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In the early 90's a guy Mauro DiPasquale introduced the metabolic diet which took bodybuilders away from the diets that were high in protein and complex carbs and low in fat. When he inroduced this diet bodybuilders and power athletes went off the high carb low fat bandwagon and started to maintain the high protien edge by cycling lower carb and higher fat diets during the week and going on a 'carb load' at the weekend.

The metabolic diet is easy to follow. It has three main benefits:
1. It stimulates your metabolism to burn fat instead of carbs as its primary fuel.
2.It maintains the fat burning as you lower your caloric intake , so that your body obtains it energy mainly from fat instead of glycogen or muscle protein
3.Its spares and maintains protein, allowing you to build muscle mass

The first step of this diet is to change your metabolism into burning fat as its primary fuel. Done by limiting carbs and consuming ample amount of fat. during this change you dont really need to change your caloric intake, just substitute protien and fat for your former carb calories

The second step, once your fat adapted( usualy takes 2-3 weeks and also you'll will find out yourself if you can cope with this diet cause its tough on the system over that period!!!) is to vary your cals to suit your goal. To increase your size up your cals intake by consuming more protein and fat.To lose body fat decrease your caloric and fat intake keeping high level of protein.Because you body has less amount of calories going in, it will increase the use of burning fat stores in the body put simply!

I will explain why the metabolic diet helps maximise strength and lean Body mass.First insulin is no the enemy.In fact , insulin is a problem only when it chronically high or extremely variable , as happens with high carb diets. In the metabolic diet it the body makes use of the anabolic effect of insulin, avoiding its bad effect on body fat and insulan sensitivity.
Insulin works its anabolic magic hand in hand with testosterone and growth hormone(GH).gh IS VERY IMPORTANT CAUSE IT INCREASES PROTEIN SYNTHESIS AND DECEASES MUSCLE BREAKDOWN.During weekdays when your on high fat,high protein and low carbsportiomn on the diet, insulin levelsstay fairly steadyand dont fluctuate wildly, and GH secretion increases.Along with stimulating a great enviroment for body shaping, GH also induces cells to use fat instead of sugar for energy, thus increasing th burning off of body fat and limiting its production.

The best way to approach the first 2 weeks is to stay low carb for the first 12 days then increase carb on sat and/or sun.Doing this will in shift fat into the primary fuel being burned for the body.It will also tell you if you are unsuited to bottom-level "low carbing"

carb intake fat protein carbs

weekday maximum 30grams 40-60 40-50 4-10
weekend (12-48 hours) NO real limit 20-40 15-30 35-60

During the 12 day period stick stictly to 30grams of carbs a day, unless you are extremely uncomfortable(fatigue, weakness etc) you may not be biochemically suited to this low level of carbs.

Stick to this and you Will increase lean muscle and lose body fat at the same time.

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