Should bodybuilders employ the Ketogenic, or Atkins diet? Is it useful for naturals as well as those using steroids? What about for the off-season? Can people really make gains in muscle in a carb-deprived state? Let’s tackle some of the more commonly discussed concepts regarding low-carbohydrate dieting for bodybuilders. If you are a tad overweight, the low-carb diet can be very fun. Maybe you have experienced a bit of difficulty controlling the bulge. You deprive yourself of the greasy breakfasts that you love so much in order to keep your waistline tight. The moment you jump to a low-carbohydrate diet, you will immediately drop 5 to 7 pounds of water, and look leaner than you have in years! As a bodybuilder, this will be a very good, and very bad thing. That ...

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Q: I know that nutrition in bodybuilding is 80 percent of a man's success, but sometimes I have to eat fast food. If you're on the road - which I am a lot in my job - what can you do to grab a quick bite but still stay true to your eating plan? A: Fortunately, there are a lot of healthier choices these days at places like McDonald's and Burger King. Taco Bell is probably my own favorite because I can get a very clean meal. A flour tortilla with grilled steak or chicken, lettuce, tomato and a little cheese and salsa is an awesome meal. You can order those however you like. But you can also get burgers when on a low carb diet and cut out the bun and still stay true to your eating plan. ...

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Q: I am dieting low carb and am looking for fat burners. A friend suggested ALA and I don't know what it is or how it works. Is it good for me on this diet or not? A: It's a great question and always good to examine supplements that work best based on the diet or training regimen you do at any given time. In your case, ALA - Alpha Lipoic Acid - would be a tremendous way to get your body into ketosis rapidly. Whereas for an average person it takes about 2 days for the body to go into ketosis, eating less than 20 grams of carbs per day, and takes longer for a true "glycogen hoarder" (a lot of hard losers of fat hoard glycogen) at about 3 to 4 days, it rapidly pushes the body ...

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Q: Is there a supplement I can take to combat the ammonia-like smell that I emit while training and after? It’s really noticeable to friends and family. I feel like a pariah at social gatherings, because often, it happens residually, long after I’m done training and showered. If I sweat at all after that, it still come out. What’s it from anyhow, and how can I stop it? A: Ammonia smell is urea being emitted from your body. The largest organ of exit and elimination from your body is your skin, remember, so all of the toxins that you emit during perspiration and at rest usually originate from this exit organ. Remember, too, that when you work out, you are boosting your metabolic functions and causing a constant cycle of waste and regeneration of cells. So that means that you ...

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