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  1. Here are my stats: 5'10.5" 145 lbs lean body weight is 136.67 pounds maintenance calorie range: 2500 - 2700 Till i made the switch i was consuming approx 90 - 100 gms of protein / 100 gms of CHO / >10 gms of fats my weight leveled off at the mid 140s with this macro profile - i was seeing strength gains though my activity level is the same as before - lift 3x a week. soccer 1x a week (about 2 hrs at a time). i have been consciously trying to get sufficient rest and have been doing well in that department. what i am wondering is whether my body will naturally compensate for the lack of directly ingested proteins (i now est that i consume <20 gms of proteins). i still want to increase size and strength as far as goals are concerned. what are your thoughts? 20 g/day can't be nearly enough. ESPECIALLY if it's low-quality vegetable proteins. Spinach, wheat germ, and hemp all have strong protein profiles.
  2. Oh wow. Thanks for the heads up on that. Should I just throw it away when it comes?
  3. http://www.unifiedfoods.com/spinach_spec.pdf From this, and the rough calculations I did based on the fact that 3.5 pounds of it filled a 5gallon jug ~80% of the way, that it's ~.53g/cc. 240cc--> 126g--> 5g fat, 37.5g net carbs, 13g fiber, 40g protein. A half cup would be 2.5g fat, 19g net carbs, 6g fiber, and 20g protein. I tried drinking this straight, and it was pretty difficult to stomach. I'll have to try the strawberry + banana smoothie.
  4. http://herbsupplies.com.au/product_info.php?products_id=481 Instead of 15-20$ per pound of Spirulina, it's 7.15USD per pound if you buy a kilo. (They bill in AUD, and the AUD-->USD conversion rate is .657) I am personally buying a good-sized order, as well as some Stevia. Daniel
  5. It's not, If you red his title of his blog It says becoming Vegetarian.... When I was transitioning towards going Vegan I was still taking fish oil capsules, whey isolate protein, Greens plus/ginseng w/bee pollen... It took less then a year for my transition. And also to read ingredients and not knowing what is Vegan what isn't. You have to start some where's. And just like anything else it's a learning process. I think dnephi is on the right path for posting here for support Also a note for Dnephi, my first vegan supplement I ever took was Vega. It is a special product. I was introduce to it 3 yrs ago. http://sequelnaturals.com/vega Thanks for being understanding. Vega looks like a fantastic product- but it's very expensive. I'd definitely buy it if it wasn't! I'll also be buying some pea protein from trueprotein soon to replace my whey. Would hempflour/pea protein/wheatgerm be a poor man's Vega? What else would i need to make one?
  6. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1035779/Atkins-diet-safe-far-effective-low-fat-says-study.html Besides being better for your triglyceride, cholesterol, and hormone levels (see this, this, and this) than low-fat dieting, I can say that you don't have to stay on it to keep the weight off. Atkins says that you do, simply because he's selling the products. The weight lost in the first couple of days will be water weight because of the water retention that carbs cause. You will gain that weight back when you go back to eating more carbohydrates. BUT that is all. You won't gain all your fat back. The first problem with these studies, however, is that most of them are done on sedentary, obese people, which, given that this is a bodybuilding forum, I assume we are not. The second problem is that these diets are done on a self-reported basis, which is notoriously inaccurate. There are a couple more myths I want to clear up. Calories still count on any low carb diet. Calories in vs. calories out still determines how fast you lose weight, and you still need a deficit to shed that winter coat. The difference is how accessible your fat stores are, because if your deficit is higher than your ability to use your fat, then that energy comes from somewhere, namely your LBM. There is no metabolic advantage to literally being in ketosis. You can be in fat-burning mode with up to 100 carbs a day after your body has adjusted. Lyle McDonald recommends at least 50g a day for their protein-sparing effect. Some of low carb's advantages are satiation, preferential burning of fat (See http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17617997?ordinalpos=5&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum) "clinical studies clearly demonstrate that ad libitum low-carbohydrate diets elicit greater decreases in body weight and fat than energy-equivalent low-fat diets, especially over a short duration. Thus, although low-carbohydrate and high-fat diets appear detrimental or indifferent relative to performance, they may be a faster means to achieve a more competitive body composition." In summary, a well-researched, planned, strict, calorically-reduced, low carbohydrate diet is more effective at body recomposition than low-fat, high-carb recommendations, the official government recommendation. It is also better for triglyceride, cholesterol, and hormone levels. The problem is that so few people do such a proper diet that what you are criticizing is its incorrect implementation, not the proper one.
