Well raging at me instead of using some scientific evidence is good to start off with , even nattie bodybuilders like Layne Norton and Jeff Alberts who sure as hell have WAY more crediential then you since we want to talk about that , will eat 2 cups of veggies at pre judging and show day , same with most competitors , so dont give me the whole well they use diuretics thing since these 2 are natties and get tested for them at the show . Also as long as his protein and fats are primed , and hes getting the right amounts of micronuttrients it doesn't matter weather his carbs come from BREAD/ rice / potatoe/ veggies / candy , prefferably on the whole foods though but your advising him not using veggies because they hold water honestly???
And holyballs to the the grapefruit thing , yes I use grapefruit but not because of some bs of the acid content of it and not because its sooo much better then mango , variety is key , if your thinking its so good because of the whole grapefruit diet and when scientist gave them to rats and saw what happened or gave them to people to use on a reduced calorie diet and then also made them exercise its no mystery of why weight loss occured derp derp, same thing could be said with twinkies is it ideal? hell no but it was in a used in a calorie reduced diet with exercise and a man lost weight on it so it has to have some kind of weird nutrient profile to it right ? Maybe the insulin ( noticed you mentioned this about the with the grapefruit which was quite epic )was so anabolic it made so much more muscle and burned off all the fat .
So please give me some facts on why rice is so bad , and that whole glycemic index/insulin shit, isnt gonna cut it im pretty sure youll mention that anyways though since you already did it with grapefruit ROFLMAO .
If hes expending more energy then hes taking in then he will lose weight , protein intake and fat intake as wel as not underconsuming will determine weather its fat or muscle not some bs of not eating rice / bread or egg yolks , hell I suggest you read some more John Meadows articles on eggs and fats , his work is pretty credible since you wont believe me and need someone credible.