| Eat to Grow Muscle Choosing Foods for Muscle | | | | material your body uses for this rebuilding job. If you |
| Growth | | | | don't eat enough protein, your body will run out of raw |
| It's hard to argue with the idea that you need to eat | | | | materials and won't be able to make the muscle |
| enough of the right kinds of food if you want to grow | | | | stronger or even repair the damage you do working |
| muscle. But what are the right foods for muscle | | | | out. You'll fail to make your muscles bigger. In fact, |
| growth? With all the misleading information and fad | | | | over time, they'll get weaker instead of stronger and |
| eating plans out there, that's a trickier question. | | | | you'll probably end up injuring yourself. |
| Fortunately, there are some basic facts that help clear | | | | So getting enough high-quality protein is your top |
| things up. Keep reading for the straight information you | | | | priority. The best sources of protein are chicken |
| need if you're going to pick foods to grow muscle. | | | | (particularly the breast), turkey, and fish. You need to |
| Muscle Growth Requires You to Eat | | | | make sure that your diet includes plenty of these three |
| You know you have to work hard to stimulate your | | | | high-protein foods. Lean red meats, eggs, and nuts are |
| body to build muscle. Well the actual act of building | | | | also useful sources of protein, but you should get most |
| muscle is hard work too. Your body has to burn a lot | | | | of it from turkey, chicken, and fish. |
| of energy when it builds new muscle. That means you | | | | Carbs Are Your Workout Energy Source |
| may well have to eat more than you are now to give | | | | Carbs are your body's main fuel. If you don't eat |
| your body the calories it needs to build bigger muscles. | | | | enough carbs, you won't have the energy to work out |
| But that isn't a license to stuff your face all day. | | | | long enough or hard enough to build muscle. And even |
| Stuffing yourself with jelly donuts or other junk foods | | | | if you somehow manage to pull off the workouts, |
| will increase the number of calories you get, but that's | | | | without enough carbohydrates, your body won't have |
| not going to help your body build big muscles. You still | | | | the energy to rebuild your muscles stronger. |
| need to eat healthy foods for muscle growth or you'll | | | | Not all carbohydrates are the same though. Simple |
| just get fat instead of more muscular. That's where | | | | carbohydrates, like bread or table sugar, give you a |
| the rest of this article comes in. | | | | quick jolt of energy followed by a crash, while at the |
| Protein is Your Top Priority | | | | same time giving you a bunch of empty calories that |
| When you work out hard enough to build new | | | | your body is very likely to store as fat. Complex |
| muscles, you're in reality damaging the muscles that | | | | carbohydrates like whole grain breads, fruits, and |
| you want to make bigger. Your body responds to the | | | | vegetables give you a slower, but longer lasting supply |
| damage by repairing the damage and at the same | | | | of energy, contain lots of nutrients with their calories, |
| time rebuilding the muscles a little bigger and stronger | | | | and are much less likely to end up as fat. |
| to handle the stress. And protein is the construction | | | | |