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Matching fat gram for carb gram (STS Dieting), have anyone tried this for a lean bulker?

Our dear friend Ronnie Rowland claims that this is a secret that is very good kept. (That many uses matching fat grams for carbs grams to stay lean while bulking).

The fat grams are mostly from healthy fats ofcourse.
Oliveoil, all different kinds of healthy oils, nuts, fish oil and so on to get the fat up there.

So anyone tried this? For example when bulking consuming 250g carbs and 250g fat and say 300-400g protein?

I Know alot of you will say this is crazy. I am aware of that this is way outside of the norm, but I am always willing to try something new. I have tried traditional bulking methods and they work great i.e high carb high pro and lower fat..
Some people are carb sensitive! For these individuals, I match carb grams for fats grams of an equal basis during deloads to prevent body fat increases through insulin spikes. This means if they take in 150 grams of fats I have them take in around 150 grams of carbs for that day. Keep in mind this is used only as a baseline during low carb days and/or deloads as everyones carb metabolism varies. Matching carb grams for fats grams does not work for everyone. Some do much better on higher amounts of carbs and fewer fats. Protein intake also needs to be reduced during deloads and increased during reloads. Everyone needs more carbs and fewer fats during reloads. You also want to take in more fats and less carbs during deloads. The secret is to take in only enough carbs to fuel your metabolism and to spare protein sources. Let dietary fats increase your caloric intake so you can avoid increasing insulin (a fat storage hormone) while still putting on size. You can only eat so much protein-hence the reason you'll need to incease dietary fats once carb needs are pretty well met.

It was Dave Palumbo who turned me onto to this concept about 10 years ago and it has worked well for me and my clients! He got up to a lean 300 pounds by consuming more fats! I love my smart balance peanut butter and cashews in the off-season. Too many carbs makes us bloated/fat and for some being incapable of putting on muscular weight due to stomach distress or a lack of dense calories.