Food That Helps Build Muscle Mass Posted: 05-20-05 23:48pm
What type off foods help build
muscle...And what type should I stay away
from? Besides the obvious- fast food
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Relyt
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Jun 2005 Posts: 30
Posted: 10-03-05 19:44pm
Finding time to work out is hard enough
for most people. Eating right sometimes
gets neglected by some people which leads
to more harm then good when working out.
Our body requires alot of nutrients to
build big muscles. On average a person
who wants to gain muscle mass has to eat
his wieght in grams of protein a day.
Along with some 4000 carbs to keep the
body fueled for maximum body efficiency.
Take into consideration that the average
male is 165 pounds and a serving of
chicken the size of your palm is about 20
grams of protein, a person would have to
eat around 6 chicken breast a day atleast
to ensure good results. A bowl of pasta
can contain a few hundred carbs. Eating
10 bowls of pasta a day can be difficult
for some people. These facts are all in
retrospect to the fact that every body is
different. But as you can see finding
time for a proper diet can be hard.
Working muscles require carbs for fuel,
and teared muscles require protein to
re-build. While other nutrients help
circulate blood increase oxygen
concentration in muscles and increase the
overall efficiency of the muscles. Body
builders have very strict diets that
regulate almost every meal they have so
that they have maximum results. Vitamins
are a very important for healthy living
and are often over-looked. Some vitamins
are hard to acquire in a daily diet and a
supplement is the only logical solution.
Although supplements do not have all the
other nutrients that healthy food might,
they wcan compensate for some slack in
your modern diet.
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