Lean muscle building diets
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Eat Small Meals
To help boost your metabolism and curb hunger pangs it’s advised that you eat 5-6 small meals per day. Eating often will help fuel your muscles, while supplying them with the right amounts of nutrients needed for optimum growth. Each meal consisting of carbohydrates, protein and lean sources of fat should be separated at approximately 2-3 hours apart.
Carbohydrates
You’ll want to choose most of your carbohydrate foods in the form of simple carbohydrates such as fruits and vegetables. Eat complex carbohydrates in small amounts since adding these types of carbohydrates tend to spike the blood sugar levels, which makes storing fat more assessable. Complex carbohydrates include yams, potatoes, pasta, rice, and grains.
Proteins
Proteins should be consumed as the largest portion of your diet as they are the biggest factor in helping you to increase lean muscle mass. Good sources of protein include meat, poultry, fish, and eggs. You can also supplement a low sugar whey protein in your diet and drink it after your workout and before bed. The best way to prepare your protein sources is by grilling, baking, or broiling. Never fry your meats.
Fats
Contrary to what old diets tell you, fats are necessary to build a strong body. Although the portion size of fats should be low, they should be taken from sources such as coconut oil, flax seed oil, olive oil, fish (salmon) and almonds.
If you want to build muscle quickly and efficiently, a healthy diet will help you achieve your fitness goals. Contrary to what fad diets claims, you can not build a healthy body in a day. Building a healthy, lean body takes proper nutrition that can be done with the right amounts of carbohydrates, protein, and fats.
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February 11th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
A question about the shake before bedtime. How long before bedtime should this be taken?
I workout during night time and close to bedtime.
Should i take it just before bedtime or a few minutes or hours?
Just asking cause just before bedtime…you feel the water in the stomach.
February 11th, 2009 at 11:37 pm
Good question, the shake is best taken directly following your workout. Do not wait any long then about an hour to consume it after your workout. Now u said u workout at night? so that would be fine. But, if you did not workout that night and want to drink a shake, i recommend not later then about 4 hours before bed since you wont be burning anything. Get it? if u do workout and its close to bed time, its fine because your body will burn the carbs and fats and feed off the protein.