Ernie,
You have some good points. Food is the best you can eat to gain weight, no
doubt about that.
Concentrated nutrition in the form of a MRP/gainer makes it much easier and
less demanding for the digestive system, if you need to eat a lot of calories
to gain muscle weight. Its very important to get plenty of essental fatty
acids, Omega-3 & 6's in the right ratio. And drink plenty of structured water.
More minerals and vitamins are also important to support the increased
metabolism, especially high potency antioxidants. The free radical increase in
the body with intense sports are very high.
Plenty of carbs is absolutely needed to replenish depleted muscle sugar energy.
Too many carbs can give weight gain which is not muscle, it will be stored as
fat. But heavy training require adequate carbs, unless you want to loose fat at
the same time. There are a lot of low carb gainers on the market as well as
MRPs.
Another things is that the gainers/mrps/proteins are whey based and do not have
any fiber, so long term use without plenty of fiber in your regular meals can
create lots of digestive toxins.
Its like putting glue in your engine. For some people its worse, all depend on
your body type.
I would say it is very important to add a digestive enzyme product, if you are
eating a lot of food. Its also very important to eat alkalizing foods as hard
muscle training creates a lot of acidity in the body. The key is to develop an
athletic body while preserving optimum health, THAT is the challenge.
There are recently some new varieties of meal replacement drinks which are made
according to such whole food princples. The absolutely best I have been able
to find is a product called Vega from Sequel in Canada. I use it myself, its
expensive, but absolutely amazing. It can be combined/blended with fruits or a
carb powder for extra carbs. There is no crap in this, only the best
ingredients. It was developed by Brendan Brazier, one of Canada's most prolific
vegan iron man athletes. Farout stuff!
- Ole
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