I have been out of the gym for about eight weeks. Probably longer. I had a back injury, herniated disk, and was was laid up. I did put on a few pounds and lose some muscle mass.
Disappointed I started looking at alternative ways to eat, since there won’t be anymore compound, heavy leg workouts. I ran across the Spartan Diet and haven’t looked back. The following are the basic principals of the diet.
- The three worst things you can eat are 1. refined sugar 2. white flour 3. hydrogenated/partially hydrogenated vegetable oil.
- Do not eat artificially produced low-fat products
- Do not eat soy products
- Do not eat powdered milk, powdered eggs or protein powder
- Do not eat highly processed fake foods like cookies, cakes, breads, protein bars, pizza, soft drinks etc etc etc
- Eat fresh fruit. Make it organic whenever possible. Wash commercial fruit well before eating.
- Eat seafood. Any and all kinds of fish, shell fish and sea creatures.
- Eat meat. Organs as well as muscle meat. Game animals are best, Pasture-fed, and free-range are excellent. Includes beef, game meat, poultry, lamb, pig, etc.
- Animal fats are a valuable food. DO NOT FEAR ANIMAL FATS. Use butter, ghee, cream, sour cream, lard, beef fat, egg yolks etc.
- Eat vegetables. Green leafy vegetables are especially important.
- Properly prepare all grains and use only as a supplement in your diet.
- Use sea salt, raw honey/real maple syrup, vinegar, natural herbs for flavoring.
- Try to eat some part of your animal food as raw. Eggs, milk, fish, very rare beef.
- Eat a good amount of raw food as part of your total diet. Includes fruits, vegetables and animal foods.
There are no set amounts of different types o food to eat. Try to eat at least 25-50% of you total volume as fruit. The rest can be made up of animal foods including as much animal fat as you like, nuts, veggies and supplemented by the grains.
THIS KIND OF DIET WILL NOT MAKE YOU FAT. It’s the overeating og refined sugars and carbohydrates that packs on the bodyfat. You will start to lose fat and build muscle and health on the above diet. -Author Anthony Bova
So like I said, I read his e-book and embarked on a journey. I feel very, very different. I have totally eliminated all things “soy” from my diet. This includes soy lechthin, which is a preservative in many food items. Soy aromatizes testosterone (changes test into estrogen). I feel more assertive and alert.
I’m no longer concerned with a “magic number” for the amount of protein I consume, and I only consume natural animal proteins. Nothing in a bottle, because heat and acids change the molecular structure of powdered protein and Ive found it is not very helpful in muscle gains. I look different, I feel AWESOME and I highly recommend Anthony Bova’s Spartan Health Regime. A great deal of my recommendation comes from the dates of his book, 1997. Long before any craze or movie. This guy is really a Spartan!
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