Taking care of yourself means trying to do all that you can to keep your body in proper, working order. It is often harder than it seems like from planning alone. Exercise is a big part of this and the sheer effort it can take to start and maintain an exercise routine frequently leaves people abandoning the routine quickly. That doesn’t help anyone. Even if you manage to hold on to your routine, you’ve got to worry about helping your body build and maintain muscle in the right way to keep yourself healthy. How you exercise will determine a lot here, but there are food you can eat to help you work on building overall muscle tone as well. They tend to indirectly support this effort since exercise is what will do most of the work. Whether this support is from encouraging healing, giving the materials to build muscle, or something else, it all works to help you. There are a few specific food worth highlighting to anyone who wants that extra push towards good muscle tone though.

Nuts
In general, most kinds of nuts are a good addition to any diet when used properly. They have two things going for them that will help you: omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin E. Omega-3 fatty acids are typically gotten from eating various forms of fatty fish, but this tends to be a little more difficult and less healthy for certain areas of the world to rely on for health. Getting them from walnuts or another nut high in omega-3s will go a long way towards helping build tone by helping your body regulate inflammation a little better. There are also studies suggesting that it help improve overall blood flow as well. This helps encourage health and healing as well as ensuring adequate materials reach your muscles to build upon then after exercise. Vitamin E is a broadly good option that helps motivate healing. Nuts such as almonds tend to be a good source and in turn help minimize the damage from exercise as well as letting them grow a little easier.

Mushrooms
A lot of us don’t get enough vitamin D. That’s a poor state of affairs for anyone trying to build muscle tone. Your body needs a healthy supply of the vitamin to build up both bone and muscle. Getting enough vitamin D is generally the problem for a lot of people since sun exposure helps a lot when it comes to encouraging your body to manufacture the vitamin. You can get it from a lot of dairy sources thanks to companies offering “fortified” products that label they’ve clearly had vitamin D added to them, but not everyone can eat dairy. Mushrooms a better and more universal choice that can be used in plenty of dishes as an accent to get the desired effect. Certain portabello mushrooms and shiitake mushrooms are particularly good options as they can add a decent boost your diet. You’ll need to have them fairly consistently to get any significant part of the vitamin D you need in your diet though.

Dark, Leafy Greens
There are few food as packed with nutrients as these. The broad sampling they give is invaluable to both your overall health and to anyone looking to build muscle tone. A few of the things they can provide you stand out though. Dark, leafy greens can be an excellent source of B vitamins. They help your body in countless little ways depending on which B vitamin they are and the effects range from support in healing to soothing inflammation to simply providing the right materials to build with for your body. All of this means a salad can be surprisingly beneficial to anyone looking to build muscle tone. Admittedly, kale, spinach, and lettuce don’t have a monopoly over this category. Remember that all cruciferous vegetables, including broccoli and cabbage, can be good for providing with the necessary vitamins. Keep your diet green if you want to be able to tone your muscles well.

Building muscle tone is an admirable thing. It helps get your muscles into better shape and better able to withstand what you need from them. A good diet can help complement any exercise you’re doing and push your results even further than exercise alone will get you. The entire process will be a bit easier on you as well. So remember that diet and exercise are always connected. You’ll get to your goals a lot faster that way.