The problem with the higher
carb bulking diets is that you can get very groggy and sleepy especially after a very high carb meal.
Not exact matches
Studies show time and time again that low fat
diets (getting the
bulk of your daily value of calories from sugars /
carbs) are not good for you.
If the person is trying to
bulk up muscle mass then I would revise the
diet, increase her complex
carb intake and increase overall caloric count.
One of the main mechanisms of
bulking is loading your body with
carbs, and a typical
bulking diet relies heavily upon high -
carb foods such as grains, potatoes, rice and pasta.
Some were downright terrible — like the 3 month long escapade with a zero
carb, very low fat, extremely high protein
diet — , a few that were, uh, a little misguided, let's say — like my year long «dirty
bulk», — and others that were a lot more effectual, like flexible dieting and more recently, my experiments with a ketogenic
diet.
At the same time, I bought in heavily to the low
carb, low fat mantra that dominated popular media, shrinking my
diet to controlled portions well under my daily requirements and
bulking out meals with plain vegetables.
For a
bulking diet, keep it simple; figuring grams per pound of bodyweight for each macro, eat your bodyweight + 100 grams of
carbs (i.e. if you weigh 200 pounds, eat 300 grams), and around a gram per pound of bodyweight in protein.
I've already hinted that you need
carbs in your
bulking diet to give you all the energy you need to be able to function normally as well as having the necessary fuel to workout and for your body to grow and expand.
-- do nt, get me wrong for, as you continue i would definitely agree that coconut oil is AMAZING on ketogenic
diets as is leucine — i would also agree that a ketogenic
diet is not the best is one is trying to
bulk up... however — yes, coconut oil will allow ketone bodies to show up in the urine evn when we are eating
carbs, but that is only because coconut oil is metabolised in such a way as to provide a very quick source of energy, ketones, not because it is actually putting us into a ketogenic state ourselves!
These don't count for much in terms of «
carbs» if the fiber is indigestible (think green leafy veggies), but they can be a considerable component of the
diet in terms of
bulk.
Many clean
bulk diets start off with a moderate amount of
carbs, moderate amount of protein, and a decently low amount of fats, «Gaining lean muscle means going for leaner cuts of meat, like flank steaks and fillets, chicken, and, of course, fish,» says White.