People often fail their diets; why is this? In this chapter, I want to discuss some two of the primary ways that dieters tend to sabotage their own efforts on a diet, that is the way that dieters fail diets. These two ways are being too absolute and expecting perfection and by thinking only in the short-term. Read the rest of this entry »

Question: I’ve seen your articles outlining the differences in macronutrient ratios for dieting  (basically the difference between carbs and fat once protein is set), but I’m  wondering if the same applies to gaining muscle mass. Is there an optimal macronutrient ratio for mass gains? Read the rest of this entry »

To this day, many bodybuilding, health, & fitness enthusiasts stake their entire moral judgment of carbohydrate foods based on their glycemic index (GI). A considerable set of confounders challenges its & strict application. Becoming blindly enamored with something that may enhance our physiques &/or health is natural, and something we’ve all been guilty of. Read the rest of this entry »

A longstanding belief in fitness circles is that the body can only use a certain amount of protein per meal, and the excess is either oxidized or excreted. The ballpark range thrown around is 20-30 grams, with 30 grams being perhaps the most common figure. Read the rest of this entry »

One of the biggest  myths in the fitness world is that carbohydrates make you fat; I swear, one of the most common questions that you could get as a nutritional expert is “are carbohydrates bad?”  First off, you try to explain to them that they don’t make you fat.  Then they end up not listening to you and just want to question everything.   Read the rest of this entry »

One of the most common questions that you get is “how do you gain muscle and lose fat?”  If there was a way you could do both at the same time, you would be multi-tasking more or less.  It seems much better than just losing fat but not being able to put on muscle at the same time, right? Read the rest of this entry »

If you ask most bodybuilders to write down their daily diet and supplement regimen you will most likely get a detailed account of when every gram of protein is eaten and when every supplement is taken to feed the muscle. Most serious lifters are meticulous about precisely timing every nutrient to make sure that their body will build muscle and not have to go a second without the nutrients it needs. Read the rest of this entry »

Many people are starting to grow curious about some of the intermittent fasting bodybuilding diet protocols that are starting to be used. In some cases, your decision to adopt such an approach to your diet is due to the fact that you run a busy lifestyle and don’t have time to spend cooking numerous meals each day and sitting down to eat them. Read the rest of this entry »