Body Building Diet
& Nutrition
In body building, your diet is one of the
most effective weapons you can have if you want to achieve
maximum potential. Diet is so important to the body
builder as it not only supplies the body with the energy
needed to perform your exercises as
well as giving you the nutrients you need to
maintain a healthy lifestyle.
A good body building diet will
include a lot of protein. It is critical for building
muscle, losing fat, and contributing to the overall health of
our tissues and organs. You should be consuming 1 gram
of protein for each pound of your body weight. Body
builders should increase that amount to a gram and
a half per day. Good sources of protein include
meat, fish, and milk.
Carbohydrates should also be a big
part of the body building diet. Carbs are a major source
of the fuel our body uses for activity. You should
include complex carbohydrates in your diet through starches
and fiber. That means
eating pasta, whole grain rice, and whole grain breads
as well as potatoes.
Believe it or not, fats are also
an important part of a body building diet. Our bodies
need fats to function correctly and efficiently. They
are
an energy source for the body and regulate most
of our bodily processes.
The key for including fat in your
diet is to consume the good fats as opposed to the bad
one. Good fats are unsaturated ones found in olive oil
or flaxseed oil. Unsaturated fats are ones that are
liquid at room temperature. Saturated fats can clog your
arteries and lead to health problems, so they should be
avoided as much as possible.
Animal lard and butter are saturated fats and are
solid at room temperature.
You should also have adequate
fiber in your body building diet. Fiber helps your body
flush out impurities on a regular basis and helps contribute
to weight loss. Some
good sources of fiber are whole grain as well
as nuts and seeds.
Finally, you will want to include
a lot of vegetables in your diet as well as a moderate amount
fruit. Fruit can cause you to retain water and
contribute to a larger amount of sugar that you would
otherwise need. However,
vegetables contain essential vitamins and nutrients that you body
needs to operate efficiently.
A good body building
diet is one that is balanced and nutritious.
You should consume the majority of your protein and
carbohydrates in the morning and eat five or six small meals
daily instead of three large ones. A good diet is
important to effective
body building, so know what your body needs and
then go for it.
| 
