The Anabolic Diet Blog

A common statement I get goes something like this:
Why do you eat raw eggs?  You know that only 50% of the protein is bioavailable in the raw form, while all of it is available when cooked.  Eating cooked eggs is far more efficient.
I disagree and my answer is simple, which I’ll get to in a [...]

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Some of you may notice that in the majority of my latest articles, I don’t refer to the way I eat as the “Anabolic Diet.”  Really the only references you’ll find to the “Anabolic Diet” in my latest articles is, well, in the title of this blog.
The Anabolic Diet got me started in the high [...]

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What you eat after your workout is, in my mind, the second most important meal of the day after breakfast.  However, this meal is far less complicated than breakfast is.
I’ve experimented with every post workout nutrition recommendation around.  My verdict?
Just something with protein after a workout is fine.  Carbs are absolutely unnecessary.
My absolute best results [...]

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(Before reading this, I highly recommend reading my article on bulking, cutting, and maintaining on a high fat, high protein diet first. It explains the reasoning behind a lot of what I write here.)
Losing weight with a high fat, high protein diet is relatively easy, but takes lots of determination and will power. If you really [...]

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(Before reading this, I highly recommend reading my article on bulking, cutting, and maintaining on a high fat, high protein diet first. It explains the reasoning behind a lot of what I write here.)
Most of the year I find myself on what I call a maintenance diet.  This means I eat enough food and [...]

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(Before reading this, I highly recommend reading my article on bulking, cutting, and maintaining on a high fat, high protein diet first.  It explains how to get the biggest benefits out of a muscle gaining cycle.)
I advocate spending only a maximum of 8 weeks at a time in a heavy muscle building phase.  The reason [...]

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In the world of muscle building, dieting is split up into “bulking” and “cutting” phases.  In the bulking phase, you pile on as much weight as you can, usually disregarding any fat gain, and then the cutting phase is for losing that weight.
I think that’s a pile of crap.  In fact, my own personal experiences [...]

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I need to come clean before I get into the list of supplements.
I am really not a big fan of supplements like many people are.  Fish oil and protein powder are the only two that I keep in my arsenal at all times.  Sometimes I use creatine, but I generally get enough of this nutrient [...]

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As with any bodybuilding method, you want to fit in as many vegetables a day as possible while on the Anabolic Diet.
I struggle to get my veggies down.  I used to be far worse, never eating a single green, leafy bite, but now I’ve conditioned myself to sometimes even crave a small salad.  I never [...]

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I am a regular consumer of raw eggs. I love them. I don’t eat them plain straight out of the shell, but I absolutely love mixing them into shakes, pudding recipes, and anything else they’ll fit into. Eggs are the most anabolic food available, and eating raw eggs not only helps me [...]

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