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1. on 22 Jun 2007 at 5:29 pm1Thryah

   `This is great, I was wanting to get on it, but the hard part for me was finding what foods were going to be good, and having enough variety, this helps a lot, thanks mehdi, and i’ll be going to the store within the next few days.

2. on 22 Jun 2007 at 6:48 pm2eq_909

   You’re saying:
   “Nuts are a good source of protein & fat. Great as snack or in salads. Keep your intake to 100g a day to stay within the Anabolic Diet Guidelines.”
   which is kind of strange to me, because 100 grams of nut easily contain 15-30 grams of carbs.

3. on 22 Jun 2007 at 7:16 pm3Mehdi

   Let me know how it turns out.

   Another post on the Anabolic Diet next week btw

4. on 22 Jun 2007 at 7:27 pm4Mehdi

   Eq_909,

   I knew I’d get this question when writing the post.

   1) 30g of carbs is actually ok. But you should get them indirectly (from veggies/nuts/whatever), not directly (from oats, rice, pasta). That’s why I wrote no carbs in the Anabolic Diet Guidelines.

   2) About the nuts. It depends on what kind of nuts you’re eating. The foods on this lists are all safe, except for nuts/berries/condiments which are ok if you know what you’re doing.

   Walnuts usually contain 1g of sugar/100g (the rest of the carb content is fiber). Pistachio has 8g sugar/100g. Consider this when eating pistachios.

   Read the lables. It takes time at first, but you’ll get used to it. There are lots of things which contain hidden carbs. Never count fiber.

5. on 23 Jun 2007 at 12:09 am5anthony lybrand

   Hey guy,
   I have been on for a couple weeks now. Do you count any fiber? Dr. Di said to watch that,….I believe he says if it is soluble you still should count half the amount off your carb allotment.
   Also, I love salads, veggies, but they do contribute as well to the carb count. 30 grams comes very quickly….
   So do you count veggies or not? I know some guys do and some don’t. I”m kind of anal right now and count em all.
   I don’t want to, but don’t want to jeopardize the fat burning either. so if something says dietary fiber content is … I try to contact the company to see how much is soluble/insoluble.
   this is making it difficult, am I being too anal?
   Hoping you say yes…lol.
   great stuff buddy, thanks in advance for any help.
   Tony

6. on 23 Jun 2007 at 3:16 am6Charlie

   Doesn’t boiling broccoli greatly reduce its nutritional value? Isn’t it better to steam it? I’m not certain here. This is just an impression I’ve been under for a long time, that boiling vegetables reduces their nutritional value.

7. on 23 Jun 2007 at 10:54 am7Mehdi

   Hi Anthony,

   You should never count fiber, fiber is indegistible. Start removing the fiber from the carb content from veggies. The veggies I listed are all safe.

   I think you’re begin too anal yes Check nutritiondata.com when in doubt. The only veggies that are “risky”, are tomatoes, carrots,… They contain a higher sugar content than green veggies. I didn’t put them on the list for this reason.

   Got more questions, feel free to post them.

8. on 23 Jun 2007 at 10:55 am8Mehdi

   Charlie,

   Boiling indeed reduces the nutritional value. To be honest, I think that’s being anal too If you can steam it, do it. I just boil it, it makes my life easier.

9. on 23 Jun 2007 at 6:42 pm9anthony lybrand

   Hey Mehdster,
   Ok, I understand about the tomatoes, carrots, but I beg to differ with you on the comment about not counting fiber at all.
   I think that a blanket statement like that can mess up the diet and here’s why. In the good Dr.’s own words, “Insoluble fiber, though technically a carb, is not absorbed and is excreted unchanged. As such, it doesn’t provide any calories or impact on your systemic macronutrient mix. So insoluble fiber shouldn’t be counted in either the carb or calorie columns.”
   “Soluble fiber is another story and is somewhat of a gray area in the carb/calorie equation. Pectin, for example, undergoes vigorous “friendly” bacterial fermentation in the cecum and produces high levels of short-chain fatty acids. These short chain triglycerides are used up by cells in the colon and also absorbed systemically. Thus about half of soluble fiber should be counted as carbs even though the calories come from short chain fatty acids. The problem with the short chain and even the medium chain,(MCT’s), is that they’re used by the body preferentially over the long chain triglycerides,(which make up body fat), so that like carbs they can short change your metabolism away from burning the fatty acids that make up body fat. COUNTERPRODUCTIVE….
   The bottom line is that several macronutrients and ingredients, including soluble fiber, sugar alcohols, alcohol, lactate, pyruvate and glycerol act like carbs and if they’re not taken into consideration as being the equivalent to either full or partial carbs WILL SABOTAGE the effects of low carb diets on weight and fat loss, and body compostition.
   That’s why I’m anal….
   hope this keeps some folks from not becoming fat adapted due to incorrect counts.
   best, Tony

