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Body Builders - Are you sacrificing
nutrition for muscle gain?
Body Builders often choose a diet high in carbohydrate,
acid forming foods. In this report I voice some concerns for
building health using this model.
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Body Builders - Are you sacrificing nutrition for muscle gain?
I have worked on a few body builders and talked with others.
The more I hear about their diet for gaining muscle mass, the
more I become concerned. Although I am not as versed in sports
nutrition as some, I do have some real concerns about the eating
regime many tell me about.
Many body builders are eating around six meals per day to put
on the muscle mass that is so desired in their circle. What many
do not realize is that despite eating six meals a day, the alkaline
pH balance, the necessary good fats, minerals and fiber the are
being sacrificed.
Many build extreme bulk eating six meals a day. Six meals a day
may include such things as brown rice, eggs or egg white, hot
cereal, tuna, chicken breast, bananas, orange juice and pasta.
In addition protein drinks that are high in calories and low
in fat may be used. Is this the regime you use for muscle gain?
Much of what body builders eat on this list is acid forming foods.
This means that when measured with Litmus paper the saliva pH
is going to be on the acid side.
An acid reading indicates that there is not enough minerals in
the diet to bring them to an alkaline reading on the Litmus paper
between 7.0 and 7.5. In order to achieve this higher pH reading,
much of the food intake needs to be alkaline forming foods, especially
leafy greens and other vegetables. Dark leafy vegetables
will provide the much needed minerals and much of the bulk the
person needs.Some thing like a whole
food super food would be a good place to start.
An acid pH reading is found in sickness and disease. It does
not mean that one will become ill immediately. What it means
is that you set yourself up by your diet to travel one of two
paths. To an alkaline condition which leads to good health or
to an acid condition which will lead to illness and disease.
Eating for body building appears to be limited to a dozen or
two foods, so the variety is not there to provide a rounded out
selection of vitamins, minerals and fiber. In addition,
are you eating a large amount of raw foods which provides needed
enzymes for better health? Are you daily getting in some of the
beneficial fats?
I suggest that if you are a body builder, you need to take a
look at what you are eating. In addition purchase Litmus paper
from the drugstore or I have Litmus
Paper here. Begin to use it daily to get your self on the
path to better health. Other wise, you will be paying for it
in later years.
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Article written by Jeannie Crabtree C.Ac. Acupuncturist and Total
Body Modification therapy Practitioner. Jeannie publishes Healthy Living newsletter. She
shares Health answers that work, Tips, Nutrition suggestions
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