Muscle-Building Myth #3: High Protein Diets. Written by Shane Duquette on June 6, 2012. My 4 day Weight Loss Program will show you how to Lose Weight Fast in 4 Days! The best weight loss plan for Fast Weight Loss. There are many "diets" that can work. Here are meal plans for 4 healthy diets that have been shown to be effective in studies. The number of Americans following a gluten-free diet has tripled since 2009, even though the number of people diagnosed with celiac disease has not increased. Best Diets Overall are ranked for safe and effective weight loss, how easy it is to follow, heart health and diabetes help and nutritional completeness.The MIND Diet takes two proven diets - DASH and Mediterranean - and zeroes in on the foods in each that specifically affect brain health. Continued What Are the Other Drawbacks of Very Low-Calorie Diets? To be healthy, you need a balance of foods from different food groups. It's difficult to get good. The only nutritionally complete diets specifically made for squirrels. Grey squirrels, fox squirrels, chipmunks, flying squirrels, ground squirrels, and other. 3 days grapefruit diet is based on consuming grapefruits containing a molecule which in combination with proteins is helping fat burning and subsequently losing weight. Diets – List of diets with Chewfo food lists – what to eat and avoid. For these diets and healthy eating recommendations, you can click on the link below to see the Chewfo summary of what to eat and foods to avoid / food list: # . Michelle Harvie & Professor Tony Howell. Phil Mc. Graw. Cycling diet with 3 phases per 3. Focus on 2. 0 power foods to boost metabolism and make you feel full. Eat 4 times a day, with protein, produce, fat, and starch with each meal. Phase 1 only 2. 0/2. Avoid (except in permitted splurges): processed foods, non- whole grains, sugar, artificial sweeteners, red meat, full- fat dairy, alcohol. The 4- Hour Body (2. Timothy Ferriss. Several diet alternatives including a slow- carb diet. Avoid carbs, processed foods. Avoid variety. One binge day a week. The 5: 2 Diet Book (2. Kate Harrison. Intermittent fasting. Day Green Smoothie Cleanse (2. JJ Smith. 10- day detox/cleanse made up of green leafy veggies, fruit, and water. Either full cleanse (green smoothies and light snacks) or modified cleanse (green smoothies and snacks and a non- smoothie meal a day). The 1. 7 Day Diet (2. Mike Moreno. 4. Colin Campbell & Thomas M. Campbell. Vegan plant- based whole foods. High fiber. Limit refined carbohydrates, added vegetable oils, fish. Avoid meat, poultry, dairy, eggs. Choose More, Lose More for Life (2. Chris Powell. Carb cycling between alternate high carb and low carb days – 4 patterns so you can find one that meets your needs. Portion control. High protein, whole foods, low processed foods. Choose to Lose (2. Chris Powell. Carb cycling between alternate high carb and low carb days. Portion control. High protein, whole foods, low processed foods. Clean (2. 00. 9/2. Alejandro Junger. Cleansing/detox diet. Eat vegetables and fruits, pastured/wild animal protein, non- gluten grains. Some liquid meals. Avoid processed foods, gluten, corn, dairy and eggs, pork and shellfish, soy, alcohol. Clean Gut (2. 01. Alejandro Junger. Avoid starches, beans, most fruits, dairy, grains, factory meats, sugars, alcohol, caffeine. Food combining. Add back gluten and dairy to test them.# . Andrews. Vegan whole foods. Changing eating habits. Dropping Acid: The Reflux Diet (2. D’Adamo. Blood type O similar to paleo, low- carb, and gluten- free diets. Blood type A similar to macrobiotic, vegetarian, and vegan diets plus wheat- free. Blood Types B and AB are combinations. Eat to Live (2. 00. Joel Fuhrman. Vegan/near- vegan, mostly raw. High nutrient density. No oil. Joseph Mercola. Minimal to no consumption of grains and sugars, including complex carbs. Consume fruit in moderation . Lustig. Eat intact whole grains, eggs, meat, nuts and seeds, dairy, beans, fruits, vegetables. Limit fatty and slightly processed foods. Avoid sugars, especially fructose, and sugary / processed foods. Fit. 2Fat. 2Fit (2. Drew Manning. Low- fat, low- carb, calorie- controlled. Eat lean protein, vegetables, and fruits. Introduction phase, then slowly introduce more unprocessed carbs. The Food Babe Way (2. Vani Hari. Eat real organic foods, mostly raw, and limit animal proteins. Start every day with warm lemon water and a green drink. Avoid foods containing chemicals, fast food, sugar, and white flour; limit alcohol. Forks Over Knives (2. Gene Stone + (2. 01. Alone Pulde MD and Matthew Lederman MDVegan. Eat fruits, vegetables, legumes, whole grains. Limit lightly- processed whole foods. Avoid all meat (including fish), dairy, and eggs, as well as processed foods.# . Natasha Campbell- Mc. Bride MDExtreme elimination/reintroduction diet designed as a natural treatment for behavioral and other issues. GAPS introduction diet ! Price MDEat animal foods (dairy products, seafood, meats), especially animal fats. Watch the quality of the animal foods you eat. Eat whole grains, freshly ground; eat green vegetables liberally.