MEAL FREQUENCY  INFLUENCES YOUR BODY

Do you want to grow muscles and burn fat faster? Ha. Of course you want… especially taking into consideration the fact that to do it you needn’t starve but eat. However, you have to eat not just three times a day as the majority of people do but 6-7 times a day. If you are able to split your daily nutrition ration in even small portions you would achieve even more significant changes of your figure. If you do everything correctly you’ll be just astonished on seeing final results.

It’s good to consume any kind of protein food each 2.5 hours in order to maintain the optimal amino acids level in plasma – it provides positive nitrogen balance and, consequently, favorable conditions for muscle growth. In practice, most bodybuilders try to eat 4-8 small food portions a day. They are not equal: a glass of milk or a protein cocktail is considered a separate food intake.

It’s amazing that to lose fat you don’t need to stick to low-calorie diet. Eating by small portions and according to a strict schedule can significantly assist you to get rid of excess fat. Of course, you shouldn’t consume 900 kilo-calories with each food intake. It would be reasonable to divide daily calorie content according to the quantity of food intakes. For example, if your daily calorie content amounts 3500 kilo-calories you should eat by each of (for example) 7 food intakes approximately 500 kilo-calories.

There are several reasons for such daily nutrition plan that small and frequent portions are much more useful in comparison with big and rare ones. Apart from keeping positive nitrogen balance smaller food portions allow you to receive more calories throughout a day and avoid increased fat synthesis. This nutrition strategy allows you to gain high-quality ‘lean’ muscle mass.

Besides it, daily split nutrition positively influences a row of important hormones that determine to quite a great extent the way you look: thin, fat or normal. Eating according to regular intervals keeps constant insulin balance and leads to fat losses and muscle growth; it increases noradrenalin level and also assists the process of fat burning and increase of testosterone level.

Often it’s psychologically difficult to get used to eat this way: you’ll have to cook food beforehand and keep it in plastic containers. The most useful bodybuilders’ food products appear to be the products rich in high-quality proteins: chicken meat, tuna, turkey, porridge, rice, vegetables and fruit. Some food intakes can be replaced with protein cocktails: they are especially useful right after trainings and before going to sleep. These are the first steps that you should do towards correct nutrition diet plan.

Written by: Dennis Borisoff
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