Forum: Advanced Nutrition

Two questions: How would you figure/estimate calories burned while lifting? -How would bodyfat% affect someone's calculated bmr? i.e. when you put in your info into a bmr calculator, bodfat% isn't accounted for. I would assume that someone 200lbs at 5% bodyfat would burn more calories/day...

I have a question for those who are well versed in Leptin. I've been eating hard for the past few months, and my body always fights me when I get into the 210lb range. I recently hit 212lbs, followed by a drop down to 205lbs, and am now experiencing an absolute loss of appetite. The meals I...

Is there any validity to waiting 30 mins after your workout to consume your post wo nutrition? I heard that since the body is still releasing large amounts of anabolic hormones, its best to "ride the anabolic wave" and wait 30 mins instead of drinking it immediately after. Thoughts?

so my question is: when does gluceogenesis occur, mainly after how long of not eating. I know it will happen after intense training, starvation and low carb diets AND also fasting. But how long do you actually need to fast so that Gluconeogenesis occurs?? And is it getting sped up by what do you do...

I was wondering how NEAT is affected by overeating. I know I can start sweating if I consume a ton of food (Man v. Food guy calls them the meat sweats). Was wondering how much NEAT is increased during really huge overeating events. For example I went to the Bellagio buffet over spring break and...

If I do a target keto diet, will eating carbs before running stop my fat loss? I know the point of ketosis is to use fat for fuel and not carbs, but I need carbs for my lifts. So will eating before my workouts/runs stall my fat loss?

First off, this is my first post on the bb forums, so if I have seriously ****ed up and this is in the wrong place please don't spam the hate. Please tell where to put it. PLEASE LOOK AT MY PROFILE FOR PICTURES OF MY CURRENT ABS. this is important because i do not know my bodyfat%. perhaps...

So I want to gain muscle and not gain fat. I want to carb cycle but I need help. I don't really know what I'm doing, but here is a plan I made. Please critique it. I am 19 years old, male and 150 pounds. Monday: High carb, chest/bicep/abs/swim 20 laps Tuesday: No carb, jog 5 miles Wednesday:...

Wondering for the sake of IF. I know that there's about 4 actual calories per gram, so following Martin's guidelines that would be 120 calories before breaking the fast. Would the BCAAs provoke an insulin response that would nullify the fast? Or is the fast maintained despite taking BCAAs? ...

ok so ive been hard at it jogging and weight training since around october of last year i have seemed to have went from 250-206 im 28 and only 5'9 im athletic and always have been but i just havent gotten the results im after ive put on a few pounds of lean muscle that is noticable but my over all...

Hey guys ive got a question: My current weight is 178 LBS with about 9% bodyfat, maybe even less. My question is: From health and success point of view ( muscle growth and minimized fat gain and fat loss and muscle preserve), what is better: getting about 180g Protein and THEN get 71g fat and fill...

Hey guys, so every 2 or so weeks my track team has a "Pot luck" in which the teams parents bring massive amounts of food to eat after practice. These foods consist of cookies, pasta with loads of different cheeses and sauces, breads with garlic and butter, pizza...pretty much everything there is...

Any suggestion on whole foods as opposed to expense of a vitargo?

Hey people. I cannot find this anywhere, and I know the whole program won't be thrown at me verbatim because it's 80 $ , but can someone fil me in on the diet that ifbb pro Ben pakulski has come up with. I got a taste I his free ebook filling me in on his mi40 program and it is revolutionary to me....

I'll start with the short version since I'm on an iPhone. 6'1 214lbs. 20%bf 27 years old Bloodwork done last week shows: Free test 117 pg/ml Total test 610 ng/dl Total serum estrogens 115pg/ml

Do I understand refilling glycogen stores correctly? If you eat enough carbs to completely fill your glycogen stores in your muscles you will have better lifts but it wont throw you out of ketosis. but if you fill them up and have extra sugar in your system it will kick you out? im trying to decide...

I was wondering whether there have been any studies done on how fast the metabolism slows down in age, or whether there have at least been speculations from credible sources. I'm most interested what the difference between a teenager's metabolism (say, at age 18 - 19) and a young adult (say, 24 -...

Tough question: Combining High and Low GI Foods Together... This is a tough question and I would appreciate some scientific backing to it... Otherwise, have a go at it please. Excluding the effects of fat and protein on rate of absorption of carbohydrates, if someone were to take a low GI food...

Does eating meals at different times of the day , everyday , mess with blood sugar levels ? Is it unhealthy? Like if one day I do IF then the next day I have 3, then 2 etc...

Stats Height: 6ft Weight: 188lbs Age: 25 BF%: not sure I just came off a bulk and now I am wanting to cut for the summer. I record all of my macronutrients through fit day online fitness logger. I am currently at a 500 cal deficit and keeping carbs low.

the only sensible reason I can think of to cycle carbohydrates is if you wanted to cut calories really low, say, 1500, and still eat plenty of fat and protein while trying to avoid ketosis for some reason. Is there any other reason to cycle carbohydrate intake?

Can anyone give me advice for a friend he wants a bulk up diet. Age 29 Height 6 ft Started bulking 6 weeks ago – not the best foods though KFC etc tut tut, but has gained 5 kgs.. Currently 94 kgs - Wants to achieve 8kgs in the next 6 weeks, he will do what ever you suggest to achieve...

Eggs, salmon and beef have large amounts of leucine. The article here states leucine has been proven to - and no others have - to be the only BCAA which causes growth. So are EAA BCAA powders taken when exercising stupid because you get the same quantities in food? ...

this question is kind of a follow-up to a previous post that I did which was entitled what is the maximum amount of fat the human body can put on in one day. The body is always putting on one of three things, it is either putting on 1) fat, 2) muscle, or 3) miscellaneous maintenance everything...

Take today for example: Protein: 153g Fat: 145g Carbs (minus the fiber): 21g PFC sum: 153*4 + 145*9 + 21*4 = 2001 kcal While according the Nutrition Facts table of each food, Total kcal is 1889. I can understand the PFC sum underestimating the total kcals due to "hidden" calories from...