Staying healthy while gaming, and why its important.

[Slqme]

Hello there! I'm here to talk to you about something that us, as human beings, is extremely vital. Staying healthy.

Personally, when I'm playing a game of MCSG, or maybe a bit of Battlegrounds, I'm usually involuntarily ignoring my health. I'm not always staying healthy. I'm usually having something that is bad for my body, especially in the circumstances that most people game in (Sitting down, usually next to no work being done at all physically).

I ask you, before you go away to get the next packet of skittles, or the next can of energy drinks, ask yourself, "Is this really what I need?". As us gamers are usually sitting down when gaming (Unless you're an MLG gamer who stands up) we definitely do not need a drink thats meant to be drunk before or after exercise. Of course, if you have been out to do some exercise, then you can, of course, have some sugar or calories, but in your case, there is a good chance thats not the case.

Instead, have an apple, an orange, or a banana. Stay healthy, because if your not doing exercise at the time, its important to keep our body working properly.

Also, staying healthy by eating fruit or veg, rather then eating or drinking things that are loaded with sugar or glucose, will help us game better. It helps our minds working properly and helps us focus. And yes, some energy drinks/eats also do this, but fruit or veg is the healthier, and better option.

So please, next time you think of having something filled with unhealthy, processed devil ingredients, have an apple instead.

Thankyou for reading,
and stay healthy!
~Slqme

 

[le quack]

Sorry but McDonalds is life yo

 

[benji_r]

Yeah unfortunately everyone knows you can only become a true MLG master if you eat Doritos and drink mountain dew...

 

[Miner9823]

To be honest, this is a pretty good post! And I usually drink water, but tend to eat chocolate when playing. Nom. :3
And this could really help people out so they could play video games a little healthily, but considering this, I would think that video gaming has somewhat become a sport, and the healthy things to eat are Doritos, Mountain dew. xP

 

[Slqme]

To be honest, this is a pretty good post! And I usually drink water, but tend to eat chocolate when playing. Nom. :3
And this could really help people out so they could play video games a little healthily, but considering this, I would think that video gaming has somewhat become a sport, and the healthy things to eat are Doritos, Mountain dew. xP

Thats another point I forgot to make! Its also important to stay hydrated! Many of us when gaming don't realise how dehydrated we are when playing!

Edit: Give the thread a like if you think its good, it inspired me to think that everyone appreciates it

 

[Redwash11]

As a baseball player, I drink much much water and eat good foods, but before that I was tryhard 8/8 Nub
So play baseball and you will no have health problems

 

[Slqme]

Staying healthy while gaming? What universe do I live in?!

No time for jokes here.

 

[Avesu]

Man, this is helpful.

I like to be healthy but sometimes I lose it and so does everyone.

I'm usually drinking a ton of water, but sometimes a Coke will slip...

 

[DPinky]

I kinda luaghed a bit when you said instead of having sugar drinks have an apple or a orange, when over 75% of the carbohydrates are sugar LOL.

Anyone can eat what they want it doesn't matter what food it is. As long as you know what Fat, Protien and Carbs are and what role each of them have to effect your body through its daily functions.

Carbs for example; if you plan on doing a sport or some kind workout you should eat a lot of Carbs because carbs are your bodys first sorce of energy. However if you eat too many Carbs the extra Carbs that aren't used during your workout are stored as fat. So don't have too much.

When you're doing little to no activity all day, your goal should be to keep Carbs to a minimal. Don't cut them out completely, just have a very low amount. That way while your body is being idel, it can start using the fat that is stored in your body as energy. Which is why so many people are on low carb diets to lose weight. Another great tip is to never have Carbs 2 hours before bed. Why would you need energy for sleeping doesn't make sense lol. You want to burn the fat while you sleep and recover your muscles.

Protien is basically to heal the broken muscle fibres, that happen after resistance training or a very high intensity sport. As everyone knows to gain muscle you gotta destroy the muscle fibres and let your body repair them. A high protien diet would make the muscles repair much faster, therefore you can hit that muscle group again on your next workout and see optimal gains in stregth and mass. You should go for every lbs of lean body weight (everything, but the fat) is how much grams of protein a day you should eat.

Although fat has been given a bad reputation, it is essential for our survival. There is a huge diffrence between healthy fats and unhealthy fats. Basically when you read a nutrition label on the back of an item. You see fat, then underneath you see Saturated fat and trans fat. Both sturated and trans are the devil and should be avoided at all times. However the regular fat is fine and can give you lots of health benefits, to your organs, helps obsorbe carbs, helps with your immune system Ect..

I know that this had little to do with the OP's post. However I just wanted to share my knowloage on macronutrions. I'm a personal trainer part time at my local gym and help people with their diets and workout routines. Also very into my own phsique and count my macros everywhere I go.

