian. With ingredients too hard to pronounce, odd measurements, and recommended percentages, leaving you scratching your head thinking is this good for me or not? Reading a nutrition label doesn't have to leave you perplexed; use our guide to help you decipher through the valuable information that is telling you a bit more about the food you are using for your swimming performance plan. SERVING SIZE...

COVID-19 or Coronavirus, Making Health and Nutrition Your Priority!

With doctors still determining the full breadth of COVID-19 symptoms. The clearest signs of the disease appear to be fever, dry cough and shortness of breath. Some other symptoms although they are less common also appear to include headache, sore throat, abdominal pain and diarrhea. And just like the flu, COVID-19 can cause respiratory issues that can lead to serious problems, such as pneumonia. The mortality rate of the coronavirus so far is around 2% (this number will most likely change as more people are tested.) "Most people infected with the COVID-19 virus will experience mild to moderate respiratory illness...

Anti-Inflammatory Foods for Better Recovery.

The last thing you're probably thinking about after a workout is ways to reduce inflammation. It's more likely that you're rushing to the shower, back to class, or headed to a meeting and don't have time to think about every nutrient in your next meal. But your post-workout meal is very important. Besides just satiating your hunger, it needs to replace glycogen stores for future workouts, and repair muscle damage and restore fluids and electrolytes lost in sweat. Eating a meal with anti-inflammatory foods for better recovery is an important element of your post-workout routine. Reducing inflammation after your...

Work Out after Work.

Daily exercise, such as an hour of walking after work could cancel out the negative effect of sitting at a desk all day, research suggests. Scientists analysed data on a million men and women and found that sitting for more than eight hours per day without taking exercise increased the risk of dying prematurely by 60%. In particular, the risks of heart disease and cancer were found to increase with an inactive lifestyle. However, they also found that this increased risk was eliminated when workers took one hour’s moderate activity a day, such as a brisk walk or cycle. The...

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PREPARING FOR THE NEW 'NORMAL' : HOW ULTIMA CAN HELP YOU.

How To Read a Nutrition Label

COVID-19 or Coronavirus, Making Health and Nutrition Your Priority!

Anti-Inflammatory Foods for Better Recovery.

Work Out after Work.

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