Foods That Build Muscle

June 17, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Muscle Building Diets 

Interested in discovering some foods that build muscle?  Getting a proper diet is one of the foundations to building a muscular body, if your diet is not setup properly you’re not going to build muscle, in fact you might end up just getting fat!  So what are the foods you should be eating, what should you avoid, how often should you eat?  Lets get to the bottom of all this:

1.    Complex Carbs

When it comes to foods that build muscle, we’re talking about getting in a good mix of carbs, protein and fat, but we can’t just get any kind of carb, we need to get complex carbs.  Complex carbs take longer to digest and don’t’ spike your blood sugar levels like simple carbs do.  Just so you have an idea of what some simple and complex carbs are, have a look at this list:

Simple carbs: white bread, pasta, processed foods, sugar, junk food, chocolates

Complex carbs: oatmeal, brown rice, brown bread, yams, beans veggies

Stay away from the simple carbs, you can indulge in them about once a week though.

2.    Protein

Then of course there is protein which is what actually builds the muscle.  When it comes to protein, here is where you should be getting it from:

Chicken, turkey, lean beef, fish, shrimp, egg whites, cottage cheese, skim milk, protein powder

3.    Fats

Then of course there are your fats, these are mostly just going to comprise of nuts:

Almonds, cashews, peacans, peanuts, walnuts (and any other nut you can think of), all natural peanut butter and flax oil

Combine all these healthy foods in this ratio: 45% carbs, 35% protein, 20% fat, and you’ll be good to go.

There are other foods that build muscle but these are pretty much your staples, the only other thing you need is a system to put to work so you can build as much mass in the limited time that you have available.  If you’re looking for an edge, check out this system which will show you how to add 10 pounds of muscle in 2 weeks: click here for more info

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