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When is the best time to take a walk?

The best time to enjoy all the benefits of moving, and also to lose a few extra calories is when you wake up and before having breakfast.
In fact, starting the day with a leisurely walk along the beach to loosen up and stretch the joints, or a good swim to oxygenate the lungs would be excellent; fresh sea air will also help our thyroid thanks to the iodine it carries.
Let’s move gently and gradually for about half an hour; those better trained may increase their pace and walk faster.
When we get back, we might have a light breakfast made with whole grains such as rusks or oat flakes, and jam or fresh fruit and a glass of coconut milk or a more savoury breakfast, with bits of “grana padano” cheese and an apricot and peach fruit salad. Fruit is rich in provitamin A that is also good for tanning.

In the mountains instead, we can move more easily and without worrying about the heat during all the day; a good walk in the woods shortly after lunch can improve our digestion, oxygenate tissues, and tone up body and spirit.
So we can be ready for our snack with Grok classic taste with a handful of mixed berries (blackberries, blueberries, raspberries) that, thanks to their anthocyanins, improve all our circulatory system and rejuvenate both our eyes and brain.

If we can only exercise in the evening in the city, after having worked and suffered the heat, we can enjoy of a fast good walk or go out biking before dinner. Remember that walking, running, cycling as well as climbing stairs using a good pace allow us to use all our muscles, both of the upper and lower limbs and our abdominals. These simple activities allow us to disconnect from the day’s toll and enjoy some fresh air.
The main rule for summer exercise is hydration; if we drink the right amount of water, 1.5 or 2 litres, during the day and during our physical activity, as well as fruit and vegetables, we don’t run any risk of getting tired or dehydrating and we thus avoid those annoying cramps.

Groksì
01 marzo 2016
Dr.ssa Elisabetta Orsi

Dr. Elisabetta Orsi
Naturopath Nutritionist

Nutrition expert Elisabetta Orsi

She has been dealing with nutrition and natural therapy during twenty years, basing her own philosophy on one simple rule: a natural diet and regular physical activities are essential for a healthy lifestyle.
Her philosophy is based on Nutraceutics or functional food, much more useful in synthesis integration because foods naturally rich in...

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She has been dealing with nutrition and natural therapy during twenty years, basing her own philosophy on one simple rule: a natural diet and regular physical activities are essential for a healthy lifestyle.
Her philosophy is based on Nutraceutics or functional food, much more useful in synthesis integration because foods naturally rich in beneficial properties in a complete and balanced diet act as prevention and health maintenance factors improving the athlete’s performance.
She worked as a service manager dietary for the S. Raffaele Hospital in Milan from 1985 to 1995.
During those same years she collaborated with A.C. Milan in the nutritional aspects of the first team.
She collaborated (1992-95) with the FISI (Italian Winter Sports Federation) in nutritional and integration programs for athletes, including MAIO, BELMODO and DI CENTA.
In 1998 she founded QI STUDIO s.r.l., an integrated medicine centre that offers natural nutritional choices, care and prevention programs and exclusive diagnostic protocols in order to evaluate the overall well-being of the individual.
She collaborated since 2000 with Dr. Gabriele Rosa of the Marathon Centre of Brescia (from 2000 to this date), is an expert in sports nutrition, and has followed for years and still follows professional and amateur athletes belonging to different disciplines.

She was involved in:

  • The Parliamentarians in Shape project, developing nutritional programs for Italian Parliament members training for the New York marathon
  • Preparation of a food program and integration to train for extreme marathons in the desert and in Alaska (Stefano Miglietti and Roberto Ghidoni)
  • Management of food programs for world marathon records
  • Marlene-Sport Project
  • Together with Gazzetta dello Sport, she has managed the nutritional aspect of the RUNNER CRUISE project (with participation of the Olympic marathon champion Lucilla Andreucci) in addition to promoting sport nutrition meetings
  • She followed the nutritional program and integration for TEAM ULTRA BOLIVIA RACE 2014 led by Katia Figini
  • She was official nutritionist of the Italian National Football team of the F.I.G.C (Italian Football Federation) for the World Cup 2014
  • She participated, upon an invitation of Minister Maurizio Martina, to the thematic table “FOOD SPORT WELL-BEING” to draw up the MILAN CARD for EXPO 2015
  • She is following the lone sailor Mario Girelli in his next challenge around the world with no stops and assistance
  • She promotes corporate projects focusing on spreading well-being awareness by means of courses, programs and collaborations, such as Galbusera and San Lucio
  • She is responsible for Autogrill SPA of Good for Me, a project to foster nutritional education
  • She is following the Megared One step for the heart project