10. on 23 Jun 2007 at 7:17 pm10Mehdi

    Great Comment Tony.

    I agree with you Tony. Insoluble fiber is not a problem and should thus never be counted. On the other hand soluble fiber is a different story, for the reasons you explained very well.

    The question is thus: which foods contain soluble fiber?
    -oats, (whole) wheat, corn bran, …
    -peas, potato skins, carrots, broccoli,…
    -apples, oranges, bananas,…

    Next: how much soluble fiber is there per 100g serving? Let’s take Broccoli (which is on the list): has 1g soluble fiber per 100g.
    This would mean that if someone is eating 1kg of brocolli a day (!), he’s still within the 30g carbs margin.

    Most foods have a soluble fiber content of about 1g per 100g serving (feel free to correct me if i’m wrong).

    You have valid reasons for being anal Tony & when you look at the practical application of the soluble fiber story, you’ll see that you have far less reason to be subject to it.
    Remember, there’s a reason Dipasquale said you can get 30g of carbs a day: it’s impossible to get 0g of carbs, unless you eat absolutely no veggies.

11. on 24 Jun 2007 at 5:19 am11Thryah

    Bought some of the things on the list, and my family’s fairly supportive of this for me, but you only really have breakfast recipes on the site. I understand that’s an important one since that’s your pre-workout meal, as it is for me, but some recipes for post-workout, and just other meals would be much appreciated as well.

    Also, you said to let you know how it goes, I’ll be starting a new blog soon to detail my progress with the diet, and with my training.

12. on 24 Jun 2007 at 10:37 am12Mehdi

    Thryah,

    I agree, there’s nothing more than breakfast recipes on StrongLifts.com right now. I’ll add my own lunch/dinner/snacks/pre-bed meals in the future. As you know this blog is very new.

    There are some more basics to cover on the diet. Then I’ll start posting recipes.

    Good that you start a blog to detail your diet/training progress. Feel free to send me the link.

13. on 25 Jun 2007 at 4:41 am13anthony lybrand

    Hi Mehdi, thanks for the compliments on my post.
    Ok, so nutritiondata.com lists frozen chopped broccoli at 5gm per 100gm. They list the fiber at 3gm. So we take away the 2 insoluble, gives us 3, take away another .5 for the soluble, grand total of 2.5 for the full 100gms. Which is very nice.

    Is there a website that lists the balance of fiber on these difft. veggies, I use nutritiondata.com and they just list dietary fiber, as a lot of other low carb breads what not do also. My problem is I like to try and find low carb products that do hold up to the claim, and it’s quite a pain sometimes. Maybe I should just stick to the vegetables period during the week, as you really do need their powerful nutrients, fibers etc.

    The only thing I like to add with carbs is really my post workout protein shake, which my whey concentrate has 4gm per scoop, and I have quite a bit left, the isolate has zero, but as you know is more expensive, so sometimes I do one scoop of each.
    I think I’ll just have to stock up on the isolate for my extra no carb proteins with low fat, and rely on my bcaa consumption which I do readily pre and post wkout too. I take 15gm pre, and 15 post every workout. I get it in bulk, 1 kilo for 35.00 plus shipping, comes to 45 bucks. quite a deal really..
    I am cutting currently on the AD and have had the calories at around 2200-2400 ed this past week. I kept my carb up pretty clean this weekend and the cals close to those numbers as well to my benefit. The first weekend I jumped up 7-8 lbs after the carb up,(a little dirty), this weekend I only put on 4-5 lbs. (clean carb). Another note, after two weeks bodyfat is down from just 16% to 14% now. The clean carb up made a big difference, felt a lot better. I am going to cut further this week, shooting for 1800-2000 tops for the week, and keep the carb up to a strict 2000 cals.
    Thanks for the really cool blog Mehdi, it’s a big help and good of you to help everyone.
    cheers, Tony

14. on 25 Jun 2007 at 10:04 am14Mehdi

    Anthony,

    If you google for soluble fiber, you’ll get a few website that list certain foods. But like you’ve noticed, when looking at the amount of soluble fiber in the foods in this 101 list, you’ve nothing to fear.

