Nutrition

 10 Nutritional Mistakes Bodybuilders Make

 

This article is to show bodybuilders the various nutritional mistakes we make, and how to repair these problems to get better performance. Avoiding these blunders will help you get stronger, have fewer injuries, and ensure you stick around on this planet a little longer. Below are the top 10 nutritional mistakes that will keep you from reaching your ultimate potential in bodybuilding:

Egg yolks? But they’re full of cholesterol!  I’m sure you’ve heard it before. When you think of a “health freak,” you don’t think of someone eating egg yolks and discarding the white. Think again.

Egg Nutrition: Yolk vs. White

Egg yolks are indeed full of cholesterol. Like most cholesterol-rich foods, they are jam-packed full of important nutrients, especially the fat-soluble vitamins and essential fatty acids.In fact, the slew of nutrients in an egg yolk is so comprehensive that a few a day would offer better insurance than a multi-vitamin. Most importantly, the yolk contains most of the nutrients in an egg.Egg whites, on the other hand, contain far fewer nutrients. The only thing that could justify their consumption is their attachment to their companion yolk. Don’t believe it? Below is a table that compares the nutritional value of egg whites and yolks, with data provided by the USDA. I’ve included additional analysis in the last two columns that provides the percentage of the total nutrition found in the yolk and the percentage of total nutrition found in the white.

 

Government officials and health experts in Mexico argue whether steroid tainted meat is safe to the consumers or not. Early this month, several national soccer players competing in the Gold Cup tested positive for the steroid clenbuterol. The players and the sports federation contends the positive test could be the result of taking contaminated meat.

 High Testosterone Foods You Need To Be Eating

If you experiencing lack of energy, decrease in sexual drive, and a loss of muscle mass you could a victim of having low testosterone. But dont be too afraid because you have some options, before you go and run to the doctor and get prescribed a bunch of different dangerous cremes and gels, I urge you to include these high testosterone foods in your diet.

1) Steak-Trust me you have been  lied to, steak is very high in zinc and is a great source of proten and will give you a much needed way to increase your testosterone naturally. Dont believe the hype meat is good for you.

2) Eggs- Make sure you include the yolk as it is very high in vitamin A and D which are precursers to increasing your testosterone naturally.

3) Liver- Another meat that is high in vitamin A and D as well as packed with Zinc. T

4) Fish Oil- This can be taken in pill form or naturally from sources such as salmon, cod, and tuna.

5) Whole Milk- Another Great source of Vitamin A and D which wil help you naturally raise your testosterone levels.

There you have it, make sure you are including these 5 high testosterone foods in your diet and you will be on your way to increasing your testosterone naturally.

JAVA, MAN!

Lose the guilt over that cup o' Joe you down each morning. It's good for you!

Lose the guilt over that cup o' Joe you down each morning. It's good for you!

GOMAD, How to gain 25lb in 25 days

To  gain weight  you must eat more than you’re doing now. But if you’re skinny and struggle to gain weight, you know that eating more can be hard. You may feel like throwing up every time you try to eat more.

Luckily there’s an easy, fast & cheap way to gain weight naturally: GOMAD. Any “hard gainer” will gain weight drinking 1 US Gallon Of Milk A Day. This article will teach you how to gain weight with GOMAD.


Benefits of GOMAD. GOMAD stands for Gallon Of Milk A Day. GOMAD is a weight gain method that has been going around since years. Some benefits of drinking 1 US gallon (4 liters) of whole milk daily:

Steak Your Claim

Red meat gets a bad rap. We cut through the bull.

Even raw, it's hard to look at a big steak without wanting to bite right into it. Some primal instinct is heightened, and the caveman in all of us gets hungry. Numerous studies, though, have linked red meat — unfairly, in our estimation — to everything from heart disease to prostate cancer. The problem? Most of this research uses data from the sedentary general population to create dietary guidelines for the rest of us, including serious athletes and bodybuilders. The most salient point, however, remains: Lean or even slightly fatty red meat is a key component of a muscle-building diet.

First things first:
There are many reasons that bulking diets fail but here are a few of the most common reasons:
1) Calories are not high enough and putting on muscle mass fails

2) Calories are too high and macros percentages are not in check. This in turn leads to putting on sloppy weight (fat) as well as muscle.

3) You are BULKING, not CHEATING. Cheat days will be factored in, but your food choices should still be healthy. All diets, whether cutting or buking, need to be monitored. This means that watching your insulin spikes and TYPE of carb intake is still important.

4) You are what you eat. It’s just that simple. To simplify, you eat crap and you will look like crap.

That being said let’s talk calories and figuring out daily needs

Harris Benedict Formula for Calorie Calculations
“The Harris Benedict equation is a calorie formula using the variables of height, weight, age, and gender to calculate basal metabolic rate (BMR). This is more accurate than calculating calorie needs based on total body weight alone. The only factor it omits is lean body mass and thus the ratio of muscle-to-fat a body has. Remember, leaner bodies need more calories than less leaner ones. Therefore, this equation will be very accurate in all but the very muscular (Harris-Benedict will under-estimate calorie needs) and the very fat (Harris-Benedict will over-estimate calorie needs).”

Fast Food, Fast Nutrition

Eating on the run. Unless you're Mr. or Ms. Perfect, it's become a necessary evil these days. Although were suppose to have all the conveniences of the modern world, enough to make our lives easier, it just seems like there's less and less time in the day! Yet we know real gains in mass and controlling body fat require round-the-clock eating. What's the solution? How can you eat 5 to 6 meals daily in such a fast pace world? Of course you can live on Lean Body Shakes. That'll help. But you can utilize fast food joints, eating around the bad stuff and carefully selecting meals and items that are either low in fat or lower in sugar and refined carbohydrates. It's becoming easier too. With the onslaught of negative press aimed at such fast food establishments, many are currently in the process of slimming down, providing more healthy alternatives to the big Burger and super size fries. With that in mind, here's my simple guide to staying in shape at some of the top fast food establishments.

HAPPY MEAL??

Vladimir Lenin, King Tut and the McDonald's Happy Meal: What do they all have in common? A shocking resistance to Mother Nature's cycle of decomposition and biodegradability, apparently.

That's the disturbing point brought home by the latest project of New York City-based artist and photographer Sally Davies, who bought a McDonald's Happy Meal back in April and left it out in her kitchen to see how well it would hold up over time.

The results? "The only change that I can see is that it has become hard as a rock," Davies told the U.K. Daily Mail.