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Grasping What to Eat to Increase Muscle Quickly

28th August, 2010 - Posted by health news - No Comments

Is what to eat to gain muscle, something that is continuously on your mind? Maybe you shouldn’t be worried at all. Workout experts seem bent on convincing you that in order to gain muscle you should focus more on food than exercise. In fact, the opposite is true. Diet is actually a minor factor, with the level at which you work your muscles being a much larger factor in gaining muscle. The amount of body fat that your body holds is controlled by your diet. Here is a great video put up by Brad Pilon about how much protein you actually get in your diet.

So What to Eat to Gain Muscle Quickly?

As you think about adding muscle, you should focus on adding muscle without fat. Building total body mass is a breeze. Simply drink 2-3 glasses of milk with every meal and eat 5-6 times per day. You will gain a lot of mass, but a lot of that size will be body fat. Indeed, attempting to build muscle through diet is likely to result in lots of additional fat that will hide any muscle gained.

Is it True that Training Plays a Bigger Part in Building Muscle than Nutrition?

This is an accurate statement, although it goes against what we have been taught for so long, that constant eating will help us quickly build muscle. Although you don’t have to eat crazy amounts of anything to gain muscle, we should talk about what you do want to eat.

Try To Include Protein in Each Meal

So you don’t have to be obsessed with getting protein but it helps to get at least a bit in each meal. Cheese, eggs, meat and dairy are terrific, easy ways to incorporate protein. If you are having trouble getting protein in the food choices you make, you can chase down your meal with a glass of milk. Don’t stress out too much with this, since many foods besides the obvious contain protein.

Along with Good Choices About What to Eat, “When to Eat”, is Nearly as Critical in Gaining Muscle

I would strongly suggest you go into all workouts in a fasted state, even when trying to build muscle. Working out in a fasted state will result in elevated releases of HGH, which helps burn fat without causing muscle loss. Therefore you will have the ability to add muscle without the risk of adding fat. You can then increase your food intake following your workout, since absorption of nutrients will be increased following exercise. So you can now see that what to eat to gain muscle is not as complicated as you may have previously thought.