No.1 Mistake People Make On The MANS Diet
I’ve received some amazing success stories by email from people who have adopted the MANS diet.
There is one question that keeps popping up though,
“Am I eating enough?”
If you have to ask, you probably aren’t. I understand it’s hard shifting from a dependence on carbohydrates and an avoidance of fat to embracing a high-fat/low-carb diet.
When you think ’snack’ - crackers, chips and candy bars come to mind when cheese cubes, home-made protein bars and beef jerky should be the automatic response. It just takes a little getting used to, that’s all.
Personally I think it’s easy. Make sure you have the following in your diet:
- Butter
- Cheese
- Heavy cream / double cream
- Eggs
- Mayonnaise
- Ranch Dressing
- Olive Oil Dressing
- Red Meat
- Fish
- Walnuts
- Almonds
- Peanut Butter (All Other Nut Butters)
- Flax Seed
Remember, there’s always the ‘monster whey protein shake‘ to bump up the calories in one go.
I also have a video of a guy making a nice low-carb, home-made protein bar here (scroll to the bottom of that article).
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Mark McManus
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April 16th, 2008 at 8:00 am
yes, very true.
something else people need to watch their cholesterol a bit more with MANS.
just don’t spend the entire day eating eggs and beef jerky.
the home made protein bar and veggies does sound good
April 16th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
I don’t watch cholesterol. Here’s a study that showed higher increases in muscle size with higher levels of cholesterol.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080109173717.htm
There’s also 2 books (of the same name) on the issue of cholesterol - ‘The Great Cholesterol Con’.
If you are concerned about it then monitor your cholesterol intake, it’ll put your mind at ease.
As for me, I’m going to continue with the copious amounts of eggs
Mark
April 16th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
ok, thanks Mark for the article. Sounds much more logical to me now, as fat in the veins is the problem not actually the cholesterol. But yea, it’s still a bit confusing.
“Needless to say, these findings caught us totally off guard,”
same here lol.
anyway Mark about MANS i was wondering if a person can actually store Fat by eating too much fat and not exercising for a long while.
Thanks in advance.
April 16th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
At this stage, no one can say definitively that fat can or can’t be stored as fat when carbs are kept low.
I believe the science shows that it cannot, but further research is required.
There’s consecutive days I eat over 4000 calories mostly from fat and I don’t gain any body fat. Read my article on it here if you haven’t already…
http://www.musclehack.com/what-if-you-cant-get-fat-on-a-high-fat-diet/
Mark
April 16th, 2008 at 11:29 pm
Just make sure your protein intake isn’t too much because you can really damage your kidneys this way. The PH level gets really acidic if their is too much protein and since your body doesn’t store your kidneys have to process all the excess protein you consume. Also high amounts of protein causes your body to excrete more calcium which can lead to kidney stones. I take 500mg of Magnesium and 550mg of Potassium Gluconate to help in the process so I don’t get kidney stones again. On the whole consuming fat thing, I suggest staying away from foods with Trans Fat because this type of fat works against your body and will probably end up on your waist.
April 17th, 2008 at 7:48 am
Gidday, concerning cholesterol, I ate 20-30 eggs a day, 2 cups of cream, meat, slabs of butter and full cream milk and cheese for around 12 years when following the Rheo Blair eating style. My cholesterol levels were always in the lowest end of the range, much to doctors disbelief when they found out what I ate. Often they would retest me 2 and 3 times…literally dumbfounded. I was playing top level sport, and had a huge training load when incorporated with my own weight training load, so naturally the amounts I consumed reflect that.
I am 52 now, and in deluxe health and fitness. I only stopped eating that way for my own moral beliefs and reasons, wishing to not harm animals. However my diet now, like then, is based along the lines of Mark’s, and I still eat large amounts of cream, butter, milk and cheese, supplemented with whey and casein powders.
In fact, Mark’s site has been a bit of a fantastic wake up call, as far as the carb/fat thing goes, as well as the protein utilisation cream issue. I found I had gradually started eating more and more refined carbs, and perhaps unconsciously heading along the less dietary fat road. I have high expectations, and I was losing hardness, and gaining some fat. Since upping my cream intake, especially with the whey, (which can also play around with insulin levels), I am harder, and rapidly dropping fat.
Based on considerable, real life experience, cholesterol doesn’t concern me in the slightest, and I feel it plays an important role in optimum hormone levels and health. All important hormones. Hormones that control all bodily function. I would be most worried about the effects of refined carbs and sugar, and blood composition. Hormone replacement therapy, all time low testosterone levels…other hormone problems…obesity…the contemporary obsession with carbs and no fat…coincidence?
The HIT thing in the book is a classic. I love it! I love asking ‘experts’ if they have ever seen a fat sprinter? Sprinters, who avoid aerobics like the plague, and who have low body fat levels, and guess what else? Rampant hormones!
The truth for me is, if it wasn’t for my beliefs, I would base my eating around whole eggs. Probably a dozen a day. (I am 6′ 220lbs).
April 17th, 2008 at 9:39 am
Cholesterol is different for everyone. Our bodies make 2/3 of cholesterol. If you are consuming a lot of food with high cholesterol your body will stop producing it’s own to make sure it can handle the cholesterol you take in. Some people also have conditions where their bodies can’t make cholesterol. Of course exercise also helps with lowering cholesterol.
April 20th, 2008 at 11:09 am
I always like reading your contributions Uplift!
Great stuff.
Hope you contribute in the forums when they’re up (probably 2-3 weeks away now).
Anyway, I respect the decision you’ve made regarding diet but it’s great to see you still eat fat and steer clear of refined carbs, wish the same could be said of other vegetarians.
You’re right about HIIT, it’s a godsend for fat loss. I wouldn’t dream of doing any other type of cardio these days.
Cheers,
Mark
May 6th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
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May 7th, 2008 at 10:31 am
Well I have a few things about what foods I should have in my diet. I’m allegic to seafood all together so can I substuite something else for it. And homemade Beef Jerky is the best. I’ll ask some questions on your other deals since I’m just starting to get into bodybuilding so I’m clueless. Thanks for the info. Keep on rockin hard brother.