I ran into a friend in the gym on Friday that I hadn't seen in a couple months. He complemented me by saying that I was looking really lean. I feel that my low pufa/high starch diet is really working for what I want to achieve.
It's funny, I have some Irish blood in me so that may be why I enjoy potatoes so much. I recently read that prior to the potato famine in the 1850's, the weather in Ireland was perfect for potato growth and that the population just about doubled between 1800 and 1845. During this time, on average, a family of 6 was eating 250lbs. of potato a week! That is just shy of 6 lbs. of potatoes a day per person. This info kinda reassures me in what I am currently doing.
I am on spring break this week so I am reading several books right now. One of them is my great grandfathers Physiology & Hygiene textbook with a copyright of 1889. It is really interesting and insightful to see dietary recommendations of a time when refined foods were not eaten like they are in these days. I will do a little review when I finish it.
The topic of milk has become very much of interest to me. Im thinking about doing a post just about about dairy as it was a staple of certain cultures and still is. I may even do a dietary experiment this summer to see the anabolic effects of dairy proteins & lactose.
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4 years ago
Wow interesting about that book from 1889. Looking forward to more posts on that!
ReplyDeleteMake the raw milk a peri-workout drink. It takes raw milk from cows 2.5 hours to digest. Have it instead of water. You can have up to 33 oz of liquid in an hours time, just spread it out through that hour. Pre or Post workout consume nothing as you already have protein absorbing in the body. Mix raw milk with unrefined unheated honey for another quality carb source. Red meat takes 8 hours to digest. You can have red meat three times a day every 8 hours to insure you're getting in a steady source of protein without having to have so many meals. It's good to eat high fat as the body tends to take from dietary carbs when insufficient dietary fat is taken in. This means you don't get the hormonal insulin boost throughout the day. 50/50 fat carb is a good ratio to stick to.
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The 70/30 ratio is popular among people in sports. This really only applies to people practicing enduance events like cycling and distance running. Especially if your routine is HIIT, High Intensity Interval Training. Bodybuilding.com teaches to follow something like a 50/50 ratio. I've looked at VO2max calorie burning charts and have also come to this conclusion. So if you're working out in an hours time with mostly lifting weights, running, and stretching you can go 50/50. Weightlifting alone burns in the 50/50 ratio. Stretching is maybe 80% fat, 20% glycogen. Even two hours of weightlifting is about 50/50.
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Once I get my body composition how I like it I will be playing with macros and see how they effect me.
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