A Guide To Bodybuilding

[Tom Treutlein]

guinness got it before me. Total caloric intake is the main thing to worry about in terms of gaining or losing weight. The only time playing with ratios would come in handy would be if you're extremely resistant or sensitive to insulin. Even then, with a negative energy balance you won't add any weight. The problem comes when the excess comes in the form of carbohydrates. If you have excess calories coming from protein, it's either utilized and put towards muscle building, used as excess calories to support growth, or flushed out through urine or feces. Excess carbs are easily converted and stored, which leads to more risk around the gut.

Everyone can eat a lot of fat and not get fat. It just depends what kinds of fats. Healthy fats, all the EFAs, and a lot of things like olive oil and nuts won't contribute to fat gain nearly as much as saturated fats will, and even then, you must have an excess of calories.

Oats in a shake - I've been doing it for a year. 2 parts whey, oats, milk and EV olive oil. Easy 980 calories, tastes great, and is cheap. These are the staple of my diet. Most bioavailable protein, slow-digesting, high-in-fiber carbohydrates, milk contains mostly casein, some whey and makes it taste like a real, thick shake, and the olive oil is a great way to get in more cals in a healthy way. Only change is fish oil (from the body of the fish, NOT the liver) or rapeseed oil in order to get in DPA/EHA or some EFAs.

 

[anthrax]

Cheerios in the shake is good!

 

[tzan]

Total caloric intake is the main thing to worry about in terms of gaining or losing weight. The only time playing with ratios would come in handy would be if you're extremely resistant or sensitive to insulin. Even then, with a negative energy balance you won't add any weight. The problem comes when the excess comes in the form of carbohydrates. If you have excess calories coming from protein, it's either utilized and put towards muscle building, used as excess calories to support growth, or flushed out through urine or feces. Excess carbs are easily converted and stored, which leads to more risk around the gut.

Everyone can eat a lot of fat and not get fat. It just depends what kinds of fats. Healthy fats, all the EFAs, and a lot of things like olive oil and nuts won't contribute to fat gain nearly as much as saturated fats will, and even then, you must have an excess of calories.

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Aren't you contradicting yourself here?? If your saying that the only aspect that matters is your total caloric intake, then why do you go on to say that an excess of carbs can get you in trouble, but everyone can eat fats(albeit healthy fats) with no problems?? That right there is reffering to ratios no??