Healthy Food for Bodybuilding
Posted in: Nutrition
Let’s imagine you lift for a total of 3 hours a week. You’re in, you hit the weights, and you’re out. Then, you’ve got to spend the next 165 hours keeping your body filled with nutrients – even whilst you are sleeping. It’s no surprise that many say bodybuilding is 80% diet. In fact, strictly on a time-spent measurement, by the above estimate, diet would be 98% of bodybuilding. So – you can’t afford to mess it up.
While I wouldn’t say they are the only way, healthy foods are certainly the best and most efficient way to help you create a great physique. You should ensure you eat plenty of whole foods which haven’t been processed like crazy, so most of the nutrients are in tact.
Processed foods can often contain many empty calories, and generally, the nutrients – while the numbers may look good on the packaging – are of very poor quality and won’t be optimum for building muscle and providing energy for workouts.
Fast foods are often the worst, as they tend to contain a lot of sugar, and sugar in the quantities fast food is made with, puts you at increased risk of putting on fat rather quickly.
So, whole foods it is. If you are a vegetarian, you’ll find it a much tougher task to build muscle than someone who is a meat eater. Nothing can be done about that, unfortunately. But, providing you can still eat eggs and drink milk, and maybe eat fish – three of the most important foods in muscle building – then you won’t suffer much.
Generally, the best foods for bodybuilding are:
Protein: Eggs, Milk, Whey, Beef, Fish, Chicken, Cheese and Nuts.
Complex Carbohydrates: Potatoes, Brown Rice, Pasta
Fats: Dietary Fats, Supplements (Fish Oil / Flax Seed Oil)
With plenty of the above healthy foods in your diet, and in the right ratios, and in the right amounts, the muscle will come.
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