What to Eat When Building Muscle? Our body begins to think we are being “starved” of protein, so in a self-defence mode it tries to keep protein in us, hence why when we damage the muscles, our body panics and begins forcing protein in there which is excellent. Muscle building nutrition is essential.We all know the basic foods we should be eating but we forget about some of the little tricks out there.We all know we should be eating things like chicken breasts, Full steaks, plenty of fatty fish like trout, rainbow trout, salmon, sardines, tilapia, full eggs, whey protein, casein protein.

1. Diet and Nutrition for Bodybuilding
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What is the Best Natural Bodybuilding Diet Plan?
Bodybuilding nowadays is becoming so controversial since some people use steroids, growth
hormones and other illegal performance enhancing drugs to support muscle growth. Natural
bodybuilding diet is different since it uses amino acids, vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients to
build the muscles and develop the body shape they want. In short, natural bodybuilding diet is eating
natural foods to achieve the muscle mass instead of consuming synthetic drugs and enhancers.
In bodybuilding, whether you are on natural or not, it is recommended to consume five to six meals
per day with two hours interval. This is a way to have continuous metabolism as well as flow of
nutrients needed for muscle mass development. It is also important to consume more calories than
one burn in a day. This way, it helps promote muscle growth.
There are misconceptions in bodybuilding. People often think that bodybuilding means consuming
less fat all year round. This is totally wrong. Well, I should say that depending on the season of the
competition, the diet varies. Bodybuilders often tighten up their diet when nearing the competition
and maintain more nutrients on regular bodybuilding diet cycle. Here is a sample of a natural
bodybuilding diet:

2. Diet and Nutrition for Bodybuilding
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A sample meal plan of a natural bodybuilding diet varies in terms of personal calorie needs (and
personal tastes). Your first meal usually consists of egg whites with one whole egg, oatmeal and an
orange. On your next meal, it may consist of skinless chicken breast, baked potato, and green salad
with olive oil dressing. Next meal is around lunch and may consist of steamed vegetables, brown
rice, and a very lean beef. During your normal workout cycle, have a protein shake made with water,
ice, and banana. Your last meal will be around dinner and it may consist of chopped apple and some
almonds baked salmon with sweet potato and more steamed vegetables.
In natural bodybuilding diet, the nutrients come primarily from foods offering carbohydrates,
proteins, and fats (good fats). The quantity of these nutrients may differ but should be present on
every meal.
For a natural bodybuilder, a perfect diet sometimes take some trial and error, and finding the right
combination of foods and micro-nutrients that work for your metabolism as well as dependent on the
nutritional needs of the body. If after some time, you are still not gaining muscles, try to slightly
increase the size of nutritional intake and observe is if it still needs some changes.
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