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Nutrition F.A.Q.How do you go about designing a nutritional program for someone? We prescribe very few nutrition programs alone. Our fully supported individual programs involve integrated training and nutrition. In some cases however, clients (especially the elite athletes) already have strength and sport-specific coaches and therefore simply need to dial in their nutritional programs. In this case we just pull out our "Deal - A - Meal" cards and start planning diets. No, instead we evaluate the energy and recovery demands of the athletes, appraise their food preferences, and construct a nutrition program that meets their needs. The most important part of our service then begins as we keep track of our client's progress bi-weekly and make the appropriate changes in order that they see constant progress. Top I've read your work and agree with most of your ideas however I think that your calorie recommendations are too high. Why do you recommend so much food intake? To be honest, I want all my readers and clients to be fatter than me. I think that if the world is full of fatties, I'll look leaner and better. You know what they say; to make your candle burn brighter, extinguish everyone else's. In all seriousness, my calorie recommendations are based on the fact that the body adapts to energy intake by regulating tissue turnover. Therefore if you eat more, tissues turn over faster and you can replace damaged muscle more quickly with fresh, strong muscle. For a more complete analysis of this phenomenon, check out my Precision Nutrition article. The interesting thing is that when eating such high calories (while choosing good foods), your metabolic rate will adapt and you'll be able to eat far more calories than before without gaining much fat. Use my Massive Eating (Part I and Part II), Don't Diet, and Lean Eatin' (Part I and Part II) articles as a guide to getting started. Top Are your nutritional programs appropriate for athletes as well as weight lifters? We can design programs appropriate for anyone and everyone. However, don't just read through our articles and try to construct your own plan based on something you read. Many of our articles are generalized so that they provide basic recommendations for the average reader. If you're an elite athlete you need more detailed recommendations because you're certainly not average nor do you need a general plan. If you would like us to construct a program tailored to your individual needs, check out our fully supported individual program service, used by some of the most elite athletes in the world. For example, we often recommend that weight lifters consume a diet consisting of 30-40% protein, 30-40% carbohydrate, and 20-30% fat. In addition we make calorie recommendations based on a relatively low cost of exercise. However, most athletes would need a much higher carbohydrate and calorie intake than this. Unless you're a woman; then your needs may be very different. Top Is there a problem with consuming protein shakes for most of my protein intake? Besides the fact that your muscles of mastication will forget how to chew, there are several other problems. If you're drinking nothing but shakes, you're probably forgetting that food contains much more of physiological value than its macronutrient profile. Protein shakes fail to provide fiber, many vitamins and minerals, and other substances that can improve health and performance. Check out Lean Eatin' Part I and Part II for appropriate food lists. In addition, check out some of my Appetite For Construction columns where I discuss fiber and vitamin intake. The other problem with eating nothing but protein shakes is that it's hard to impress women when you invite them over for "dinner" and pull out your crusty blender and whip up a frothy MRP. Top What's the best diet for getting ripped? There is no single best diet. The best diet is the one that integrates with your training program to produce the best result. After all, fat loss comes from the appropriate increase in energy expenditure (exercise) and the appropriate decrease in energy intake (diet). If you don't want to do the exercise and diet thing, you could always try some DNP. While it may stew your internal organs, you will get ripped. You'll be the most ripped dude in the morgue. A more sane approach might begin by checking out Lean Eatin' Part I and Part II, Don't Diet, and The Winning Formula Part I and Part II for some general information. For more detailed information, sign up for our services and we’ll put you on the right track.Top What's the best diet for getting huge? Massive Eating (see Part I and Part II), all the way. Use this diet with the proper training program and you will get bigger. You could also give The Growth Surge Project (see Part I, Part II, and Part III) a try. Follow the advice in these articles and the earth will shake when your feet hit the floor in the morning. Top Will all that protein hurt my kidneys, liver, ovaries, or testicles? If you've got both ovaries and testicles you're already in trouble. Regardless, increased protein intake will not harm any of those organs (see Protein and Kidney Function and The Protein Roundtable). One potential side effect is dehydration. But if you drink enough water (see Water Intake) you should be fine. The only other side effect of an increased protein intake would be increased lean body mass. And that's a side effect I'm willing to put up with. Top How do I find a specific article or articles about a specific topic? Use our search engine to type in the name of the article you're looking for if you know what it's called. If not, type in a string of words that you're certain that the article will contain. For example, if you type in Jenna Jameson, you'll link directly to this page (and will probably be disappointed because if you searched for Jenna at Yahoo! you would have gotten a different result). Top How do I set up a consultation with Science Link and JB? Visit the services section and decide which services you wish to invest in. Service-specific instructions can be found there. Top
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