    About the low carb. In Belgium low carb food is almost non existant. Plenty of low fat, but nothing like low carb. So I don’t eat low carb food.

    I advise you not to consume low carb pasta/bread/cereals/oats (don’t know what you have available). Eat your veggies in the week, they satiate, have fiber & it’s healthy like you write. Get your (real) carbs in the weekend.

    Weekend carbs up can be a bit dirty at first indeed. I limit my carb ups to 24h.

    Continue the good work with the cutting Tony. Feel free to keep me updated of your results.

    Thanks for the motivating words.

15. on 25 Jun 2007 at 6:44 pm15anthony lybrand

    Hey all, good morning Mehdi.
    Thanks for the encouragement. You’re right, I’m going to concentrate on strictly veggie cho at around 5gm a meal or less for the six meals, and do the questionables on the weekend when you don’t have to worry.
    I will be going to just a one day carb up too, I’ve done two now at 48 hour deals, and for cutting especially I think you’re on target there with just one. I may do one and a half this weekend as a kind of taper into the single day carb up, as I am dropping overall cals readily anyway. This week I’m going with 10X bodyweight which is 1950 down to 1800 for lower days. Nothing over 1950 for sure though. Then I’ll keep the carb up to no more than 2000. I think I’ll get under 190 this week by friday, maybe 188 with some extra cardio, I’m trying to lose only 2-3lbs at the most per week after this.

    Breakfast today is 3 eggs and about 8 asparagus spears!
    cheers, Tony

    p.s. If I have a low back flexibility/pain issue, where should I address that question Mehdi?
    Thanks.

16. on 25 Jun 2007 at 7:45 pm16Mehdi

    Anthony,

    Try not to tweak the diet too much until week 4 at least. If i’m right, you’re on your third week of the anabolic diet. Let your body adapt to the fat burning before reducing the carb loading/calorie intake.
    Your approach looks good, but I’m more concerned on how much your body has adapted yet.

    Feel free to send me the details of you low back issue using the contact form. The more info, the better. I’ll see what I can do.

17. on 25 Jun 2007 at 7:45 pm17anthony lybrand

    Hi Mehdi, wow, this is frustrating. I’m finding difft. readings for nutritional values for veggies all over the place. First of all, nutritiondata.com doesn’t allow reconfiguring of their generic values for the veggies, unless you put in a custom food…that’s cool, but they have me down for ingesting 12gm of carbs from this mornings meal…I just don’t believe it. Here’s what I had:

    3 scrambled large eggs, less than 1g CHO, but we’ll count 1 ea. 2 tblsp guacamole, 2gms there. that’s 5. then on the asparagus, it’s listed as 2gm for 4 stalks 1gm fiber. I had 8 stalks. should be total of 7 right? They have me at 12. I guess I have to custom enter even vegetables also. Not only that but I go to a different source for the nutr. data and I get asparagus as having 3g CHO per serving and 3gm fiber, now I think the fiber is insoluble so that would be zero carbs right? It is bugging me to figure what to go with now…

    Please advise when you get a minute or two buddy.
    thanks , frustrated Tony..lol

18. on 25 Jun 2007 at 8:20 pm18Mehdi

    Anthony,

    100g of asparagus should be 2g of carbs. 8 medium stalks is about 130g of asparagus, let’s say 3g of carbs. From my calculation you would have 8g of carbs.

    I think you’re focussing on details Anthony Perfection doesn’t exist.
    I don’t count veggies from carbs, and I advise you to do the same. It will make your life much easier.

    Stay away from oats, rice, bread, pasta,… on weekdays & eat lots of meat/fats/cheese/veggies. You’ll be ok, trust me.

