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Eating six meals a day?
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pintoca
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Clean said:
Doesn't get any better than this answer.
Cutting is ALL about insulin management, that is almost all there is to it. Basically, you spend cals by digesting food (even more if we are talking about lean proteins with high Thermic effect), so by keeping your body digesting you are increasing the amount of cals you consume doing nothing.
ceasar989 said:
I think he means ensuring that you do not spike your insulin so much so as to lead to fat storage.
This is done by eating smaller meals at regular intervals, eating low GI carbs throughout the day except post-workout, not consuming bad fats and high GI carbs in the same meal, etc.
Clean
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not only will you be more or less controlling insulin levels, but you really can't eat 3 meals and get in that many calories unless you are a freak.
Plus you need to eat different types of food, macros, etc... at different times of the day. Morning, night, pre and post workout. You have to manage what you eat for different purposes, goals, etc...
Plus you need to eat different types of food, macros, etc... at different times of the day. Morning, night, pre and post workout. You have to manage what you eat for different purposes, goals, etc...
pintoca
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ceasar989 said:
There are 3 major sides as to why insulin management is fundamental to cutting:
1. Reducing your cortisol levels: Cortisol is a catabolic hormone, it tells your body "start eatring muscle away". The way to reduce cortisol levels is to keep a stable insulin level througout the day
2. Avoiding Hormone-produced cravings: Once your insulin levels go down (as in inmediately after a spike, which can be caused by an excess of sugar, for example) your body will crave carbs to fill the "gap" produced by the sudden decrease of blood sugar. Works like this: You eat a lot of simple carbs, your blood sugar increases, your body releases a large amount of insulin to bring back your blood sugar level and then you go into hipoglycemia, which in turn make your body crave for carbs again (this is when cortisol fires up, if you don get the carbs, through gluconeogenesis, your body will get them). No matter how strong your will power is, one normally stand no chance against a hormone-induced craving, you will eat those carbs.
3. Keeping stable energy levels: Because of number 2 above, when you are running in a "carb high" and your blood level sugar drops, you will "hit the wall", the way to avoid this is by keeping constant blood sugar levels during the day (as in by eating low GI carbs, which don't cause spikes in blood sugar levels). If you drink a PWO shake too fast you will know wha hitting the wall feels like
There are other factors as well, like reducing the insulin sensitivitiy of your muscle cells and don't allowing fat to take a free-shuttle ride into your cells by means of a insulin spike.
