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THE ANABOLIC DIET


by Dr. Mauro Di Pasquale


©1995 Optimum Training Systems



TABLE OF CONTENTS


ABOUT THE AUTHOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
INTRODUCTION
DIETARY FAT IS NOT THE ENEMY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
The Myth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
The Anabolic Diet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
The Primitive Diet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
The Establishment Won’t Like The Anabolic Diet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
The Modern Bodybuilder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Anabolic Steroids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
CHAPTER 1
BENEFITS OF THE ANABOLIC DIET

— MORE MUSCLE, LESS BODYFAT, AND IT’S ALL NATURAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Physical Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
The Metabolic Advantage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Protecting Protein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Fat Is Not The Enemy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
The Psychological Edge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
CHAPTER 2
HISTORY OF BODYBUILDING DIETS

— CARBOHYDRATES AND THE BODYBUILDER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
The American Diet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Cancer And Diet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
The Bloating Of America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
The Popular Bodybuilding Diet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Problems With Bulking Up/Cutting Down On Other Diets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Would You Rather Burn Muscle Or Fat? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Strength Level And Motivation Decreases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Protein Levels Drop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Inconvenience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Reluctance to Cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Extreme Swings in Bodyweight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Minimal Lean Weight Gains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

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CHAPTER 3
THE ANABOLIC DIET—HOW AND WHY IT WORKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Controlling Catabolism (Muscle Breakdown) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
The Diet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
What To Eat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
The Best Diet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
When To Eat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
When To Eat Carbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Experiment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Endurance Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Diet Phases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
The “Sweet Tooth” Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Don’t Mix Diets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
The First Week Is The Toughest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Controlling Bodyfat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Mass Phase Duration Can Vary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Weekly Weight Gains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Experiment With Foods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Panic Attacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Messing Up A Good Thing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Fluid Retention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Don’t Overdo It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
1–2 Weeks Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Countdown To Contest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Prejudging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
CHAPTER 4
SUPPLEMENTATION — A NO-NONSENSE GUIDE
TO WHAT TO TAKE, WHEN TO TAKE IT AND WHY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Lifestyle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Why Supplements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
The Multi-Vitamin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Increased Antioxidant Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Protein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Free Form Amino Acids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

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The Formulas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Other Beneficial Supplements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Buffer Drinks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Omega-3 Fatty Acids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Stay Away From These . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
CHAPTER 5
SPECIAL MODIFICATIONS—DOING IT YOUR WAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
The Midweek Carb Spike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Short-Term Loading On Weekends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Long-Term Loading On Weekends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Varying Calories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Extreme Variance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Low Protein Weekends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Increasing Calories Before A Contest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Follow That Instinctive Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Aerobics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
The Contest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
The Anabolic Diet As A Control Diet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
CHAPTER 6
SOME COMMON QUESTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
SAMPLE STARTER DIETS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
SAMPLE 3,000 CALORIE DIET MENUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80–86
SAMPLE 1,500 CALORIE DIET MENUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87–93
CALORIE/CARBOHYDRATE CHARTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94–98
REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR


Mauro Di Pasquale has been a respected member of the international sports community for
the last 25 years as an athlete, administrator and physician. Today he is one of the most influential
voices on drug use in sports as well as one of the top experts in sports nutrition in the world.

He was a world class athlete for over 20 years, winning the World Championships in Powerlifting
in 1976 and the World Games in 1981. During his athletic career he was also Canadian champion
8 times, Pan American champion twice, and North American champion twice.

It was as an athlete that Dr. Di Pasquale began the search for an alternative to performance-
enhancing drugs that led him to the Anabolic Diet. Later, during his 8-year tenure as Chairman
of the International Powerlifting Federation’s Medical Committee, and his two-year tenure as
Medical Director and Drug Program Advisor for the now-disbanded World Bodybuilding
Federation (WBF), he continued work on the diet while developing the two Federation’s drug
testing protocols and procedures.

Today he serves as Medical Director and Drug Program Advisor for the World Wrestling
Federation (WWF), and Medical Review Officer for the National Association for Stock Car
Auto Racing (NASCAR).

Dr. Di Pasquale has published several books focusing on drug use and athletic performance,
including Drug Use and Detection in Amateur Sports, Beyond Anabolic Steroids, and Anabolic
Steroid Side Effects, Fact, Fiction and Treatment. He’s also provided hundreds of articles on drug
use, nutrition, and sports medicine to a variety of international magazines and journals.

As editor-in-chief of a new quarterly newsletter entitled DRUGS IN SPORTS, he continues
to bring his message to the international sports community. DRUGS IN SPORTS is now
publishing editions in English, Spanish and Italian.