19. on 25 Jun 2007 at 8:42 pm19anthony lybrand

    Ok Mehdi,
    I’ll refrain from cutting too much fat on the cal dropping. I’ll stay at 10-12X bodyweight firm. I will keep the fat up though so it’s still at least 55-60% of total. Hopefully that will ensure the fat adapting process. As far as the asparagus thing, I just custom entered their info after I cut the fiber count from the total carb.

    Are you saying that you in fact don’t count the CHO from any veggies then, unless it’s one of the starchier ones I assume?
    Boy, that would def be the way to go,
    I just wanted to make sure my body has flipped the switch from CHO to fat burning.. I think I have, but I guess like you say I should leave the calorie dropping alone for a while longer. Especially from fats….
    thanks again for a lot of help and motivation.
    I will ask about my low back deal after I workout here in a few. chest and biceps today.

    One last thing I wanted to mention, I frequent the site testosterone nation as you know a lot, and I wanted to say thanks for your blog, over there while there is a lot of good info on difft. topics etc. I find that there are a lot of overly “macho” guys who seem to chime in on posts with discouraging comments and frankly kind of dumb things that don’t help much to people. They seem to enjoy putting down what they call “noob” questions…I think you know the type.
    Not so much myself, but I do see a lot of that, and I don’t really like it as I feel it’s counterproductive. If they don’t like someones question they should just go to a different thread.

    Anyway, hooray for you and your killer blog.
    I’m grateful to be able to throw questions your way with articulate helpful responses from you.
    best, Tony

20. on 25 Jun 2007 at 9:12 pm20Mehdi

    Anthony,

    Yes I don’t count carbs from veggies, except the starchier ones, but this are not on the list during the week anyway.

    Some people forgets where they come from. Everybody was a beginner once. Me included. Keep on asking, best way to learn. When you don’t get an answer, experiment. Persistence is key to success.

    Thanks for the kind words on StrongLifts.com. Keeps me motivated. I’ll wait for your e-mail regarding your lower back.

21. on 27 Jun 2007 at 5:26 pm21anthony lybrand

    Morning Mehdi, I emailed you about the low back situation, not sure if you got it yet..
    so I am taking your advice and trying not to tweak the calories down too far yet. I took in 2221 cals yesterday with a macro split of 5%CHO, 58%FAT, and 37%PRO.
    I guess I won’t drop any more till after this next week eh? I thought about maybe keeping the fat up for a couple days, then dropping it slightly for a couple, and that doing it that way, would reassure the body that the fat was still coming, yet allow me to shed a bit more fat as well…. what do you think buddy?
    Off to breakfast, look forward to your response on the back and this one too.
    Keep up the great work my friend.
    best, Tony

22. on 27 Jun 2007 at 5:31 pm22anthony lybrand

    Almost forgot, I got this soy milk yesterday. looks pretty solid as far as carbs. IT uses brown rice syrup as a sweetener. 4 gm CHO, 3 gm FIBER. I googled the brown rice syrup and it says it is soluble fiber, so I am assuming that the fiber in this soy drink will be as such. What do you think, is it safe? Should I count it as 4 subtract half of the soluble which is 1.5 to total 2.5?
    I thought it would be nice for a drink here and there. I know some don’t like soy when bodybuilding because of the estrogen effects, but I think that’s overrated myself..
    Let me know, p.s. it is SoySlender cappucino, chocolate or vanilla.

23. on 28 Jun 2007 at 9:41 am23Mehdi

    Anthony,

    I haven’t received an e-mail from you yet. Have you used the contact form?

    1) Macrosplit looks good.

    2) No only start dropping once your 4 weeks into the diet

    3) Your calorie intake is too low in my opinion. How much do you weigh? You should go for 18x your bodyweight in lbs during the first 4 weeks.

    4) About cutting: how it works on the Anabolic Diet. Keep the ratio’s the same and reduce the total calorie intake with 500cals a week. You should not reduce the amount of fat. The diet works with fat. It’s the calories that counts. Remember: eat fat, you’ll burn fat. I’ll post about cutting in the future.

