subject: Nutrition Tips to Gain Muscles [print this page] Irrespective of your interest in muscle growth or body building, nutrition plays the single most important role in your quest to gain muscle or simply if you want to be fit. Muscle growth takes place when the cross sectional area of muscle fibers is increased and appropriate nutrition (abundant protein intake) helps you achieve your desired muscle gain. Following are some simple nutritional tips which would help you through the process
Raw Fruits and Vegetables
Increase your fruit and vegetable servings for your muscle building process and your overall health in general. Fruits and vegetables contain fiber, vitamins and minerals which help you through the process.
Drink Clean Water
How many times has your doctor encouraged you to drink a good amount of water? Apart from other benefits, drinking lots of water is like making your body suitable for good muscle growth. In ideal conditions, drinking at least one gallon of water a day is suggested. Also, keep drinking water during workouts which increases your muscle pumps. Drink clean water with numerous servings (with a time gap) as gulping huge amounts at one go will only increase your trips to the bathroom.
Increase your Protein Content
Instead of eating heavy meals twice a day, eat small amounts every 3 to 4 hours and make sure all your meals have adequate amount of protein content. Good sources of protein include non-vegetarian food products like fish, chicken, eggs, beef, turkey and dairy products. Eating soya bean seeds is also recommended.
Supplements as a Part of Body Building
There are many types of body building supplements which help you to increase the level of creatinine' in the body. Protein shakes also help you post workouts.
Go for Red Meat
Red meat has a considerable amount of fat, but red meat also has good amount of B Vitamins required for muscular growth and volume.
Slow Digesting Protein based Food
Normal body building and muscle building are different so your 8 hour sleep everyday (fasting stage) does not help you in the latter process. Try going for protein sources (which take longer time to digest) and small amounts of foods which have low fat content so that your body is fed throughout the night.
In addition, you need to understand that in the process of muscle growth, you will also end up gaining weight so do not be scared to eat proper amounts of red meat as well.
