Protein is NOT the Best Food to Build Muscle

In my previous article, Why You Dont Needfat, low fat, high protein, low protein, high carb,
Protein To Gain Muscle, I wrote about 1 of the 3low carb, etc., you are NOT going to gain one
incorrect beliefs that everyone has of protein,ounce of muscle weight if you dont eat enough
thinking that you must eat massive amounts tooverall caloriesperiod!!!!!
gain weight and build muscle mass.You can stuff protein gram after protein gram
I spoke about why it is NOT true that protein isdown your throat, but if you don't give your body
what makes up most of the muscle weight onenough calories, you aren't going to gain weight.
your body.Vice-versa, you can go on the lowest carb or fat
Today, I'm going to write a little about the 2nddiet around, but if you are still eating MORE
myth: that eating high amounts of fats or carbscalories than what your body uses per day, you
(as opposed to eating high protein) is going toaren't going to burn fat.
make you look like a little ball of lard (fat).Your body responds to CALORIES.
Let me make one point really clear, if your goal isFood, regardless of what type, is digested in the
to gain muscle weight and build muscle mass,stomach, gets converted into a form of ENERGY,
eating low amounts of fats or carbs IS NOT thegets sent to the bloodstream, gets transferred to
way to go!the different tissues and organs, where it is then
There are many that are under the impressionused how your body best sees fit.
that you can gain muscle WITHOUT gaining fat byIt isn't the fact that you are eating carbs or
eating a high protein, low to moderate fat or loweating fats that make people overweight, it's the
to moderate carb diet.fact that they are eating too many calories, either
Well, I'm here to tell you that it couldn't be furtherper day or per sitting!!!!!
from the truth.If you want to gain weight, you cannot go on a
Back in the 70's and 80's everyone was on thelow fat or carb diet.
"low fat" kick.I repeat, you CANNOT. Your body needs those
People thought that you had to avoid fats at allcalories. It is impossible to get enough calories
costs, even if you were trying to gain musclefrom just protein to build muscle.
weight.Also, it is carbs that gets converted into glucose,
That's when all of these "low" or "no fat" productswhich is the ONLY thing that your muscles can
hit the markets, capitalizing on the latest fad.use to provide energy to a muscle when it is
Then, all of a sudden, out of no where, with theworking out, and is the only substance in the
re-publication of the Atkins Diet book, in the 90's,body that pushes water and other nutrients into a
and even now, everyone completely made amuscle, which adds to the volume, size, and
turn-around and began to make carbs ENEMY #1.weight of a muscle.NOT protein!
Now, it was all fine and dandy to eat fats andIt is fats that your body uses to line the muscle
high protein, "ohhhh, but stay away from thosecells and creates the hormones that help build
carbs". Man, are we gullible!muscle mass, like testosteronenot protein! In my
What's down-right funny is the fact that whethernext article I'll write about the 3rd protein myth
people were following a low fat diet or low carbthat's being spread.
diet, everyone still wasn't looking any better.How did a Cleveland Firefighter discover how to
People still weren't reaching their muscle building /gain over 40 pounds of muscle weight WITHOUT
weight gaining goals!using any supplements, no special diet, eating very
Well, to get right to the point of this matter (sincelow protein, and working out only 2 hours a
I could write about this for pages and pages),week? Jonathan Perez has created the *ultimate*
regardless of how you divide your calories, highguide - "From Skinny To Muscular!.....