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Bill Pearl is a famous vegiterian bodybuilder, I suggest you look up his books. A lot of good nutritional and fitness information.

Bill Pearl Bill Pearl recommends the RDA ammounts for protein, about 50 or 60 grams a day, even for bodybuilders. He says the high protein thing for weight lifters is just a myth. Has anyone grown on these small ammounts of protein?

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diet I'm bulking, trying to gain 1 or 2 pounds a week, and working out 3 days then taking a day off. Because of this diet, I don't feel overtrained at all. I'm also not really trying to eat 'clean', just get lots of natural protein sources in, like whole eggs, milk and beef. A very...

labels The calories list contents by category, so when it says 500 calories, that means that the serving size has 500 calories. Sometimes the serving size is only a fraction of the can/bottle/bag/box or whatever. You have to read the label. If it says 'serving size, 25 grams, 6 crackers'...

Powdered skim milk is a great source of protein. You can make your own protein shakes with it, just put a couple of glasses of milk in a blender, throw in a couple of scoops of skim milk powder, a couple of eggs, and whatever flavoring you want. I use cocoa powder. Cheaper than whey and...

calorie counter Well, if you have a Pocket PC you can use what I use. I have a Compaq Ipaq and use some software called 'Pocket Diet'. It has the entire USDA database in it, so you can look up a food, enter in the measurement of how much you ate, and it will tell you everything about it. It...

caffeine Caffeine has been studied for 100 years or so and has never been conclusively shown to be harmful, if taken in moderation. Studies like this get a lot of attention (for the researcher and the University) because everyone drinks coffee and freaks out. I'd take these kind of studies...

GI The glycemic index numbers (which are arbitrary, since they are measured by taking blood samples from a small number of people after eating) are based on single food items, not meals. If you eat multiple food items at one meal (who doesn't), you calculate the GI based on the total number of...

caffeine What if you're bulking? The insulin sensitivity directly affects muscle growth does it not? The positive effects, like fat loss, don't really mean much when your stuffing yourself with 3500 calories a day! But the negative effects on muscle growth..thats scary.

Fiber will slow down the digestion of a small amount of carbs, but a bowl of cereal is a lot of carbs. Its still high GI.

weight loss I suggest you don't use supplements until your weight loss slows down, then use ephidrine and caffeine. They kill your appetite which really helps. Count your calories so you know how much you need to drop by when your weight loss slows. There are many good diets around...

fatassitis I'm pretty sure about this, I've read it in lots of places. Mr. X would know moe. Here is a good quote from the page link below: "It's now known that we can -- and do, in fact -- "grow" more fat cells in adulthood, and that obese people have more fat cells than non-obese people...

fatass As you get fatter your body adds more fat cells, which don't go away when you diet (they just get smaller). So your capacity to store fat gets better and better. Excess calories that are not usable by your other tissues (including muscle) will get stored as fat. This is something...

lecithin Great supplement, but avoid the liquid. It tastes really bad and is much higher in fat. Buy the granules at your local health food store. Its made from Soy and thus should be cheap (5-10$ a pound around here). The granules dissolve quite well in milk, and even better when blended...