GH diet

[nextBIGone]

I am reading the book Grow Young with HGH by Dr. Ronald Klatz. This is where I read the GH diet. It is basically what we already do as bodybuilders, but to get a little more specific, you may want to read the article...I actually went through the book and shortened the article so you wouldnt be reading BS rambling...

GH Diet

The way it works is this. With every meal, we go through a three stage cycle of feast and fast. In the first hour after eating (stage one), the blood sugar rises and insulin released, which encourages the storage of excess carbohydrates and fat. After the second hour (stage two), the growth hormone is released and the levels of insulin and blood sugar start to fall. At this stage, growth hormone acts to build up muscle protein, an activity that is enhanced by the presence of insulin. In stage three, known as the post absorptive phase, which occurs more than four hours after eating (the fasting stage), the insulin almost disappears. At this stage, growth hormone acts solely to mobilize the body’s fat stores for burning as fuel.

Low Fat
Fat is the enemy of growth hormone. It blocks both the production and the release of GH. “If you’re eating 40% - 50% every day and your taking growth hormone, its like putting on the heat and the air conditioner at the same time. We give you a range of up to 30% because many people find it difficult to go below this. But for best results, aim for the low end, with most of this coming form unsaturated fats or monounsaturated like olive oil. While growth hormone raises HDL levels and lowers LDL levels, there’s no sense in working against this action by eating saturated fats that increase cholesterol.

Eat Low-Glycemic Carbs
The glycemic index is a measure of how fast a carbohydrate enters the blood stream and raises your blood sugar level. The index forms a basic part of the GH diet because when blood sugar is raised, it triggers the release of insulin. The higher the food is on the glycemic index, the insulin is secreted. And high insulin blocks the fat melting action of growth hormone just as growth hormone interferes with the fat storage action of insulin.
Many of the carbohydrates you would expect to be low on the glycemic index are, such as most vegetables. But then there are surprising exceptions like carrots, corn, and beets, which are all very high. Most fruits, even very sweet ones like berries, are low, because their fiber content slows the entrance into the bloodstream and because fructose, the sugar in fruits, has a slower entry rate than glucose.
This brings us to the most surprising and least intuitive carbohydrates that are high on the index. Glucose is the sugar found in the grains and starches like bread, cereal, potatoes, rice, and pasta. There are the very foods that have been touted as the basis of the new healthier, low fat way to eat. But these are also the foods that raise the level of insulin, which encourages the storage of fat. In fact, some nutritional experts believe that the glycemic index helps explain why Americans are getting fatter while they claim to eat less fat than ever before.
This does not mean that you should cut out all high glycemic foods. Almost everything, including a dish of Haagen-dazs, is all right if done in moderation. Incidentally, ice cream is low on the glycemic index and low fat ice cream or frozen yogurt is even better. But it does mean that you should familiarize yourself with the glycemic index and try to eat foods that are on the low end rather than on the high end. This means, for instance, eating sweet potatoes rather than regular potatoes and whole wheat spaghetti rather than white rice. Adding fiber is a good way to retard the rate of insulin’s entry into the blood stream. High fiber oatmeal, for instance, has a GI of 49, while cornflakes are 80.

How Much Protein Do You Need?
We can get some ideas of the protein needed for a GH-enhancement diet from studies of elite athletes. According to a 1984 article by Peter Lemon and co-workers in Sports Medicine, “ Athletes should consume 1.8 to 2.0 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight per day [or .8 to .9 grams per pound]. This is approximately twice the recommended requirement for sedentary individuals.”
Other researchers suggest even higher percentages. A study of elite weight lifters in Rumania found that when they increased their dietary program to 1 to 2 grams per pound of body weight (225 percent to 438 percent of the U.S. Recommended Dietary Allowance), they increased their muscle mass about 5% and their strength performance by about 5%. Russian researchers who experimented with high protein diets and vigorous weight lifting found that during grams per kilogram of body weight, or about 1 to 1.2 grams per pound. Some athletes even went into negative nitrogen balance when they went below 2 grams per kilogram during intensive training.
We recommend that you get anywhere from .5 to 2 or even more grams per kilogram of body weight. Depending on your level of intensity and weight training, you can go between 1 and 2 grams, or even higher. It is important that you drink between 10 and 12 glasses of water to help the kidneys flush out toxins.

Fasting
By ceasing to consume food, we give our digestive system a rest and eliminate the accumulated foreign substance from our body. But fasting has yet another function that has not been appreciated up to now. It is one of the most potent inducers of growth hormone. If the fast continues for several days, the concentration of GH rises to the excessive levels seen in people with acromegaly (gigantism). It may be that the beneficial effects of controlled fasting, as well as the life extension effects of food deprivation, are due at least in part to elevated growth hormone levels.
Decrease caloric intake by 500 calories per day. Increase physical activity by 300 to 500 calories per day. If you follow this prescription, you will run up a deficit of 800 to 1,000 calories per day, or 5,600 to 7,000 calories per week. You can then expect to lose between 1.6 and 2 pounds of fat per week. You don’t want to lose weight any faster than that since it will just trigger an evolutionary genetic strategy, called the starvation reflex, designed for periods when food was in short supply, that is to hang on to every bit of fat in the cells.

Rules of the GH diet
1. Take GH releasers "amino acids"
2. Bulk up on protein
3. Keep fats low
4. Eat carbs that have a low GI content
5. Keep meals at least four hours apart
6. Fast one day every two weeks

Percent Daily Caloric Intake in the GH Enhancement Program
Carbohydrates 50 to 65 percent
Fats 10 to 30 percent
Protein 25 to 30 percent

[jojo]

GOOD READ....

[Cuda]

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[superduperman]

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[puremass]

alot of useful info. great post.