Diet Carb cycling, low calorie, low fat, fasting…what’s the thing that makes the MOST sense biologically? Completely in awe of my answer to that now. Never thought I’d do this but…Intermittent fasting makes the MOST sense. The body was DESIGNED to use fat during what? PERIODS OF FASTING. So, best way to keep fat off or get leaner? Intermittent fasting. Fed days keeps the metabolism cranking instead of day after day being below maintenance calories to lose fat. Without typing out the entire protocol I’d take a look at “The Metabolic Blowtorch” by Campbell. Works extremely well. Plus this diet saves money AND on fasting days it’s surprising how much you get accomplished AND how much more intelligent you become.
In a nutshell, on training days eat around maintenance calories or just above. On non weight training days fast till the afternoon or evening then consume MOSTLY protein with low carbs and fat. Fasting means NO CALORIES. Even advise to go as far as no artificial sweeteners meaning all day you get only water and black coffee. But think about calorie intake on a WEEKLY need vs intake basis not daily. Still for the most part eating the same foods…eggs, grass fed beef, wild salmon, oats, WHITE rice, veggies, PB, mixed nuts, etc.
Supplements: A few changes here but generally still a quality multivitamin, 3-5g fish oil a day, a quality blended protein, and a few times a year liver/organ cleanse.
Fasting cuts out a LOT of food from the week and for a period I also was not on a multivitamin. Blood work showed low TSH, T3 and T4. Doc wrote a script for Synthroid which I tossed in the trash….and got some high absorbency selenium, tyrosine and iodine and took significantly higher than RDA amounts. Within weeks metabolism and energy made a 100% come back and thyroid levels are fine!
BCAAs and a little carb powder during a workout only … eating lots of whole protein during the day there isn’t a need for drinking BCAAs all day as I used to even dieting.
In place of joint support…curcumin! Great for nearly every cell of the body.
If your doc for some reason won’t prescribe metformin (AMAZING drug) then berberine should be used to help maintain insulin sensitivity amongst a TON of other health benefits.
Also there is a lot of validity to “backfilling the pathways” with DHEA (25mg twice a day should be plenty).
Pre workouts? Nah…half a Cialis and several cups of coffee gets the energy and the pump/vascularity going. Not to mention the positive side effects of Cialis (lower bp, BPH, etc and of course wood at ANY time).
Small doses of pregnenalone are great also and has an excellent antianxiety effect. 50mg is plenty and there are a few out there that make inexpensive time release tabs OTC.
Melatonin also slows down aging effects and improves sleep quality…3-15mg per night….most will need to experiment to see what they like best. Personally I take 5-10mg either quick release or split of quick and time release tabs.
Check your blood work but MOST will need vit D supps to get to top end of normal…get the oil caps not the dry tabs for best absorption and likely 5,000iu daily will get the job done.
Magnesium also before bed…great for nearly every cell and our diets don’t have that much in them anymore.
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