jonathanallen
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Numerous less common foods never even show up on most bodybuilders' radar screens, but they should. Many foods are equally advantageous to bodybuilders in terms of supporting growth and recovery. Plus, every food has a unique nutritional profile. In many ways, the greater the variety, the more optimal the results.
Consider adding these foods to your bodybuilding nutrition plan.
Ostrich | Everyone's familiar with chicken, the low-fat bird that's dense in protein and extremely low in dietary fat. It's a red meat alternative. Here's another: ostrich. As a protein food, it's on par with chicken and it's also low in fat. However, it has a nutrition profile similar to red meat--more creatine, iron and B vitamins than poultry, but with drastically less dietary fat and calories than red meat.
You can eat ostrich as a staple, several times a week. Eight ounces of ostrich top loin (precooked weight) has about 50 grams (g) of protein and only 7 g of fat. (The same precooked amount of lean beef tri-tip has a few less grams of protein and three times the fat.) With its lower fat content, ostrich cooks faster than red meat.
Consider adding these foods to your bodybuilding nutrition plan.
Ostrich | Everyone's familiar with chicken, the low-fat bird that's dense in protein and extremely low in dietary fat. It's a red meat alternative. Here's another: ostrich. As a protein food, it's on par with chicken and it's also low in fat. However, it has a nutrition profile similar to red meat--more creatine, iron and B vitamins than poultry, but with drastically less dietary fat and calories than red meat.
You can eat ostrich as a staple, several times a week. Eight ounces of ostrich top loin (precooked weight) has about 50 grams (g) of protein and only 7 g of fat. (The same precooked amount of lean beef tri-tip has a few less grams of protein and three times the fat.) With its lower fat content, ostrich cooks faster than red meat.