Bodybuilding Diet Plans - Fast-5 Diet

Bodybuilding Diet Plans - Fast-5 Diet

 

There is also a diet floating around called the Fast-5, in which you fast on a daily basis for 19 hours. In this diet, you have a window of five hours per day in which to eat whatever you wish. The window can be at any time, but it is the only time that consumption of food is allowed.

Bodybuilding Diet Plans - Atkins Or Ketogenic Diet TM

The diet made famous by Dr. Atkins in the eighties is also commonly called The Ketogenic, or Keto Diet. In this eating plan, emphasis is placed on a diet high in fat and protein with little to no carbohydrates being consumed. It is very common among bodybuilders when preparing for a competition and used as a cutting diet. It is also widely used as a method to help those with Epilepsy.

The thought process behind this type of diet is that by eliminating carbs, you will force your body into a state of ketosis, at which time ketones are used as a fuel source - rather than glucose.

Ketosis is basically defined as the build-up of ketones in your bloodstream wherein your body produces ketones for fuel. When this happens your blood ketone concentration is higher than your glucose concentration.

Ketosis drastically lowers insulin; which in turn causes your pancreas to start producing glucagon. After this happens while on a ketogenic diet, it is believed that your body will basically go into a dramatic fat burning mode.

Step 1 : Define how many calories you need daily