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Low Fat Diet
Low Fat Diet
Many people are of the opinion that bodybuilding is all about eating
low fat diet and lifting weights. But the truth is that
bodybuilding involves both training and a well regulated diet in equal
proportions. But diet is the most important factor during the last eight
months prior to the competition. By taking a low fat diet you can increase
your chances of winning the contest. Thus, this topic becomes all the
more important as to how to lose fat and gain muscle through your pre
contest diet. Thus here the main topics of discussion will be all related
to pre contest training which includes low-fat diet; low-carbohydrate
diet; pre-contest supplementation and the revolutionary new cytotoxic
diet
Low-Fat Diet
Most of the bodybuilders today maintain that great muscle mass by strictly following a high carbohydrate and low fat diet. Earlier the regime they followed was different as previously the emphasis was on a high fat and low carbohydrate diet. With this diet the bodybuilder lost fat but it didn’t allow him to maintain muscles which are a must for a successful bodybuilder. In the beginning of the mid 1970’sbodybuilders shifted to a low fat diet which proved quite beneficial to lose fat and gain muscles. It's a scientifically proven that by cutting on your calories you gradually reduce body fat. And losing body fat and gaining muscles is what bodybuilding is all about prior to a competition. It's a fact that to cut on your calories the best thing to do is to follow a low fat diet. Fats are actually high on energy and are energy boosters thus when on a low fat diet one must follow a diet consisting of vegetables and fruits. That ways low carbohydrate is low on nutrition level as it has no fruits and vegetables. One gram of fat yields about nine calories when metabolized within your body for energy whereas both protein and carbohydrate yield approximately four calories per gram. Therefore, re- placing fats with either protein or carbohydrates will reduce the calorie level further reducing fat and gaining muscles through proper training. Animal products like beef, pork eggs, milk and milk products are usually high on fats and all fruits and vegetables are low on the fat content and thus must be included in a low fat diet. The diet you follow must be determined by maintaining a journal for a week adding the calories you gained throughout the week further dividing it by seven to get the exact figure that you should consume everyday. Another method which is more accurate is by multiplying the body weight in pounds by 19 according to this formula, a 200 pound bodybuilder would have a daily caloric maintenance level of 3800 calories. Thus, this simple formula will give a figure for caloric maintenance to use with low fat diet. Following this diet you’ll be on the road to lose fat and gain muscles.
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