Recommended Literature on Diet

[DNoMac]

You guys have any suggestions (besides Muslce and Fitness)?

[GUnit33]

I read the Abs diet book from mens health...it seems to work for some people, and it had a lot of good points.

Otherwise, any Adkins or South Beach diet will give great info on good carb sources and such.

[usualsuspect]

www.thepaleodiet.com
www.extique.com

Those two links will cover a lot of what you will want/need to know. The Zone books are also important, Protein Power:Lifeplan is excellent, Lights Out: Sleep, Sugar and Survival is IMO incredible. There are others but that is a pretty good starting point.

~US~

[DNoMac]

Thanks for the input fellas. I'm gonna get a little more specific and ask for anything on the subject of bodybuilding and muscle building. Usual- the Sites didn't work for some reason.

[IBdmfkr]

The internet isn't really the place to look, go get books on healthy eating and that break down how the body responds to different macros and nutrient timing. That's a good start to understanding how foods are processed by the body etc.

[DNoMac]

I've taken a few courses on Human nutrition, but it seems the information corresponds to the "average" adult (i.e. consuming only ~50gms protein/day). I did learn a lot of useful information, and a lot I had already learned from this site. However, I was looking for something specific to bodybuilding. I did a search on amazon and found several books on bodybulding nutrition, but wasn't sure which one to choose. Franco Columbo had one, but it was published in the 80's. I'll probably go to a bookstore, that way I can at least get a little preview of the book.

Btw, does the book by Anthony Roberts go into nutrition at all with gear? I was thinking about picking that one up, but I was looking for something a little more focused on diet.

[IBdmfkr]

I've never seen Anthony mention much about nutrition or seem to have much knowledge in that field.. he is more concerned with how different drugs respond to the body etc.. I'd find it hard for one person to have a total understanding in both fields of expertise, they are both very complicated subjects that info is constantly changing.

It's a good book though either way, I have a copy.

[Kärnfysikern]

I've taken a few courses on Human nutrition, but it seems the information corresponds to the "average" adult (i.e. consuming only ~50gms protein/day). I did learn a lot of useful information, and a lot I had already learned from this site. However, I was looking for something specific to bodybuilding. I did a search on amazon and found several books on bodybulding nutrition, but wasn't sure which one to choose. Franco Columbo had one, but it was published in the 80's. I'll probably go to a bookstore, that way I can at least get a little preview of the book.

Btw, does the book by Anthony Roberts go into nutrition at all with gear? I was thinking about picking that one up, but I was looking for something a little more focused on diet.

I think its going to be tremendously hard to find something of high standard concerning bodybuilding diets. Avoid those written by the old champions like columbo, mentzer, arnold ect. I doubt they have anything scientificly accurate to share. Maby if chad nichols or any other pro trainer has written something. The guy that trains jay cutler has written a book but I cant for the life of me remember what the guys name is or what the book title is. But I think the problem is books like that is always dumbed down so that the avarage joe can understand them :/

[Giants11]

Go straight to the source brother. All other diet books are subject to one's opinions. Make you own, pick up a College Nutrition Text and you'll be on your way, myperson favorite is:

Advanced Nutrition and the Human Metabolsim, V4.

Gratudate level book, but it teach you every thing you need to know.

And geuss what, that text also states that insulin not responsible for protein synthesis

[DNoMac]

And geuss what, that text also states that insulin not responsible for protein synthesis

I might as well eliminate that choice..Jk, thanks for the recommendation. I just took a course last winter and sold my book back, damn it.