Muscle Growth Diet?

If you want to know what makes for a good muscle growth diet, then you’ll want to read this short blog post because what you’re eating might just be keeping you small and weak!

Here’s why: the federal government with their “healthy” eating recommendations has done a good job at making people THINK certain foods are healthy, normal, or even necessary when they’re really not.

Take a look at the recommended “food pyramid” in the picture and I’ll show you why eating “healthy” according to the government is one of the worst things you could ever do for your health, and definitely murders your muscle growth plans!

Mistake 1: Too littly fats

At the tip of the pyramid is a VERY small area where you’re supposed to stick your fats, oils and sweets in. I have no problem with cutting out sugars and sweets — the last time I had a soda was mixed with Jack Daniels (it’s the only time I drink soda now).

But that little fat and oil? That’s ridiculous and completely horrible for someone trying to grow muscle or reduce bodyfat. You see, there’s a big difference between eating dietary fat and what ends up around your waistline. The medical community has been on a “low fat” diet kick for decades… yet over 70% of Americans are overweight.

Coincidence? Nope. Fat doesn’t make you fat. And you need it for muscle growth, eating saturated fat supports healthier testosterone levels, HGH (human growth hormone) levels, and helps to keep your insulin levels stable. Simply eat more fat.

Mistake 2: Too little protein, dairy, etc

The best recommendation for growing new muscle mass is to get at least 1 gram of protein per pound of bodyweight. You probably don’t need that much, there’s guys that have built muscle without that much (think of inmates who hardly get 100grams of crappy protein a day and are still big and ripped)… but it seems to make me less sore.

Plus, the more protein and fat you eat the less of the “other” stuff you’ll eat. Like carbs, which brings us to…

Mistake 3: Way too many carbs

The simple fact is most people eat way too many carbs. And the majority are starchy carbs from “white” processed sources like bread, pastas, sugars, etc…

Many scientists maintain that the human digestive system can’t handle carbs as well and they get turned to fat because we’ve been eating nuts, berries, meat and leafs for millions of years… and only been farming and making stuff like bread for a couple hundred years. I tend to agree with them.

Here’s a comprimise: eat low carb during the week and only eat carbs on the weekend — changing nothing else about your diet I bet you’ll see yourself get leaner.

And as for muscle growth, carbs are not totally necessary, but it’s easier to eat high calorie (which IS necessary) with them in your diet, more on this in a moment…

Mistake 4: too many fruits

The problem I have with this one is most fruits are more sugary… and most people don’t eat fruits. They think “fruit juice!” and think it’s healthy, when it’s really just sugar water.

You don’t really need that many fruits, and I would say stick to berries and mostly water fruits during the weekdays (watermelon, etc).

The one thing they got right: vegetables

For all the crappy advice they got one thing right: vegetables. You should eat a bunch of them. Green, leafy, fibrous vegetables are great for you. They have fiber, they have green stuff, they’re alkalizing, some of them are anti-estrogen, they’re awesome.

To wrap this up, I’ll refer you to my post on  The Perfect Muscle Building, Fat Burning Diet Plan to give you even more information on the best muscle growth diet.