Comments on: Meal Frequency and Mass Gains

By: George

George — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 07:28:59 +0000

Nancy, he states at the top of the page,

“Finally I’d note that I’m not going to include the reference list for this excerpt. It’s in the book.”

By: Nancy

Nancy — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:44:56 +0000

I noticed that the citations used in the article are not listed on this page. I was wondering if you could provide the sources? I would be very interested in reading into some of the topics a little further. Thank you!

By: mel

mel — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:47:04 +0000

Reading through this reminded me of Vince Girondas meal frequency preferences and how on the money he was.. modern bodybuilders would benefit to look at real data like this.

A truly great article, Lyle

By: Kevin (strongandfit.net)

Kevin (strongandfit.net) — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:34:11 +0000

It makes me laugh when I see how paranoid some are about catabolism. Some are obsessive about it and insist your muscles will waste away if you don’t eat every three hours.

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:13:47 +0000

Lyle,

Is there a “need” for use or periodic low protein days in order to prevent diminishing results from a given level of protein intake? e.g. if regularly consuming a set amount of protein on a daily basis, over time does there come a point where you’d actually need to consume more protein just to maintain a given level of muscle mass

By: Alex Langley

Alex Langley — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:32:34 +0000

Good article as always Lyle.

Still wonder how you could sheet so much pizza dough with a clear conscience!

Anyway, thanks for the thought-provoking and well-substantiated article.

I also look forward to the book by you, Aragon, Berkhan and Fagerli.

Alex

By: Space

Space — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:15:09 +0000

Excellent article !

By: mike

mike — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:03:50 +0000

yeah i am an IF USER too, and i have the same question as tim, anyway, good article here and i cant wait for your next book of the four horsemen, the best book of “ACTUAL” nutrition of all time because im sick of the old way of the six meal per day pattern, its so sick, you got no life, and everything else and there a lot of other myths today about nutrition so we need a book with the actual nutrition studies, and with 4 view points of experts, like your future work.

By: Tim Berzins

Tim Berzins — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:29:43 +0000

So how exactly would this apply to Intermittent Fasting? I’m a big supporter of IF but also like to look at the hard science. The idea of allowing blood AA levels to drop and then rise is possibly similar to IF, only there’s one long drop during the fast and one long spike during the feeding window. I would think AA sensitivity might work similar to insulin, in that during the fast you allow the muscles to sensitize to it, then bombard the muscles with it while they are most sensitive to it (to get the greatest nutrient partitioning and therefore the greatest anabolic response).

I’d like to hear more of your take on IF, especially given this information. Great article as always though.