Scott LaPierre - How I Won The 2003 Body-For-Life Contest - Part 3: Nutrition & Supplementation.

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I would like to outline in three articles how I won the 2003 Body-For-Life Contest. This third part will be on nutrition and supplementation.

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Scott,
Congratulations on winning this program. It took hard work and vision to see it through. However,

I don't mix fat (Udo's oil) and carbs in the same meal. The reason is that I don't want my insulin elevated when I'm consuming a large amount of fat/oil. I know even when I take the oil my insulin is elevated from other carbs I've eaten during the day, but at least it's not spiked like it would be from consuming carbs and the oil at the same time.

This statement is wrong. Having fat with a carbohydrate slows down it's absorbtion into you body. Slowing down the process makes your body produce small amounts os insulin over an extended period of time. If you have just the carb you body will unleash a ton of insulin. Insulin being a fat storing hormone, you really don't want that to happen. Try for 6 weeks. You will love the results.

[Scott LaPierre]

Fitness Devil,
Thanks for your reply, but carbs and fat together are a recipe for disaster. Recently John Berardi wrote an article entitled Massive eating, and here are some excerpts:

"Earlier I discussed the reasons for this above (reduced insulin sensitivity and prevention of fat burning), but also, since we all know that essential fatty acids are so important to health and favorable body composition, eating protein and carb meals all day will prevent the ingestion of healthy fats. And that's no good."

He said that eating protein AND carb meals will prevent the ingestion of healthy fats. It's insulin from the carbs that inhibits the ingestion. This happens much the same way carbs inhibits the release of GH and other hormones at night when you go to sleep. In other words, this is why you DON'T want your insulin levels raised before you go to bed at night. This is why you DON'T want to consume carbs before bed. Insulin is the most potent, and trickiest hormone in the body.

Then John goes on to write:

"In an attempt to balance out your two or three carb plus protein (minimal fat) meals each day, you should be eating an additional two to three meals consisting of protein and fat with minimal carbs.

Eat meals consisting of fat and protein together with very little carbs. Also eat protein and carbs together, but with very little fat in those meals. Don't eat carbs by themselves and don't eat carbs with fat."

He specifically says not to eat carbs and fat alone. One reason America is so obese is that they consume carbs and fat together. I don't know where you got the idea that carbs and fat together are a good combination, because frankly, that's ridiculous. In fact, of all the nutrition information I've ever read, I've never once heard anyone recommend carbs and fat in the same meal.

Carbs cause the release of insulin, and insulin is a double-edged sword: think of insulin like a shuttle. It shuttles nutrients and calories around your body for recovery and growth, but it can also shuttle calories to be stored as fat. When you consume fat and carbs in the same meal, you have the perfect combination for disaster: insulin to shuttle, and fat to be stored.

While it's true that fat will minimize the release of insulin, you're also increasing your chances for the calories from fat to be stored as fat when consumed with elevated insulin levels. It definitely is not worth the tradeoff.

Protein is similar to fat in its effects on insulin. In other words, protein also has an insulin minimizing effect. That's why I always eat protein with carbs.

I agree with you not to eat carbs alone, and I never do; therefore, you don't have to convince me in that respect. Basically, here are good combinations for meals:

1. protein and carbs after working out and after waking up (you want carbs and protein after waking up to get your insulin levels raised and to take your body out of its catabolic state, plus I've read that your body is in the same state after waking up that it's in after working out...in other words, it's primed for nutrient uptake, and you want insulin to shuttle those nutrients at that time).

2. protein and fat for other meals besides post-workout or besides upon waking

Here are the combinations to avoid:

1. carbs alone

2. carbs and fat

Finally, I know you had the best intentions posting this reply; however, please be more careful about the information you recommend. There is already so much misinformation on the Internet, and it's already difficult enough for people to try to get in shape without being told to consume carbs and fat in the same meal.

Thanks, and God bless.

Thanks for showing me some evidence. However, I still disagree. Check out the writing of Dr. Eric Serrano sometime. I think you will enjoy the enlightenment.

My best to you, Friend.

[Scott LaPierre]

I also forgot to mention that the reason the Atkins Diet works is that without the presence of insulin, you can consume large amounts of fat without it being stored as fat.

No, I'm not a fan of the Atkins Diet, but it does work. If you were to consume carbs, the diet wouldn't work, because the insulin would store the fat calories as fat.

In the absence of insuling, it's difficult for the body to store calories as fat. That's why/how on the Atkins diet you can still consume large amounts of calories in the form of protein and fat and not have the calories stored as fat.

Thanks again for your reply.

[forklift]

what, no more bananas with peanut butter? forget it...

[stoned_free]

how did you prepare for you photo shoot the week before? did you keep the same diet and workout routine, or did you do a carb depletion/super compensation?

[BigPharma]

Originally Posted by forklift

what, no more bananas with peanut butter? forget it...

lol

[Scott LaPierre]

how did you prepare for you photo shoot the week before? did you keep the same diet and workout routine, or did you do a carb depletion/super compensation?

Yeah, i carb depleted...no carbs except those from green beans, ate protein and udo's oil at every meal for four days. Then three days I cut out my fat, cut down my protein, and took in about 80 grams of carbs in all my meals for three days. i depleted sodium, and loaded on potassium also.