I want to byuld muscle but i want to do it the full natural way with out protein supplyment products. I realize this will take longer before i see results but pls answer if you know of any food and drinks that i could take that would nearly match a protein shake.
There are a ton of great whole food sources of protein, which I will list below. First let’s cover a couple things:
1. If your goal is to build muscle you need to eat 5 – 6 small meals throughout the day, all of which need to include protein. Doing this with whole food alone will be a daunting task. I’m all for eating whole food whenever possible with the exception of post workout. At this time a powder is advantageous as powders absorb faster.
2. The notion that protein powders are unnatural is not true. Protein powders are not just synthesized in a lab rather the powders are derived from whole food raw material sources. They are spray dried & flavored (you can opt for something sweetened with stevia if you’d like. However there is nothing wrong with artificial sweeteners such as sucralose or ace-k. I know that this will drive the raw foods people crazy, but the fact remains neither have been shown to be unhealthy).
Here’s how a typical day could look for you (keep in mind you can have a handful of almonds or piece of fruit with your protein shake to keep more whole food in your diet).
Meal 1 8:30 AM
5 Egg Whites & 1 whole egg, & 1 small apple
Meal 2 11:00 AM Protein drink mixed w/ 1 tablespoon of Udo’s Oil
Workout 12 – 1 PM
Meal 3 Postworkout 1:00 PM
2 scoops of Insu-Pro
Meal 4 2:00 PM
Grilled Chicken breast, spinach, & 1 sweet potato
Meal 5 5:00 PM
Cup of low fat cottage cheese & small handful almonds & walnuts
Meal 6 8:00 PM
Sirloin w/ broccoli
Meal 7 11:00 PM
Protein drink, mixed 1 tablespoon of Udo’s Oil & 1 tablespoon of Udo’s Wholesome Fast-food
Good protein sources:
Chicken breast
Turkey breast
Lean ground turkey
Swordfish
Orange roughy
Haddock
Salmon
Tuna
Crab
Lobster
Shrimp
Top round steak
Top sirloin steak
Lean ground beef
Buffalo
Lean ham
Egg whites or substitutes
Trout
Low-fat cottage cheese
Wild-game meat
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I’m also working on building more muscle, and I would recommend milk, red meats, canned chicken, eggs, beans, and peanuts. These are all high in protein. You can also look on the nutrition facts panel on the side of food packages to find out the protein content of specific foods. You need about fifty grams (g) of protein a day.
Kudos! Natural is the best way, and actually won’t take you that much longer to build up muscle. Hope this helped.
meats – fish, poultry, pork, beef. The white meats and fish are better/more easily digested.
eggs, dairy(milk, cheese)
Your average protein shake has about 22g of protein. Your average egg is about 6-8g of protein. a 7oz steak can have up to 34g of protein.
Not that I really care, but why the opposition to supplements? Do you take vitamins? That’s a supplement. Do you only each whole foods or do you eat prepared foods? Because those have supplements and preservatives. Do you drink gatorade or any other energy drink?
I’m just saying…
Update: Here’s a good protein chart from about.comhttp://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/whattoe…
PEANUTBUTTER AND JELLY SANDWICHES, TUNA, EGG WHITES(NO YOKE),CASHEWS, ROAST BEEF, SALMON, MILK,CHEESE, STEAK, ALL HAVE GOOD AMOUNT OF PROTEIN.
Fish and chicken breast are good protein choices but you also want to eat plenty of veggies to be sure you are getting your proper vitamins and minerals.
Foods with protein eg: peanuts , nuts , eggs , dairy products.
Fish, penuts and Tofu are all good options.
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