| One of the most common misconceptions when | | | | Dehydration makes you lose electrolytes and result in |
| making your body building recipes is that you have to | | | | weakness, dizziness, and occasionally arrhythmias. |
| considerably increase your protein intake to build up | | | | Good body building recipes are composed of a |
| those muscles. Some people even go to extremes, | | | | balance of carbohydrates, fats and protein in the diet. |
| such that their whole diet becomes composed purely | | | | An important thing to remember when making your |
| of protein. | | | | body building recipes is that you will not be able to |
| As opposed to what most people believe, taking too | | | | increase your muscle mass by merely increasing your |
| much protein can give more harm to your body than | | | | protein intake. It is also imperative that you increase |
| good. Too much protein in your body building recipes | | | | your total caloric intake. |
| can put a lot of stress on your body organs, | | | | While using your body building recipes, you will also |
| specifically your kidneys. | | | | have to increase your exercise level. A 1992 study |
| When you have too much protein in your body building | | | | revealed that if you increase both your protein and |
| recipes, your body produces a lot of ketones, which | | | | caloric intake but maintain your activity level, you will |
| are toxic to the body. The kidneys then have to work | | | | gain muscle mass, but you will also gain fat at the |
| harder to excrete the ketones out of the body. While | | | | same time. |
| your kidneys are working overtime to excrete the | | | | When making your body building recipes, don't just |
| excess ketones, your body also loses water. If your | | | | follow the hype. Remember that to be able to build |
| body loses too much water, especially if you sweat a | | | | muscle mass, it is important to keep your body healthy |
| lot when you exercise, you can get dehydrated. | | | | and functioning effectively. |