As you will discover later in this chapter, when people decide that they want to become bodybuilders, they do not each do so for the same reasons. For example, some people may need to pay more attention to losing fat before starting to build real muscle mass, while others who have already got themselves to a position where their body fat levels are very low will be the opposite, wanting to focus on muscle building right from the very beginning.
Hence, there is an element of your diet having to be focused on whatever it is you specifically want to achieve at this time.
As a general rule, every meal that you take should be balanced between the three micronutrients that every bodybuilder needs, which are proteins, carbohydrates and good fats, with each being taken in the right proportions.
What you should not do is have meals where everything or almost everything you eat falls into the same micronutrient category.
For example, a meal that is made up of little other than carbohydrates (e.g. a bowl of pasta and plain bread with a sliver of spread) is not likely to be a great help to your body building diet, because every meal should attain the balance that you need to achieve your objectives.
As a broad guideline, most body building experts recommend a diet that is 40% carbohydrate, 40% protein and 20% good fats. But the most important thing is, try to make sure that whatever balance you are aiming for, every meal is approximately the same.
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