Are "liquid" calories really that bad ?

[Bio-Active]

You will get a lot of people saying liquid calories are bad but it’s fucking nonsense. There is nothing wrong with drinking raw egg whites, or blending oats with protien powder and water vs making the oats and mixing in protien powder.

As long as your still including natural food like oats and egg whites etc it doesn’t make a damn difference if you have to chew or not.

There is a difference. A calorie is not a calorie. Your body will process liquid in about 30 minutes we’re real dense food takes 3 hours. You burn more calories digesting calorie dense food

[Kay kay]

Perhaps but that’s an absolutely minute difference. If blending your oats and egg whites in a shake allow you to hit that 5.5k cals you need per day on a bulk then go ahead and consume 3k of those cals that way.... that’s better than coming up 1k cals short of your goal.

I am looking at things from the perspective of achieving real size not refining a 200lb body weight, but I think most of us are still striving for our max muscle gain anyways so I believe it’s relevant.

If you’re sticking to completely balanced and ideal micro nutrient sources of whole foods you are going to have a hell of a time hitting your calories at higher weights. My last bulk my macros were 350g protien, 1100g carbs, under 85g fats. Good fucking luck getting that down without eating any sugars or liquid cals, although sugars were an intentional part of my diet in conjunction with insulin .

Sorry if that came across harsh. I also want to point out I’m advocating whole foods being processed by you into a liquid, not a supplemental drink to replace meals. I’m talking things like oats egg whites olive oil etc

[Kay kay]

I mean with that logic should we all up our protien macros because it’s more thermogenic and therefor burns more calories to digest...?

[GearHeaded]

I mean with that logic should we all up our protien macros because it’s more thermogenic and therefor burns more calories to digest...?

I agree . the idea of going with solid food over liquid foods simply to burn more calories is a bit more relevant for soccer moms then bodybuilders or gym rats , imo. burning calories is one of the easiest things for us to do . consuming enough calories (even when cutting) is sometimes the more difficult thing to do

[Bio-Active]

Perhaps but that’s an absolutely minute difference. If blending your oats and egg whites in a shake allow you to hit that 5.5k cals you need per day on a bulk then go ahead and consume 3k of those cals that way.... that’s better than coming up 1k cals short of your goal.

I am looking at things from the perspective of achieving real size not refining a 200lb body weight, but I think most of us are still striving for our max muscle gain anyways so I believe it’s relevant.

If you’re sticking to completely balanced and ideal micro nutrient sources of whole foods you are going to have a hell of a time hitting your calories at higher weights. My last bulk my macros were 350g protien, 1100g carbs, under 85g fats. Good fucking luck getting that down without eating any sugars or liquid cals, although sugars were an intentional part of my diet in conjunction with insulin .

Sorry if that came across harsh. I also want to point out I’m advocating whole foods being processed by you into a liquid, not a supplemental drink to replace meals. I’m talking things like oats egg whites olive oil etc

I mean with that logic should we all up our protien macros because it’s more thermogenic and therefor burns more calories to digest...?

I agree . the idea of going with solid food over liquid foods simply to burn more calories is a bit more relevant for soccer moms then bodybuilders or gym rats , imo. burning calories is one of the easiest things for us to do . consuming enough calories (even when cutting) is sometimes the more difficult thing to do

It all just depends on your personal goals

[Kay kay]

Agreed.