So Lets Cover Some Muscle Building Foods You Should Have in Your Kitchen
Here’s a GREAT rule to follow. Consume NO fat immediately following your workout, but DO eat simple carbohydrates.
You are after fast digesting simple sugars right after training. Avoid anything containing fat in the food or drink you ingest right after training. You want the muscle to quickly absorb the nutrients during this period of time and fat will slow down this process.
You still need fat, but you’ll get it at OTHER times of the day.
Fat slows absorption which is bad right after training, but ideal the rest of the time. If you don’t eat fat, then your body will soak up what you eat very quickly. As a matter of fact, your body’s pace will beat the rate that you can actually use them. So then your blood sugar rises and drops. This isn’t good for your dieting efforts overall. Adding a little bit of fat to your meals insures steady energy. This fat will help you slow your absorption rate and you won’t have that spike and crash you will get otherwise.
Of course, WAY too many muscle building foods – really GOOD ones – exist to list them all, but this will certainly get you off on the right path!