Archive for January, 2008

Grain products include bread, rice, cereal, and pasta. These are an essential part of your diet because they are important sources beneficial carbohydrates, like starch and fiber, along with vitamins and minerals.

Some people believe that starchy food like breads, pasta, and rice are fattening. This is not necessarily so, particularly if you eat whole meal or whole grain breads and brown rice. However, when you add fats like margarine, mayonnaise, cheese sauce, oil, or gravy to them, then you can quickly elevate the calorie level of the food.

Whole-grain foods have more fiber and less starch than white grain foods. Whole-grain foods include brown rice, oatmeal, corn tortillas, and whole wheat and whole grain bread.
This group is at the bottom of the pyramid. This means that the foods in this group should make up the biggest part of what you eat each day.

Soy protein is emerging as one of the great alternative protein sources for human consumption. Health experts are all excited about how soy protein can change the face of nutrition. What’s all the rage? Here are some great reasons to get with soy protein.

Soy Protein is Plant Protein
Soy beans contain complete protein and have one of the best protein digestibilities among all protein sources. Soy beans also contain little or no fat and have virtually no cholesterol. Lactose intolerant ones will be pleased to know that soy beans contain no lactose.

Being a plant protein, soy is free from steroids and antibiotics animal protein contains. It is also free from the parasites that contaminate some of these products. They also contain none of the diseases one can contract from mean sources such as Mad Cow Disease, and Foot and Mouth Disease.

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Most people would be surprised to learn that when it comes to muscle building that what you eat is more important than what you do in the gym. In fact, your diet and supplements make up 80% of the muscle building puzzle.

So what are the best foods to help build muscle?

- Lean red meat
- Chicken
- Oily fish (tuna is the best fish!)
- Brown rice
- Potatoes
- Nuts (nuts are high in protein and essential fats)
- Eggs (especially egg yolks)
- Dairy products

But to really get the most out of your workouts you should be using bodybuilding supplements. I recommend at a minimum you use a good whey protein supplement. Whey protein is a Superior form of protein, it’s much better for the body than protein found in chicken, eggs or fish. If you are looking to build muscle you should aim to have about 1 gram of protein per pound of bodyweight per day.

You should eat a combination of the above foods spread out over about 6 meals per day. If you stick to a good diet with the food mentioned above and some good supplements you should be well on your way to building some solid muscle!