Oat power
Oatmeal is a major staple of the bodybuilding diet. For decades, bodybuilders have embraced the power of oats morning, noon and night because this slow-digesting carb provides long-lasting energy that won’t spike insulin levels and fat gain. Yet Americans in general have just recently been turned on to the power of oats. Thanks to [...]
FullyFlexed keeps telling us to drink water. What’s so important about it?
Water serves many functions in the body, and it’s particularly critical for bodybuilders because training and nutrition regimens really increase the need for it.
Here are the primary benefits of drinking enough water.
Hydration Bodybuilders often underestimate the importance of keeping themselves well hydrated–hydration status can [...]
Broccoli the number one veggie for bodybuilders
When it comes to veggies, broccoli is the top choice of most bodybuilders. The cruciferous vegetable perhaps deserves top billing simply because one hearty stalk (about 1 1/2 cups chopped) helps the body stockpile an enormous amount of vitamins and minerals that are important not only for muscle recovery, [...]
Cardiovascular disease
The heart is a finicky muscle, by turns durable and capable of impressive perseverance, and unpredictable and susceptible to a lack of exercise and poor diet. One symptom of the latter behaviors is high blood pressure, a cardiovascular disease risk factor that increases with age. In fact, by age 35, a majority of the [...]
Eating potassium-rich foods to help preserve muscle mass
The typical American diet generates tiny amounts of acid each day. As people age, they develop a mild metabolic acidosis that increases slowly over time and appears to trigger a muscle-wasting response. So researchers looked at links between lean body mass and diets relatively high in potassium-rich, alkaline-residue-producing [...]
Remember how we used to think all fat was bad?
Then scientists realized not everything’s black and white, so now we make sure to eat lots of mono- and polyunsaturated fats. Prepare to learn the same thing about cholesterol.
Cholesterol
The FullyFlexed stance on cholesterol has always been fairly lenient, not to mention different from that of mainstream [...]
I eat only egg whites for breakfast, but are there any advantages to including one or two yolks?
Egg whites contain only trace amounts of fat and 4 grams of protein per egg white, whereas a whole egg contains 5 g of fat and 6 g of protein. While both contain adequate amounts of essential BCAAs, [...]
I eat a lot of sushi, especially raw tuna, but I’m wondering how well it works as a bodybuilding food. What’s your take?
We’re big fans of sushi–especially tuna–and so are several IFBB pro bodybuilders. Jay Cutler, a bodybuilder who tracks his nutrition program closely, even eats sushi on his “high-carb” precontest days. “It’s a very [...]
Red meat
Once upon a time, it was almost un-American not to include lean red meat as part of a weekly diet. It’s a quality protein source that also provides a good amount of zinc and iron. Yet some–those who don’t understand our penchant for building mass as big as the steers we get our steaks [...]
Yogurt vs cottage cheese, which does a body better.A FullyFlexed reader is hard to trick. Not only are you driven to attain mammoth muscle, you’re extremely well educated in how to do that in the quickest, healthiest manner. You know, for example, that dairy products are great sources of protein. But in our never-ending quest [...]
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