08/07/2024
THE TRANSFORMATION DIET LIFESTYLE PROGRAM featured in an interview in BARBEND.com The authority on “everything weight-training”. In this interview I outline how I conquered getting RIPPED for bodybuilding competitions! I had a horrible time sticking to the traditional bodybuilders “every 3 hour protein and rice meals”. I was always hungry and miserable! Only after discussing my dieting issues with one of my chemistry professors at the University of Western, did I learn that it was hunger hormones that were the issue. The fact is that muscle is 75% water. Therefore to maintain maximum muscle size, carbohydrates are key to holding water in muscle cells. One gram of glucose holds 3 grams of water in muscle cells. Also, one pound of muscle is made up of 600 calories, therefore ingesting massive amounts of protein and minimizing carbohydrates to lose body fat is wrong. Also protein is not as important for muscle growth as the supplement industry advocates. Only when I started following the 22-2 eating program did I get really muscular. That is, 22 hours of fasting followed by a balanced meal consisting of 1300 calories and a healthy snack 2 hours later consisting of 700 calories. Muscle size was easily maintained, as my body fat slowly decreased! I thoroughly cover all of this in my book and I follow this same eating program today. The bottom line is: By controlling your hunger hormones, you can control total calorie intake and allow your body to naturally use the hormone Glucagon to access body fat for daily (walk around) energy. My book has nothing to sell-just scientific information on metabolism, backed by over 200 reference studies!! ing