    5) The soy milk. You should stay away from anything that is sweet in the week. Hard at first, but much easier in the longterm. The first week is the hardest, then you get used to it & it becomes very easy to stay away from carbs.

    I’ve just sent you an e-mail Tony regarding your back, I’ll wait for your reply.

24. on 28 Jun 2007 at 4:00 pm24eddie

    Is it no carbs at all? what say if you fogot your lunch and only had the canteen that sold sandwiches. Could you do that?

25. on 28 Jun 2007 at 4:10 pm25Mehdi

    Eddie,

    No carbs during the week on the Anabolic Diet. You can have as much sandwiches as you want in the weekend however.

    There are plenty of diets available. You should choose one that fits your lifestyle & goals best Eddie.

26. on 28 Jun 2007 at 5:26 pm26Rod

    Is this diet one that someone like me (39yo,6′5″ 315 24%) could use to lose weight now or would I need to wait until my numbers have come down?

27. on 28 Jun 2007 at 6:38 pm27anthony lybrand

    ok Mehdi, thanks for the responses and I’m looking for the email now.
    I think I will gain fat at 18Xbw. I watch my little girl during the daytime, and workout when she takes her nap around 12:00. I do cardio usually around 3X week, but haven’t done it in a couple weeks, therefore besides doing house cleaning/studying for anatomy this august, I don’t have a lot of calorie burning going on save the workouts. This is why I believe I am able to keep from losing muscle and staying leaner at the low cals. which is why I also wanted to continue dropping them. I will wait though as you suggest until another week goes by.

    I am also eating red leaf lettuce and/or broccoli, asparagus etc with almost every meal now and not counting the carbs if they start adding up. the thing is, that is one reason I was taking a bit of that delicious soy milk in, as I figured there was more “room” to play around with as far as the CHO intake.
    I think that may be flawed though, as you said, and will probably refrain from any extra carbs except one post wkout shake which would consist of 8-10 gms CHO, the latter with added ground flax and unsweetened cocoa for anti-ox purposes post wkout along with my vitC,selenium, etc.

    Thanks hope to hear back, and have a great day Mehdi. Would like to show you my routine at some point, think you will like it. I added deads on back day, which is today as a matter of fact. Here’s todays wkout shedule:

    Pull ups 3X6-12
    Deadlifts 3X8-10

28. on 28 Jun 2007 at 6:41 pm28anthony lybrand

    whoops entered comment before I was done with the back workout, anyway after deads, Bent over rows 3X8-12

    followed by triceps:
    French curls to back of head and out, 3X6-12(Heavy)
    Incline Dumbbell extensions 3X8-10 (Heavy)
    Rope Pressdowns 3X15-20 (lighter wt. for blood pump)
    Use the high rep blood pump to get all the nutrients/waste circulating and being uptaked in the muscle cells.

29. on 28 Jun 2007 at 9:07 pm29Mehdi

    Rod,

    You can use the Anabolic Diet to lose weight. While it’s a great way to lose weight if you stick to the guidelines, your first weeks will probably be very hard:
    -The higher your current bodyfat and;
    -The higher your current carb intake
    => the harder shifting to a no carb diet

    Everything is possible at your size & body fat. It all depends on you & your dedication. Stick to the rules & persist & you can trim away all fat, whatever the diet you’re on.

30. on 28 Jun 2007 at 9:38 pm30Mehdi

    Anthony,

    1) Calories. 18x bodyweight is the basic rule. Whether you gain fat or not, depends on your metabolism. Anyway, the goal is not cutting/gaining during the first 4 weeks. The goal is a metabolic shift.
    If you feel you have enough energy with the calories you’re getting, feel free to experiment.

    2) Looks like a bodybuilding routine to me If it works why not, I’d recommend you the beginner strength training program

31. on 19 Jul 2007 at 1:59 am31joevonarb

    hey man i just started this diet today but my problem is that i drink two glasses about 14oz each of cranberry juice to keep the urinary track clean just a little nitch i got i guess but is that gonna affect me it’s about 10 g of sugar and 10g of carbs per 8oz’z and also i wanna make my weekend the carb day or days is it ok if i do three days of of 40/20/40 then do the carb and then back to my weekdays
    aslo i made a meal that was similiar to your breakfast except i used beef, eggs, green and red peppers plus velveeta mild spicy cheese it was yummy

32. on 19 Jul 2007 at 9:34 am32Mehdi

    Joevonarb,

    Unsweetened Cranberry Juice has 4g sugar/oz according to nutritiondata.com. You drink 28oz cranberry juice a day, that’s that’s +100g sugar daily.

