Carb Cycling Made Easy- Part 1. The first time I experimented with carb cycling was some time back in the early 90’s, largely influenced by the work of Michael Zumpano and the late Dan Duchaine.
I was blown away by how incredibly well this worked so I immediately enlisted a few more test subjects to try it out on. Again, the results were awesome. My brother, our friend Todd and I all got in the best shape we’d ever been in to date. After that I had some clients try it and the results were the same. Being like a lot of people I was in search of the next best thing so I got away from it for a while. I haven’t written a diet in the last six years that didn’t include carb cycling and I’m not about to start. The problem is some people get freaked out and think that it’s gonna be the hardest thing in the world to figure out and adhere to. To sum it up in simple terms carb cycling means that you eat higher carbs on training days and lower amounts of carbs on off days. Getting Started With carb cycling you can: How You Do It.
The IF Life. Intermittent Fasting, Ch. 6. So far, my experiments revolved around entire days of fasting, with varying success.
However, in the IF movement, some fasting proponents prefer shorter, more targeted fasts, especially for those who work out and are interested in improving both health and body composition. Perhaps the most prominent is Martin Berkhan, who is something of a nutritional contrarian. He blogs about loving alcohol, skipping breakfast, training in a fasted state, eating carbs before bed, and only eating 2-3 meals per day. Despite not following more commonly established “healthy eating rules,” he boasts of a 600-pound deadlift and a lean, muscular body, while claiming to never have used any muscle-building drugs. Intrigued, I decided to play around with his ideas, which he calls the “Leangains” method. The Leangains program is based on a few simple rules. As you can see from my description, this isn’t just intermittent fasting; there's actually a lot more going on.
What makes this approach different? Top Ten Fasting Myths Debunked (Major Update Nov 4th) Or "Top Ten Diet Myths Debunked".
That would have fit almost as well. Ok, so in retrospect, I think I screwed up on the title. Many myths just happened to be connected to intermittent fasting (meal frequency, breakfast skipping, etc.). Well, live and learn. November 4th Addendum: Section added at the end of the article. Everyone who learns about nutrition through the usual channels, be it fitness magazines, mainstream diet books and forums, gets cursed with the prevailing belief system of what constitutes a good diet. Though specific dietary recommendations vary slightly depending on who you listen to, there are many common denominators and "rules" that you are told you must adhere to.
Upon closer scrutiny, the great majority lack scientific basis. Sometimes, what's claimed is even in exact opposition to what really occurs at a physiological level. You'll see similar examples in this article. The myths I'll debunk today are being kept alive by: 1. 2. 3. The top ten fasting myths debunked. The World's Healthiest Foods. 100 foods that can serve as the basis of your Healthiest Way of Eating.
Links to the articles about these foods can be found below. In addition to questions about our foods, we often get asked about beverages and sweeteners. In the beverage category, water and green tea have been especially popular topics, and in the sweetener category, so have blackstrap molasses, honey and maple syrup. Of course, there are many other nutritious foods other than those that we have included on our list that we feel are wonderful, health-promoting foods; if there are other whole foods - such as fruits, vegetables, nuts/seeds, whole grains, etc - that you like, by all means enjoy them. Just because a food is not on our list doesn't mean that we don't think that it can be included in a diet geared towards the Healthiest Way of Eating as long as it is a whole, natural, nutrient-rich food. FAQs about the World's Healthiest Foods Criteria for The World's Healthiest Foods 1.