Protein is NOT the Best Food to Build Muscle
Today, I'm going to write a little about the 2nd
myth: that eating high amounts of fats or carbs
(as opposed to eating high protein) is going to
make you look like a little ball of lard (fat).Let
me make one point really clear, if your goal is
to gain muscle weight and build muscle mass, eating
low amounts of fats or carbs IS NOT the way to
go!There are many that are under the impression
that you can gain muscle WITHOUT gaining fat by
eating a high protein, low to moderate fat or
low to moderate carb diet.
Well, I'm here to tell
you that it couldn't be further from the truth.Back
in the 70's and 80's everyone was on the "low
fat" kick.People thought that you had to avoid
fats at all costs, even if you were trying to
gain muscle weight.That's when all of these "low"
or "no fat" products hit the markets, capitalizing
on the latest fad.
Then, all of a sudden, out of no where, with
the re-publication of the Atkins Diet book, in
the 90's, and even now, everyone completely made
a turn-around and began to make carbs ENEMY #1.Now,
it was all fine and dandy to eat fats and high
protein, "ohhhh, but stay away from those carbs".
Man, are we gullible!What's down-right funny is
the fact that whether people were following a
low fat diet or low carb diet, everyone still
wasn't looking any better.
People still weren't
reaching their muscle building / weight gaining
goals!Well, to get right to the point of this
matter (since I could write about this for pages
and pages), regardless of how you divide your
calories, high fat, low fat, high protein, low
protein, high carb, low carb, etc., you are NOT
going to gain one ounce of muscle weight if you
don't eat enough overall calories..period!!!!!
You can stuff protein gram after protein gram
down your throat, but if you don't give your body
enough calories, you aren't going to gain weight.Vice-versa,
you can go on the lowest carb or fat diet around,
but if you are still eating MORE calories than
what your body uses per day, you aren't going
to burn fat.Your body responds to CALORIES.
Food,
regardless of what type, is digested in the stomach,
gets converted into a form of ENERGY, gets sent
to the bloodstream, gets transferred to the different
tissues and organs, where it is then used how
your body best sees fit.It isn't the fact that
you are eating carbs or eating fats that make
people overweight, it's the fact that they are
eating too many calories, either per day or per
sitting!!!!!If you want to gain weight, you cannot
go on a low fat or carb diet.I repeat, you CANNOT.
Your body needs those calories. It is impossible
to get enough calories from just protein to build
muscle.Also, it is carbs that gets converted into
glucose, which is the ONLY thing that your muscles
can use to provide energy to a muscle when it
is working out, and is the only substance in the
body that pushes water and other nutrients into
a muscle, which adds to the volume, size, and
weight of a muscle...NOT protein!It is fats that
your body uses to line the muscle cells and creates
the hormones that help build muscle mass, like
testosterone..not protein! In my next article
I'll write about the 3rd protein myth that's being
spread.How did a Cleveland Firefighter discover
how to gain over 40 pounds of muscle weight WITHOUT
using any supplements, no special diet, eating
very low protein, and working out only 2 hours
a week.
|
