Lean and Mean: Cut the Carbs, Add the fat.......
Over the last decade, expert advice has directed us to boost our intake of carbohydrates and dramaticall decrease our consumption of fats. during that time, the average weight of AMericans has increased by ten pounds. Nonetheless, the eat more/weight less mantras continues to echo through our homes, offices and gyms. It has led to excessively high-carbohydrate diets, with sometimes as much as 70% of calories coming from carbs. While this type of diet may work some men, it will more than likely lead the majority not only into a condition of overweight, but also one of blood sugar instability that can sap vital energy and dull the mind.
Every man wants to be strong and solid, and msot believe that the best way to achieve an ideal boy is through exercise. Although exercise has numerous benefits and is indeed an essential tool in body shaping, you may be surprised to learn that diet is equally important for two reasons. First, food consumption triggers the release of hormones that determien whether we will store excess body fat or burn it. Second, due to their hormonal effect, food choices can reduce or enehace the benefits of exercise.
The ideal thing is to balance fats, carbs and protein desgined to switch the body into a fat burning mode. It calls for 40% fo total calories to be derived from carbs (pasta bread, potatoes), 30% from natural and unprocessed fats (such as olive oil), and 30% from protein (low-fat cottage cheese, turkey, eggs) Many men can expect to increase lean muscle mass on this diet as little as thrity days, while trimming body fat to the dieal range of 14 to 18%.
The 40/30/30 diet plan was pioneered by Barry Sears, PH.D, formerly of the Boston school of medicine and MIT. Independt studies from Pepperdine university and Sansum Medical Research Foundation in Santa Barbara, Califronia have demonstrated that the 40/30/30 formula not only improves atheltic performance significantly, but raises the level of good HDL cholesterol and aids in weight loss.