# . Smith. Diet confusion by changing your dietary mix regularly. Low calorie, low fat, some liquid meals. The Skinny Rules. Jacoby and Raquel Baldelomar. Avoid all processed foods, added sugars, and sweeteners. Plan A . Smith MD4- week very rapid weight loss diet. Low/varied calories, high nutrient. Prescriptive meal plan with some flexibility. Follow with SHRED diet for further weight loss.# . Colin Campbell. Vegan, plant- based. High whole carbohydrates, low fat, low protein. Avoid heavily processed foods, animal products, added salt, oil, sugar. Sustainability of meat- based and plant- based diets and the environment. The US food production system uses about 5. US land area, 8. 0% of the fresh water, and. The heavy dependence on fossil energy suggests that the US food system, whether. The use of land and energy resources devoted to an average meat- based diet. In both diets, the daily quantity of calories. The meat- based food system requires more energy, land, and water. In this limited sense, the lactoovovegetarian diet is more sustainable than the. American meat- based diet. The shortages of cropland, fresh water, and energy resources require most of the 4 billion people to. The World Health Organization recently reported that more than 3 billion people are malnourished. This is the largest number and proportion of malnourished people ever recorded in history. In large measure, the food shortage. The US population doubled in the past 6. Figure 1. The US food production system uses about 5. US land area, approximately 8. The heavy dependence on fossil energy suggests that the US food system, whether meat- based or plant- based, is not sustainable. In both diets, the daily quantity of calories consumed was kept constant at about 3. Projection of US population growth in the next 7. In addition, the American Heart Association reported that the lactoovovegetarian diet enables individuals to meet. In the lactoovovegetarian diet, the meat and fish calories were replaced by proportionately increasing most other foods. Table 1. The total weight of food consumed was slightly. The most food calories. This is expected because of the relatively large amount of animal products consumed in the meat- based diet (7). Less than 0. 4 ha of cropland was used to produce the food for the vegetarian- based diet, whereas about 0. This reflects the larger amount of land needed to produce the meat- based diet (Table 1. The energy inputs vary according to the crops being grown (1. When these inputs are balanced against their energy and protein content, grains and some legumes, such as soybeans, are. In the United States, the average protein yield from a grain crop such as corn is 7. To produce 1 kcal of plant protein requires an input of about 2. Note that the number of calories is the same for both diets because the vegetarian foods consumed were proportionately. The total calories in the meat and fish consumed. The foods in the meat- based diet providing the most calories were food grains and sugar and sweeteners—similar. This livestock population on average outweighs the US human population by about 5 times. Some livestock, such as poultry. At present, the. US livestock population consumes more than 7 times as much grain as is consumed directly by the entire American population. The amount of grains fed to US livestock is sufficient to feed about 8. From the US livestock population, a total of about 8 million tons (metric) of animal protein is produced annually. With. an average distribution assumed, this protein is sufficient to supply about 7. American. With. the addition of about 3. United States per day (1. Note that the recommended daily allowance (RDA) for adults per day is 5. Therefore, based. American consumes about twice the RDA for protein. Americans on average are eating too much and are consuming. The protein consumed per day on the lactoovovegetarian diet is 8. This is significantly lower than the 1. RDA of 5. 6 g per day. Of the meat eaten, beef amounts to 4. Additional animal protein is. For every 1 kg of high- quality animal protein produced, livestock are. In the conversion of plant protein to animal protein, there are 2 principal inputs or costs. For example, broiler chicken production is the most efficient, with an input of 4 kcal of fossil energy for each 1 kcal. The broiler system is primarily dependent on grain. Turkey, also a grain- fed system, is next. Milk production, based on a mixture of two- thirds grain and one- third forage, is relatively. Both pork and egg production also depend on grain. Pork production has a ratio of 1. The beef system has a ratio of 4. Table 2. If these animals were fed on only good- quality pasture, the energy inputs could be reduced by about half. This energy input is more than 1. Table 4. This is for corn and assumes 9% protein in the corn. Animal protein is a complete protein based on its amino acid profile. The continued. use and productivity of the land is a growing concern because of the rapid rate of soil erosion and degradation throughout. United States and the world. Each year about 9. US cropland loses soil at a rate 1. Also, US pastures and rangelands are losing soil at an average of 6 tons/ha/y. About 6. 0% of United States pastureland is. Clearly, a farmer cannot wait for the replacement of 2. Commercial fertilizers can replace some nutrient loss. The water required to produce various foods and forage crops ranges from 5. L of water per kilogram of crop produced. If irrigation. is required, more than 1. L of water must be applied. Even with 8. 