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How to maximize muscle growth

August 19, 2009

dietformusclesIt is really important when you want to increase your muscle mass that you choose the correct food and that you know what you are eating and the nutritional information of the food that you consume. It is important to have complete control over your own Nutrition .

Proteins

Proteins are what are helpful for muscle growth. It is the most important food that you need to help you to build the muscle. There are two fantastic sources of protein that you should aim to get into your diet regularly and these are chicken and tuna. Tuna is extremely high in protein; in fact 91% of the calories that tuna contains come from protein.

Carbohydrates

Carbohydrates are often just referred to as carbs and they are what give your body energy to go about its daily business. They enable you to work out, build muscles, and help by adding the proteins to them.

Foods such as fruit and vegetables, bread, rice, and even potatoes are a great source of carbohydrates. As there is such a wide variety of carbohydrates out there to eat, meals should never be boring.

Fats

Fats are important in your diet especially in relation to building your muscles, of course they have other jobs that they do. Fats help you digest the proteins that you have in your diet and without them it is possible that 60% of the protein that you eat will not be absorbed by the body.

Great ways to get oils into your diet are the use of olive oil in cooking and salads and avocado fruit and also nuts are high in oils.
Now Plan what you eat and when you eat it.

Now that you know what to eat, you need to know when to eat it and how much of it to eat. Find a plan that suits you and your lifestyle, make sure that you eat enough food, enough of the correct types of food and that you are eating them at the correct time of day.


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