Protein/Carb and Protein/Fat Only???

[Empyrealsun]

I know many of you aren't big fans of T-mag but I read in one of their articles that 3 meals a day should be Protein and Carbs only and the last 3 should be Protein and Fats. Does this actually help or is it just a T-mag fallicy? In Mr. X's Bulking Up Basics #2 it just incorporates the 40/30/30 split.

 

[Empyrealsun]

I know theres some obvious advantages to keeping the carbs and fats separate (i.e. Not having to eat carbs at night) but I am talking more about mid-day. I have a pretty high metabolism so just wonderin if its a big deal mixin fats and carbs in my 11am, 1pm, and 4pm meals. As of now first three meals are P/C last three are P/F.

 

[Burning_Inside]

Its basically just in case you spike your blood sugar too high, the fat intake won't get stored away instead of being digested..that's the reason for the seperations.

 

[Deleted member 33117]

Great theory, except if blood sugar levels get spiked too high, the sugar is just stored away as bodyfat instead. Eating fat with your carbs "softens" the spike and slows down the rate of absorbsion. You would be less likely to gain bf on the same # of cals, since the blood glucose would remain more constant and relaser slowly, and insulin levels would not rise as much. Its a common theory in bodybuilding that doesn't hold up very well to known science. Eating just protien and carbs in on meal is really not a good idea for this reason. Also bear in mind that when eating ANY meal low in fat, your testorone production drops within a couple of hours ans shbg levels rise. Plus the rapid rise in blood sugar can reduce hgh release. High insulin levels with lower levels of anabolic hormones in hardly the way to lose bodyfat when dieting. And lower free testosterone levels (what heppens even to those who juice when shbg goes down) and reduce hgh release is hardly an ideal anabolic environment for those trying to gain. Just my 2 cc's.