Awesome Muscle Building Foods: Eat Your Way To A Lean Body

By Lynn Howard

Don't overlook the most important factor in building lean muscle " eating the correct foods. Most people sabotage their efforts at the gym by eating too much of the wrong foods two or three times a day. The key lies in eating the correct types of foods in small portions frequently throughout the day.

In this article you'll see that getting on the right diet plan is not rocket science but it will take dedication to succeed. You'll learn the three most common questions people have about developing a rock solid muscle building nutrition program. You'll learn what to eat, how much, and how often.

Quantity: Firstly, you can never just take a number of calories out of a book and expect it to work for you. Everyone is different and responds differently to the foods they eat. The very first thing you need to do before even thinking of cutting calories is to accurately track what you're eating and the calorie content of the food. There are many programs you can use to track this or just use a pencil, paper, and a calculator. Once you know exactly how much you're consuming (and you have to realistic about his) you can adjust it accordingly. The trick is to reduce you're overall daily caloric intake by small amounts no more than 5% at a time. This will prevent your body from going into starvation mode because you're reducing your caloric intake slowly.

When to eat? If you eat often (every 3 hours) your metabolism will burn hotter than ever before. This is analogous to throwing small dry bits of wood on a fire often. The result is a hot burning fire. So a high metabolism equals more calories burned even at rest!

What? One major key is to eat a lean protein with every meal. This simple yet difficult detail will get your metabolism on a steady hot burn and avoid blood sugar spikes that come from high carb diets. Lean protein means lean red meat, chicken, turkey, fish, and soy protein.

So eat lean protein with every meal mixed with fruits and veggies. Soon youll be building muscle, loosing body fat, and recovering quickly from your workouts!

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