Body Builders - Are you sacrificing nutrition?
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
Solutions newsletter. She shares Health answers that work, Tips,
Nutrition suggestions and Research. You can subscribe to Healthy
Solutions by going to http://www.health-doc.com
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