Comments on: About low-carb http://www.actboldly.com/2006/05/14/about-low-carb/ Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:17:33 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: neca http://www.actboldly.com/2006/05/14/about-low-carb/comment-page-1/#comment-386 neca Mon, 15 May 2006 13:27:17 +0000 http://www.actboldly.com/2006/05/14/about-low-carb/#comment-386 I recently read a great e-book called "Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle" by Tom Venuto, body builder and personal trainer. He makes a great point that is so simple. Instead of saying that your diet should be 40/40/20 or 40/30/30, he offers a good starting point 50/30/20, and then talks about how and why you would tweak it to suit your own body! I eat somewhere between a 50 carb/30 protein/20 fat diet and a 40/40/20. But I exercise a lot, lift a lot of weights, and get most nearly all of my carbs from minimally processed sources like fruit, vegetables, oats, etc. I don't think of my diet as low-carb, I just think of it as what suits me and maks me feel good while fueling my activities. When you aren't eating wonder bread or spagetti, 50% seems like a lot of carbs! Whether you want to look like one or not, body builders have used diet for years to lose fat while maintaining lean mass. There are some good ideas to be had from that group of folks. I recently read a great e-book called “Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle” by Tom Venuto, body builder and personal trainer. He makes a great point that is so simple. Instead of saying that your diet should be 40/40/20 or 40/30/30, he offers a good starting point 50/30/20, and then talks about how and why you would tweak it to suit your own body!

I eat somewhere between a 50 carb/30 protein/20 fat diet and a 40/40/20. But I exercise a lot, lift a lot of weights, and get most nearly all of my carbs from minimally processed sources like fruit, vegetables, oats, etc. I don’t think of my diet as low-carb, I just think of it as what suits me and maks me feel good while fueling my activities. When you aren’t eating wonder bread or spagetti, 50% seems like a lot of carbs!

Whether you want to look like one or not, body builders have used diet for years to lose fat while maintaining lean mass. There are some good ideas to be had from that group of folks.

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