| Bodybuilders eat a great deal of food. There is no | | | | move them out quickly. |
| denying this. If you have what it takes to wear 40 | | | | Consider a colonoscopy |
| pounds of new muscle, then you have what it takes to | | | | Several top professional bodybuilders (and thousands |
| eat the adequate calories to reach this goal. | | | | of people in the "real" world) swear by this invasive |
| Bodybuilders are notorious for the large and frequent | | | | technique as a method of removing waste from the |
| feedings. Jay Cutler is one famous example. In his first | | | | lower intestine and colon and helping to keep the body |
| three years of bodybuilding, he claims to have added | | | | strong and healthy. While this practice is not a |
| 70 pounds to his frame. How did he do it? Cutler | | | | permanent solution to the buildup of waste in the gut, it |
| consumed 8 to 9 meals per day. He ate constantly. He | | | | sure does help to keep lookout for health problems |
| would even set his alarm once or twice per night and | | | | and keep the midsection trim in that ab/thigh pose! Get |
| force himself to eat protein then return to sleep. Did it | | | | past your mental aversion to one, and give it a shot! |
| work? Of course it did. The man has two Sandow | | | | Smaller meals, more often |
| trophies on his mantle! | | | | Remember how disgusting you felt after consuming |
| There is one price that comes with the consumption of | | | | that giant pile of food on Thanksgiving? That feeling is |
| that much food. The human digestive system was not | | | | counterproductive for bodybuilding goals. Aside from |
| designed to handle 5000 to 8000 calories to per day, | | | | the insulin nightmare that occurs when the livers has to |
| and it was never intended to put away 400 or more | | | | digest all that food, you run the very real risk of ruining |
| grams of protein each day. The net result of all this | | | | your ability to consume protein at another meal three |
| food consumption is that the digestive system of the | | | | hours from now every time you gorge yourself with |
| bodybuilder has to work harder than that of his | | | | food. Keep your meals small and frequent, and your |
| untrained counterparts. Here are some tips to aiding | | | | digestive system will run much more efficiently for it! |
| and assisting the digestive process for men and | | | | Five fruits or veggies per day |
| women who train big and eat big! | | | | This is the rule for all Americans, and should be the |
| Two garden salads per day | | | | absolute minimum for those people called bodybuilders |
| This practice is heralded by many bodybuilders. A | | | | who consume more than double the food that most |
| large garden or Caesar salad with lunch and dinner | | | | Americans on a 2000 calorie diet face each day. Toss |
| usually provides more than enough roughage to keep | | | | in 1-2 fruit or vegetables with each meal. Develop the |
| the food piping along and the bodybuilder feeling fine. | | | | habit, and you'll look better, feel better, and live longer! |
| Don't let food pile up in the gut - use leafy greens to | | | | |