    Solutions:
    1) Drink a lot of cranberry juice during the weekend. It has sugar, so it’s good for carb loading. You have 48h to load carbs: go heavy on the cranberry juice.
    2) Get on another diet. You must check what is more important to you. The benefits of the anabolic diet vs. keeping urinary tracks clean.

    About the weekend carbup:
    -You need more carbs in the weekend. 40% carbs is not enough. Remember you need carbs to go during the whole week.
    -3 days is too long. You’re body will switch back to sugar burning vs. fat burning. You’ll lose the anabolic advantage.

    Beef + eggs + cheese, sounds like a solid breakfast. I don’t know about velveeta cheese, I’ll check that out. Thanks for the tip joevonarb.

33. on 19 Jul 2007 at 5:33 pm33joevonarb

    sorry for the miss understanding the cranberry juice is the light and it had 10g of sugar per 8oz’s but i can give that up for for 5 days no problem
    my second question was i started this diet in the middle of the week wenesday to be exact but i want saturday and sunday to be my carb loading days is it ok to do the 40/20/40 for three days then go nuts for two days then go back for five and be on a normal routine or do you think i should just skip my carb load for these two and wait tell next weekend

34. on 19 Jul 2007 at 6:31 pm34Mehdi

    It won’t work to start the anabolic diet on Wednesday, with a carb loading on saturday/sunday. You need 5 days of low carb consumption to force your body into fat burning mode. Anything lower won’t work. FYI, some even go 12 days without carbs the first time they get on the Anabolic Diet.
    I advise you to wait until Monday.

    On the 40/20/40. Don’t know where you got this numbers from, joevonarb. Check how to get started on the Anabolic Diet:
    -Monday to Friday: 40% Protein / 60% Fat / No Carbs
    -Saturday & Sunday: 15% Protein / 25% Fat / 60% Carbs

    You can do a 40/20/40 diet, but it’s not the anabolic diet (meaning: different rules).

35. on 19 Jul 2007 at 6:40 pm35joevonarb

    sorry for the confusion again i have always done mine protien/carbs/fats thats why mine went 40/20/40
    well how about i just go untill next friday thats ten days then that saturday and sunday i carb load and then back on it monday

36. on 19 Jul 2007 at 6:45 pm36Mehdi

    That’s what I understood. The Anabolic Diet has zero carbs on weekdays. No carbs at all during 5 days.

    Anabolic Diet = 5 days no carbs - 2 days carbs.

37. on 19 Jul 2007 at 6:50 pm37joevonarb

    oh i know i read the whole thing about 5 days then two off but i’m just wondering if i can go longer so i can make my weekends be the carb days

38. on 19 Jul 2007 at 7:35 pm38Mehdi

    Ok.

    Doing 10 days no carbs until next Friday, with carb loading on Saturday/Sunday is good. No carbs for less than 5 days won’t induce the fat burning advantage of the anabolic diet.

39. on 19 Jul 2007 at 8:00 pm39joevonarb

    arite man thanks for all the help i know i been a pain lol lets see how this works out

40. on 19 Jul 2007 at 8:17 pm40Mehdi

    Testing my patience, aren’t you No problem. If you got more questions, feel free to post them.

    I’m preparing a FAQ on the Anabolic Diet. Your question will be added to the list. Thanks for giving me the idea Joevonarb.

41. on 21 Jul 2007 at 5:36 am41joevonarb

    man i been a dumb dumb lol i been drinking milk cus it contains fat but you got in here that you can’t drink it tell your carb days darnit oh well i will start on monday like i shoulda in the first place i’m only having one problem though i can’t find the stats on salmon and i buy it fresh so it dosent have any stats

42. on 21 Jul 2007 at 6:23 am42joevonarb

    hey man here is a link to the cheese i use on the eggs red and green peppers and and ground chuck 70/30 let me know what you think

43. on 21 Jul 2007 at 7:21 am43Mehdi

    Joevonarb,

    Check Nutritiondata.com. Has plenty of info on nutritional value.