00–1. US Corn Belt. corn usually suffers from lack of water in late July, when the corn is growing the most. Livestock directly uses only 1. However, when the water required for forage and. For example, producing. This much forage and grain requires about 1. L of water to produce the 1. L for the 4 kg of grain. Animals vary in the amounts of water required for their production. In contrast to beef, 1 kg of broiler can be produced. L of water. Thus, both food systems are not sustainable in the long term based on heavy fossil energy requirements. In this limited. sense, the lactoovovegetarian diet is more sustainable than the average American meat- based diet. The US population of 2. These vital resources will have to be divided among ever greater numbers of people. Published. proceedings edited by Joan Sabat. Micronutrient malnutrition—half of the world’s population affected. World Health Organization. World population, food, natural resources, and survival. World Futures. 20. Statistical abstract of the United States. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2. Livestock production and energy use. Encyclopedia of energy (in press). Food, energy and society. Niwot, CO: Colorado University Press, 1. Livestock production: energy inputs and the environment. In: Scott SL, Zhao X, eds. Canadian Society of Animal. Science, proceedings. Montreal, Canada: Canadian Society of Animal Science, 1. Energy use in developing and developed crop production. In. Lal R, Hansen D, Uphoff N, Slack S, eds. Food security and environmental quality in the developing world. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press, 2. Agricultural statistics. Washington, DC: US Department of Agriculture, 2. 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Washington, DC: US Department of Agriculture, Economic. Research Service, 1. US Department of Agriculture. Farm business briefing room, 1. Washington, DC: US Department of Agriculture, 1. Mc. Guckin JT, Gollehon N, Ghosh S. Water conservation in irrigated agriculture: a stochastic production frontier model. Water Resour Res. US Bureau of the Census. Statistical abstract of the United States, 2. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1. US Department of Agriculture. Agricultural statistics. Washington, DC: US Department of Agriculture, 1. Ecology of soil erosion in ecosystems. Ecosystems. 19. 98; 1: 4. Water resources: agriculture, the environment, and Society. Bio. Science. 19. Water: critical and evasive resource on semi- arid lands. Water and water policy in world food. College Station, TX: Texas A& M University Press, 1. In fact, my little sister probably knows that protein is important for building muscle. There’s some truth to this. This is a common problem for some absolute beginners, vegetarians and vegans. They eat too little protein and thus struggle to put on muscle. But what about your regular gym dude? What about the guy that trains 6 times a week? What about a skinny ectomorph trying to pack on muscle? They all probably think they need a helluva. Most of them are funded by supplement companies who pay their bills by selling protein powders, so these companies have a huge vested interest in proving that more protein = more muscles. A protein company funding a protein overfeeding study doesn’t mean the results will be fraudulent or anything. More carbs and more calories means we’re able to build more muscle out of less protein. Jose Antonio is the director in chief of the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition (JISSN). Some of them show some preliminary promise. However, his studies still aren’t showing that much of a benefit despite the incredibly high protein intakes. For example, the conclusion of one of his more recent studies. Beyond that amount it hasn’t been proven that more protein results in any more muscle growth whatsoever (study. Some of Jose Antonio’s work has shown some potential benefit to higher intakes (as high as 1. So let’s say you’re a classic ectomorph weighing in at lean 1. If you get even just 2. That’s all you need plus a bit extra. Keep in mind that there’s no harm to your health in eating loads of protein, just that the muscle- building benefit comes from the extra calories, not the fact that you’re consuming protein (study, study, study). Even those extra calories aren’t packing quite the caloric punch that another macronutrient would, because digesting protein results in a lot of energy being “wasted” as heat. Your body expends a certain amount of energy digesting and processing nutrients, and this is dubbed the thermic effect of food (TEF). If you eat 8. 