I agree.Originally Posted by bizzarro
Also IMO there's 2 myths around the bodybuilding community that are quite established:
Myth #1: you need a lot of protein to grow. Although a bodybuilder aminoacid requirements can be higher than rest of population, specially on cycle, how much does its actually needed?
Look at the OP here, 370 grs of protein, I dont know his size but this amount of nitrogen nutrients is too much for anyone. Multiple studies show that a normal person has his protein needs filled by less then 100gr per day, sure a bodybuilder oncycle can use more, but IMO its more important to keep aminoacid pool levels at a constant level than to eat high amounts.
So 25-40 grs protein every 2-3 hours is the best way to keep this levels constant and to promote anabolism.
This means with 180 to 220 grs per day one would have aminoacids always ready for use.
Aminoacids not used will just be excreted putting extra stress on liver and specially kidneys.
Remember our body does not store protein, neither it transforms protein into fat (although this is possible it is not feaseable as the turnover is negative).
Another negative point associated with this is that meat also carries alot of saturated fat, hello cholesterol!?
I'll be happy to debate this in further detail if anyone wants too.
Myth #2: eat a lot of fat to raise testosterone levels as cholesterol is the hormones building block.
This one is hilarious, but still has its followers. If it was true ppl with high cholesterol would be some testosterone freaks huh? Ya think?? Its completely wrong, cholesterol required for hormone synthesis is quite low.
Just think that cholesterol is measured in blood in mg/dL, testosterone is measured ng/dL (thats nanograms). 1 miligram = 1000000 nanograms, for those forgotten.
Fat has its place in nutrition, although most ppl (non bodybuilders) also exagerate in the amount, specially of saturated fat.
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