Muscle Building Secret

When it comes to making “top ten” lists regarding muscle building foods, I’m not exactly the biggest advocate. But it is good to know what these foods are. You need to be eating quality sources when you’re trying to work on your body and your muscular composition. It isn’t simply just the food you eat that adds to building muscle, it is when you eat those foods as well. Also, building muscle isn’t just about getting high quality protein sources, carbs and fats play into the muscle building equation as well.

So Lets Cover Some Musclebuilding Foods You Should Have in Your Kitchen

Yogurt: Yogurt is one of those dairy products that is tolerated by a lot of people. It has the healthy cultures to promote proper amounts of certain necessary bacteria in your system to help digest all your daily intake. To be honest, I really feel that yogurt is nearly a REQUIREMENT in the way of muscle building foods. Whether with fresh blueberries, strawberries, or such, it’s GREAT for breakfast. It even makes a healthy snack alternative if you “just gotta have” something late at night. Need something sweet? Try yogurt instead of that fattening ice cream.

Eggs: You simply cannot beat eggs for protein. They have more digestible protein than any other natural protein source. Eggs are simply one of those muscle building foods you NEED! Scramble them up for a very quick, easy breakfast PACKED with protein. Take half a dozen eggs and slip them into a bowl. Whisk them into a frenzy. Throw in some sweet or hot peppers, onions, or even some broccoli is good. The great thing about eggs is that they have great protein to fat ratio. The fat slows the absorption of other food you eat, so you don’t get those blood sugar spikes.

Chicken Breasts: I could put steak here or any other meat, but chicken is the best in the meat category of muscle building foods. The reason chicken breasts are such a handy food to have on hand is that you can make a huge variety of dishes with chicken breasts. One of my favorite things to make is chicken fajitas. For all-around muscle building foods, this Mexican favorite has EVERYTHING you need.

Rice, Potatoes, and Yams: Surprised to see these listed here? Lots of people have thrown carbs under the bus in the news recently. What people forget is that carbs such as these have a protein sparring effect. Rather than chewing up your protein sources, which you need for building muscle, your body will eat up the carbs you take in. This means you’re spending WAY more money on protein just for daily energy, when that’s the carb’s job! If you’re very thin, and build muscle slowly, carbs are EVEN MORE vital. If you’re trying to gain muscle and you tend to be slender, then you really have to ramp up your carb consumption.

Here’s a GREAT rule to follow. Consume NO fat immediately following your workout, but DO eat simple carbohydrates.

You are after fast digesting simple sugars right after training. Remember, do NOT eat or drink fatty foods following your workout. You want the muscle to quickly absorb the nutrients during this period of time and fat will slow down this process.

You still need fat, but you’ll get it at OTHER times of the day.

Fat slows absorption which is bad right after training, but ideal the rest of the time. If you don’t eat fat, then your body will soak up what you eat very quickly. As a matter of fact, your body’s pace will beat the rate that you can actually use them. What happens is you get a strong blood sugar spike and then a crash. Adding a little bit of fat to your meals insures steady energy. This fat will help you slow your absorption rate and you won’t have that spike and crash you will get otherwise.

Of course, WAY too many muscle building foods - really GOOD ones - exist to list them all, but this will certainly get you off on the right path!

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