  7. I've done low-carb dieting a number of times. The first two times I tried, I felt like the original blogger. Now, though, I feel great when doing so, and I feel better on low carb than on high carb. Once your body has adapted, you're a lot more flexible, and your body is better at burning fat than before, which reduces catabolism while dieting and increases speed of weight loss. Low carbing is not necessarily Atkins. There are a lot of forms. I personally subscribe (now) to a more modest and less strict form, where I have PWO high GI carbs and ultra-low GI carbs at breakfast. That means oatmeal and wheatgerm. If you're consuming your nutrients from non-starchy green vegetables, eating protein, and get healthful fats (IE, Olive, flax, hemp, peanuts, etc.) then you'll get the nutrients you need. Strawberries, blueberries, cranberries, and other berries are often low-carb and extremely high in antioxidants and other chemicals. It seems to me that there's no vitamin/mineral deficiency from such an eating plan. What are your reasons?
  8. I thought I was the only one! I've been subsisting on notebook paper and solar calculators since grade 3. Ticonderoga... Ahhh.
  9. Hemp > Soy http://www.hemptrade.ca/main.jsp?p=abstractshow&absid=212
  10. 1. Wheat Germ: (1 cup) = 360 cals 33 g protein (full spectrum of amino acids) 12 g fat (10 g mono, 2 g sat) 56 g carbs (17 g FIBER wow, only 9 g sugars) 11Kcal/g protein. and as for vitamins it has more than any other grain. 1 serving also contains: 6.8 mg Vit. C (11% DV) 18.1 mg Vit. E (90% DV) 1.9 mg Thiamin (125% DV) 0.9 mg Riboflavin (55% DV) 6.3 mg Niacin (33% DV) 1.1 mg Vitamin B (55% DV) 400 mcg Folate (100% DV) 1.6 mg Pantothenic Acid (16% DV) ....as well as minerals, especially vital in muscle development 10.5 mg Iron (60%) 363 mg Magnesium (90%) 1295 mg Phosphorous (129 % DV) 1070 mg Potassium (31% DV) 4.5 mg sodium...nothing 18.8 mg Zinc (126 % DV) 0.7 mg Copper (35% DV) 22.6 mg manganate (1128% DV...holy cow) 73.5 mg Selenium (105% DV) Option 2: Hempseed 17cal/g protein. http://earthfriendlygoods.com/pages/NutritionalComposition.php Option 3: Hempflour 6.6 cal/g protein Everyone else add . And I'll say that I hate soy. Just for the record .
  11. I would do chickpeas instead of cottage cheese (as a vegan), and sunflower seeds instead of a bit of fish (again as a vegan). The salad dressing could have EFA oil in it (in addition to olive oil) and a good vinegar to help with the digestion (a lovely raspberry vinegarette with thyme and basil is nice). Though I also do BCAAs and pea protein drink right after working out (OK, 15 minutes later - the time it takes me to get home). So Pea Protein is pretty fast digesting? Sort of the equivalent of whey? Thanks for the chickpea recommendation as well. I'll be sure to give that a go.
  12. Oh my! Has anybody else ever eaten 3 cups of wheat germ (I am assuming that this is in one sitting that you consumed this amount)? And yes, it is hard to digest. IMO, you overtaxed your stomach (as in the painful part of your comment), cause how much saliva did you get in your wheat germ before it went down the esophagus? Your amylase enzymes are in the mouth saliva, not the stomach. And you need to get the starch off the germ before the enzymes can get to the protein part of it, and all the other phytonutrients that you want to utilize. I hope you have drunk enough water for that mass to pass thru the small intestines and to get enough bile acids to attach to all that fiber as it dumps into the large intestines! Moderation is always elusive for the BBer! Too much of a good thing will hurt you. I ate it by the spoonful from a bowl, plain. I drank with it, but there wasn't enough water. It was actually quite delicious, if I do say so myself. I sure got what I deserved though- what goes in must come out . I actually noticed that the left half of my stomach was larger than my right-apparently my descending colon was full of gunk. (And that's a technical term.) There is also pancreatic amylase, though, as you know arrives at the duodenum through the common bile duct.
  13. How cut should you be before you start a bulk? I'm just curious. I've heard 10% BF, 6-7%, and "6-pack" as three apparently different recommendations...
  14. http://www.water4.net/why-v-pure.htm It says that this comes from algae- could I get the same amount of EPA/DHA from Spirulina? It also doesn't list how much fat there is per pill (IE, am I looking at 115mg of n-3 fatty acids in 500 or 2000mg of oil? Edit: Workout- Rows (5x5) 140 [Machine] Lat Pulldown (7x5) 60 --> 90 Flies: 4 x 12, 150 --> 190 [Machine] Cable Chest Press (15, 10, 4, 2) x (100, 100, 120, 130) Barbell Preacher Curls (10 @ 40) Concentration Curls (3x10) 25 + Shoulders. PWO: 40g BCAA, 70g whey Followed 30 minutes later by a solid meal, basically heaping spinach salad with cottage cheese, broccoli, mushrooms, and a bit of fish.
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