    Everything has carbs nowadays. It takes time, but you’ll get used to reading the labels.

44. on 24 Jul 2007 at 3:18 pm44Cheese

    I’m missing Linseed oil in your list, is there a reason for leaving it out ?

45. on 24 Jul 2007 at 3:37 pm45Mehdi

    I’m not a big fan of linseed (flax seed) oil. Read this: Flax Seeds: The good & the bad.

46. on 24 Jul 2007 at 6:31 pm46Cheese

    LOL, never knew flaxseedoil and linseedoil are the same.

    Thanks for the article, I think I’m gonna switch to fish oil caps (or will pure oil be better ?)

47. on 24 Jul 2007 at 6:52 pm47Mehdi

    Whatever works best for you, Cheese. Fish oil or caps, both work.

48. on 31 Jul 2007 at 11:47 pm48Mike Diesel

    COUCH COMA!! Oh man, that explains exactly how I felt after 24 hours of the carb re-feed when I tried the AD before. (after some tweaking though, I could usually avoid the “weekend couch coma”)

49. on 01 Aug 2007 at 2:42 am49Mehdi

    Couch coma usually happens when you go for high-gi carbs during the carb up. I don’t have it with low-gi carbs.

50. on 11 Aug 2007 at 1:41 am50J

    No milk until weekends?
    Since I’m a Senior [highschool] and still living with my parents, they’re still exercising some control over my diet.
    So fruit isn’t something I should have on weekdays on the anabolic diet either?

51. on 11 Aug 2007 at 11:15 am51Mehdi

    No milk until weekends on the Anabolic Diet. The only fruit you can consume on weekdays are berries & watermelons, but no large quantities because of their sugar content.

    The Anabolic Diet is too many people an unhealthy way of eating on the first sight. You’re parents might not let you get on the diet if they exercise control on what you eat. Tell them it’s only food and that you’ll try it for 2 months. Do some blood samples before & after, best proof itf it’s healthy or not. If they don’t allow you to do it: choose another diet, there are plenty to choose from.

52. on 01 Feb 2008 at 10:44 pm52Jennifer

    Can you eat cocoa on the anabolic diet? It contains a lot of fiber and fat…akin to the avocado

53. on 02 Feb 2008 at 11:05 am53Mehdi

    @Jennifer
    If it’s zero carb yes. Remember the max 30g carbs/day on the Anabolic Diet.

54. on 04 Feb 2008 at 4:17 pm54Liam

    Do you have any recommendations for snacks? I like salads and vegetables so I imagine these probably make up a lot of my daily carbs, so I don’t really want to use nuts like I used to. I take a couple of dessicated liver tabs three times a day, plus four post-workout, do these fit with the anabolic diet and are they sufficient to be used as my between meal snacks?

55. on 05 Feb 2008 at 10:44 am55Mehdi

    @Liam
    Salads & veggies are zero carbs (don’t count fiber). Check the recipes for ideas for snacks.

56. on 25 Feb 2008 at 11:45 am56pedro

    hi i just have one question are u able to take alcohol or beer over the weekend in the high carbs day also how much can you loose in the first 4 weeks.

57. on 28 Mar 2008 at 12:42 am57Chris

    I believe the anabolic diet is not 0g of carbs (which will put you into a ketogenic state, which is highly catabolic!) but 30g of carbs/day during the day.

58. on 26 Apr 2008 at 4:41 am58Delphig

    Anyone still on the AD

    I just started on Monday.. 6 Days into the initial 12 startup Metabolic Shift.. So far so good.. Not really paying attention to Calories to much.. Doing about 30 40 grams of carbs.. 15g yogurt in my whey shake etc.. But pretty close to 30 grams Typically after my workout

    Ketostix shows I`m in Medium ketosis.. Which I think is a little Catabolic.. Correct me if I`m wrong.. Or should I increase my carbs just a bit.. I though I`d be burning off the keytones.. Or does that come later when the shift has happened..

    Another 7 days till carbo carbo Carboo MMMMMmmmm Carbs

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