How does nutrition affect exercise with a celebrity example

Nutrition is supremely important when following a dedicated fitness routine.

It is widely accepted that a good and healthy body is made from 80% diet and 20% exercise. When you exercise, you use energy stores in your body whilst also putting muscles and your central nervous system under stress. The body will respond by slowing making you stronger in order to respond to this stress better. In order for this to happen efficiently, the body needs to be fuelled with nutrition. A highly nutritious diet will ensure that the body can continue to give energy when needed, and for micro tears in the muscle to grow back stronger.

A healthy nutritious diet should consist of >55% carbohydrates (to fuel your body with energy), 12-15% of protein and <30% of fat (good fats).

The carbohydrates should come from complex carb sources such as wholegrain bread, pasta and rice. The protein should come from some red meat such as steak, lean protein sources such as chicken and fish protein from a variety of fish. Fats should come from good fat sources including nuts, olive oil, avocado, fish and seeds.

Celebrities are no different from the rest of us, and require the same diet and exercise routine to look and feel good.

Zac Efron had to follow a rigorous exercise routine, as well as an intensive diet consisting of only complex carbs and lean protein sources. This diet was followed 90% of the time, with only 3 cheat days per month. This diet and exercise routine allowed him to transform his body from high school teenage heart throb to chiselled, shredded and tanned lifeguard for his role in Baywatch. He had to compete with Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson on the big screen, so it makes sense for him to work hard!

Nutrition is highly important for anyone who is exercising, and is the most important part of living healthy.