 

[Slqme]

I kinda luaghed a bit when you said instead of having sugar drinks have an apple or a orange, when over 75% of the carbohydrates are sugar LOL.

Anyone can eat what they want it doesn't matter what food it is. As long as you know what Fat, Protien and Carbs are and what role each of them have to effect your body through its daily functions.

Carbs for example; if you plan on doing a sport or some kind workout you should eat a lot of Carbs because carbs are your bodys first sorce of energy. However if you eat too many Carbs the extra Carbs that aren't used during your workout are stored as fat. So don't have too much.

When you're doing little to no activity all day, your goal should be to keep Carbs to a minimal. Don't cut them out completely, just have a very low amount. That way while your body is being idel, it can start using the fat that is stored in your body as energy. Which is why so many people are on low carb diets to lose weight. Another great tip is to never have Carbs 2 hours before bed. Why would you need energy for sleeping doesn't make sense lol. You want to burn the fat while you sleep and recover your muscles.

Protien is basically to heal the broken muscle fibres, that happen after resistance training or a very high intensity sport. As everyone knows to gain muscle you gotta destroy the muscle fibres and let your body repair them. A high protien diet would make the muscles repair much faster, therefore you can hit that muscle group again on your next workout and see optimal gains in stregth and mass. You should go for every lbs of lean body weight (everything, but the fat) is how much grams of protein a day you should eat.

Although fat has been given a bad reputation, it is essential for our survival. There is a huge diffrence between healthy fats and unhealthy fats. Basically when you read a nutrition label on the back of an item. You see fat, then underneath you see Saturated fat and trans fat. Both sturated and trans are the devil and should be avoided at all times. However the regular fat is fine and can give you lots of health benefits, to your organs, helps obsorbe carbs, helps with your immune system Ect..

I know that this had little to do with the OP's post. However I just wanted to share my knowloage on macronutrions. I'm a personal trainer part time at my local gym and help people with their diets and workout routines. Also very into my own phsique and count my macros everywhere I go.

Okay, so thanks for the science lesson, and you probably wont believe me, but I already knew all that. (We'd done that in science ;p) but seriously, all of that stuff has hardly anything to do with this original thread.

This thread is targeted more at the people who are sitting infront of their streams, playing game after game, and drinking monster energy, and eating a mars bar. Thats an exaggeration, but you get my point.

Just because 75% of carbs are sugar, (Which is true), how does that mean that chocolate bars and junk food aren't? All I'm trying to say is an apple a day keeps the doctor away.

I highly respect the fact that you are a personal trainer and help people with their diets, but then surely you understand where I am coming from with this post? I point out that if you are jogging for an hour everyday or going to the gym for a couple hours them you are entitled to a mars bar, but I can probably assure you that atleast 60% of the readers of this thread aren't. All I want to do is encourage people to think twice about what they are eating, and if they are needed.

I thank you for your contribution and your thoughts though,
~Slqme

 

[powdski]

I have soccer practice 2 times a week for 2 hours. Then I have 2 games on the weekend. On the days I don't have soccer I consider playing recess as exercise. I eat very healthy; even though I eat to much pasta. Whenever I have cold lunch I have pasta, fruit, and a salad. At home I eat chicken, fruit, grains, and veggies. I would consider myself healthy since I'm 84 pounds .

 

[DPinky]

Okay, so thanks for the science lesson, and you probably wont believe me, but I already knew all that. (We'd done that in science ;p) but seriously, all of that stuff has hardly anything to do with this original thread.

This thread is targeted more at the people who are sitting infront of their streams, playing game after game, and drinking monster energy, and eating a mars bar. Thats an exaggeration, but you get my point.

Just because 75% of carbs are sugar, (Which is true), how does that mean that chocolate bars and junk food aren't? All I'm trying to say is an apple a day keeps the doctor away.

I highly respect the fact that you are a personal trainer and help people with their diets, but then surely you understand where I am coming from with this post? I point out that if you are jogging for an hour everyday or going to the gym for a couple hours them you are entitled to a mars bar, but I can probably assure you that atleast 60% of the readers of this thread aren't. All I want to do is encourage people to think twice about what they are eating, and if they are needed.

I thank you for your contribution and your thoughts though,
~Slqme

Ya I can see the message you're making. Me personally if everyone knew about the science, they would know how to make smart dissicions with what their eating.

If everyone knew the science behind it, they would notice all the food that's bad for you and live a healthy and better life style. That's why I love telling my clients why we're doing a isolation exerssice or why we're just eating lean chicken and brown rice.

It was more of a post to inform the public that. You can eat that Mars bar, but if you look at the nutrition facts it's doing absolutely nothing besides give you a jump of energy and lots of unhealthy fats.