00 calories of protein you’ll lose about a quarter of them to heat. For skinny guys with small appetites this can make bulking up a lot harder. In addition to this, protein is also the most filling of all the macronutrients. Bulking diets become far easier when you’re getting more of your calories from carbs or fats. All of a sudden you have poor ectomorphs trying to force feed themselves way past the point of fullness and still unable to get into a caloric surplus, i. As you may be noticing, us ectomorphs often stumble into doing. Paleo, low carb diets, etc. Someone with heart diseases might be best eating a lower fat diet. Someone who’s overweight might be best on a higher protein diet. As skinny guys, we tend to benefit from eating a ton of carbs. There are a few reasons for this. First, carbs can be really great for our appetite. They may even create something called the “rebound effect”, where it causes our appetite to come back again shortly after eating. For chubsters this is often the express highway to fatville, but for us ectomorphs this is an incredible tool for loving a calorie- heavy diet that will have us building loads of muscle. Second, some of the carbohydrates we eat are stored in our muscles in the form of muscle glycogen, and it’s that glycogen that entirely fuels our weightlifting workouts (study, study). Not consuming enough carbohydrates will make us fatigue sooner, reducing our workout performance. If you try to bulk on high protein diet you’ll probably be eating tons of meat and tons of dairy (especially whey protein powder). That’s not bad, but it’s expensive! For most ectomorphs eating enough to gain weight, 2. Things like muesli cereal with milk, or peanut butter and banana sandwiches? Okay so we do advise getting in some good protein after working out, and studies pretty unanimously support the benefits of that (study, study), but a huge part of the benefit actually comes from the calories/carbohydrates that we recommend having alongside it, and not just the protein (study). In fact, you can build tons of extra muscle just by having carb- filled post- workout shakes without any protein in them at all, especially if they have creatine in them (study).(If you want our recommendations for ectomorph post- workout nutrition check this post out.)Why doesn’t everybody know this then? A lot of the most popular diets these days are higher in fat and lower in carbs. It may unfairly vilify certain foods, but it’s easy to understand and works pretty well for the vast majority of people. So it’s not wrong, per se, just not ideal for guys like us. Different body types, lifestyles, and goals produce very different nutritional demands: Naturally chubby guys often respond better to a diet higher in protein and fats, and these guys make up the majority. As ectomorphs we’re thyroid dominant (hormone talk), meaning that we’re better at processing carbohydrates. It’s unlikely that we’ll convert them to fat, and with a proper workout plan in place we’ll use those carb calories to build muscle. Most guys aren’t trying to gain weight, let alone rapidly gain weight. If you were asking me how to maintain your muscle mass or lose fat my nutrition advice would be different. In order to do this we need to intelligently stimulate our muscles and increase our calorie intake. Carbs will help. Sedentary lifestyles reduce the demand that we have for carbohydrates. Our bodies use carbohydrates as an energy source, so if you don’t expend much energy you don’t need many carbohydrates. Most guys drive to work, sit in an office and daydream about weighing less. Those guys don’t need carbs. Since overweight people living that lifestyle are so prevalent, this is great nutrition advice for the masses. Only 3% of the population wants to. As ectomorphs we have higher metabolisms and naturally expend a lot of energy (often as heat). Add in a weightlifting plan and our energy requirements shoot up even further. Strength training and carbs are a match made in heaven. There’s a window surrounding our workouts where carbs are extremely beneficial. Even beefy guys will often benefit from consuming plenty of carbs within the two hours following their workouts if they’re looking to maximize muscle gain while minimizing fat gain. As ectomorphs this window doubles. If our goal is rapid muscle gain we should even be eating plenty of carbs up to 4. If you work out three times per week, as we do, well, that’s pretty much always! Does this mean too much protein is bad for us? Not at all. It won’t strain your kidneys, stress your liver, make you ugly, lower your sperm count, or any of the other anti- protein myths you may have heard (study). Well except for the gas thing. A very high protein diet will give some people pretty gnarly gas. Protein is a perfectly fine macronutrient, and you can digest over 1. You just don’t need ludicrous amounts of it when trying to build optimal amounts of lean muscle as an ectomorph. We can do better. All this doesn’t mean that protein isn’t important, but rather that most of your calories should probably come from carbohydrates. It’s rare to find a skinny guy (or even a skinny- fat guy) that this won’t hold true for. If you’re eating a calorie surplus large enough to build muscle with around. That will give you more than the required amount of protein, and any extra is muscle gravy. Where should most of your calories come from? Everyone is a little different, which is why it can be really helpful to track your results and adjust accordingly. And maybe 3. 0% from nutritious fats. And therein lies your best chance at building muscle as a thin / skinny / skinny- fat / ectomorph guy: eat well, lift heavy, be smart, love life. Adequate protein is enough.
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