Lifting and diet???

plumo123 · 2018-11-21T21:53:05+00:00

I've recently started following the carnivore diet myself. Mainly because of the health benefits. I'm currently on week 5.

I highly recommend it for various reasons: - very balanced energy levels throughout the day - increased overall focus on the tasks i need to do throughout the day - minimal or no insulin spikes due to extreme low carb characteristics of this diet (no mood swings, no sleepiness during the day) - acts as an elimination diet (removes all possible food based allergens) so the whole-body inflammation goes way down (got rid of red spots on my arms which were there since I was around 6 and I'm 21 now) - contrary to popular media, it provides you with most if not all the required nutrients, vitamins and minerals (if you choose to eat good meat, beef, things like beef liver) - food suddenly becomes a technicality and not another addiction or craving, in fact... - apart from the first few days, there are no cravings for anything but good fatty steak.

Diet: Eat fatty meat and other animal based products (in moderation). Very little need to count calories due to massive protein intake and the fact that it fills up your stomach (if you're on cut). Might need to count calories if you're bulking due to very little hunger on this diet. I myself control the intake as I started losing weight very rapidly on this diet due to lack of hunger. High water intake is a must on this as meat is a rather dry food and plain without some good spices/salt so dehydration can appear if the intake is not properly kept up.

Where to learn more: - Listen to Jordan Peterson story about his daughter who is insanely allergic to everything but meat, causing anxiety, depression and arthritis from early teens. Carnivore pretty much saved her. Look up Mikhaila Peterson. If you see any of J.P's interviews or talks with the SJW idiots, you'll see how stoic and controlled his behaviour is, which he attributes at least partially to the diet. - Joe Rogan is on a similar version of this diet with some small amounts of vegetables and the guy is a beast. - There are countless videos and blogs about it with people literally shredding weight and becoming happier on this diet, just Google.

Hey, but what about fiber?: Contrary to what we are all told by the media, high fiber intake can be quite bad for humans, especially with things like diverticulitis and other colon problems. The less fiber, the less waste your digestive tract has to push to be finally removed from your body. It does sound nuts because its completely opposite to what we have been taught by peers, media, parents etc. There is however a set of scientific papers which clearly show that humans are much more suited to this type of diet as we are inclined towards carnivore rather than herbivore (I will add them in a comment if I'll find them again).

Concluding... As always, its not for everybody and should be introduced with caution, as any other radical diet. If you feel bad, stop and re-evaluate. Your body will best tell you how you feel so listen to it and not some shmuck on reddit ;)

TheGoblinTurkey · 2018-11-21T21:11:55+00:00

Bulk first, for like a year straight while focusing on increasing strength for all your core lifts (bench press, shoulder press, deadlift, squat).

Make sure you're eating plenty of protein. If you're not getting stronger then you're not eating enough, if you're getting fat then you're eating too much.

Strength => Gains

After like a year of bulking, then you cut and enjoy the sweet abs.

horologist2018 · 2018-11-21T21:03:51+00:00

The answer is too big to post here. You need to start doing fundamental research.

There are two basic ideas: Bulking, and Cutting

You eat excessive amounts of clean food, super high protein, with tons of calories, and that will help you gain muscle. But it will also make you gain fat.

When you are ready to cut. You cut back on your calories, while maintaining as high of protein as possible, and begin losing weight. This will make you lose fat, as well as some muscle.

Again, the answer is too broad to post here, but that's the basic idea.

Title	Lifting and diet???
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Date	November 21, 2018 8:59 PM UTC (7 years ago)
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