His research and work in the areas of athletic training, performance, and the treatment of
sports-related injuries have also won him praise from athletes, trainers and other researchers.
He is a licensed physician in Ontario, Canada, specializing in Sports Medicine, and is certified
in North America as a Medical Review Officer and a Master of Fitness Sciences.

Dr. Di Pasquale holds an honors degree in biological science, majoring in molecular
biochemistry, and a medical degree from the University of Toronto. As an assistant professor at
the university, he lectures on athletic performance and drug use in sports. He’s also actively
involved in hormonal research at the University of Toronto and Medical Forces Research Base.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR



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INTRODUCTION

DIETARY FAT IS NOT THE ENEMY


THE MYTH

You’ve heard it all before. Everybody from the American Medical Association to the media
trendsetters to that so-called “expert” at your neighborhood gym has been saying the same thing for
the last three decades: Fat is bad. Carbohydrates are good. If you want to get the body you’ve been
working so hard for, you’ve got to focus on those carbohydrates and keep fat to an absolute minimum.

So you dedicate yourself to living by the percentages the Lords of Lowfat give you. 55 percent
carbs. No more than 15 percent fat. You load up on turkey and chicken. You separate the egg
whites. You surgically remove all visible fat from any piece of meat. You always broil. Never fry.

But you’ve been living a lie.

Fact is, the high carbohydrate diet favored by so many bodybuilders can actually work against
them. They bulk up on all those carbs and end up packing on a tremendous amount of bodyfat.
Then, when it’s time to cut, too much muscle ends up being left in the gym along with the bodyfat.

Strength levels and personal motivation drops. You can become irritable. Maybe even
depressed. By the time that contest you’ve been working so hard for comes around, you often
look no better than you did for the last contest. You may look worse.

And that diet. To say it’s inconvenient and strict would be a drastic understatement. In a
world where eating makes up a great part of our social life, the regimen of a high carb diet can
quickly make you a social outcast.

Not that you can’t make progress toward your goals with a high carb diet. You can. Some.
But you can also find yourself plateauing or even losing lean body mass. As you count down
toward contest time, panic can set in. You take drastic measures to compensate for the state
you’re in and end up losing weeks of training.

So, why are you torturing yourself? Especially when there is an alternative that can pack on
muscle while keeping bodyfat at a minimum. It’s called the Anabolic Diet and, while it flies in
the face of what most bodybuilders have been led to believe, it could be the answer to your prayers.

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Unlike the high carb diet that can work against the body’s system of growth producing
hormones, the Anabolic Diet maximizes the production and utilization of the Big 3 growth
producers — testosterone, growth hormone and insulin — and does it naturally. It also shifts
the body’s metabolism from that of a sugar burning, fat producing machine to that of a fat
burning machine. With the body packing on extra muscle and simultaneously burning both
dietary and stored body fat, the bodybuilder finds himself twice blessed.

The Anabolic Diet stresses a high fat/high protein/low carbohydrate approach to nutrition.

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Many in the general public will dismiss it out of hand, citing the popular beliefs that fat is a
prime component in heart disease, cancer and obesity. Likewise, many bodybuilders have come
to assume that dietary fat smooths the bodybuilder out and blurs definition.

But they couldn’t be more wrong. Dietary fat, when utilized properly as in the Anabolic Diet,
can be the key to growth and success. And while some will see the Anabolic Diet as a new,
revolutionary, even dangerous approach to nutrition, its basics actually originated with the
dawning of mankind.

THE PRIMITIVE DIET

First let’s clear up a widely held misconception that ancient man was a herbivore who turned
his nose up at all meat in favor of the available plant life. Current vegetarians often claim that
their diet is the most natural and ancient known to man, in an effort to gain converts, but it’s
simply not true.

In fact, archeological evidence shows that man’s earliest tools were put to use, at least in part,
in the dressing of meat1. In many areas, the diet of primitive man was made up almost entirely
of animal products. The continued affection for meat demonstrated by the monkeys and apes
that are our primate cousins today is also testament to early man’s dietary preference.

There’s a good reason for all this. It’s called survival. Meat is a far superior source of amino
acids than plant life. It’s also high in vitamins A, E and B complex. Fat, whose benefits we will
discuss throughout this book, is also readily available in meat and not in plants. Along with
many other uses, including the fact that it’s tasty and adds to the palatability of food, fat is
necessary for proper breakdown and use of vitamins A, D, E and K in the body.

Meat is, indeed, one of the most nutritious substances on earth, and it’s been held in high
esteem by civilizations throughout history. It’s even played a big role in religious ceremony. In
the early days of recorded history, meat was offered to the prevailing Gods through “burnt
offerings”, and the Bible reports on feasts held in conjunction with these animal sacrifices.

So when we’re talking about “natural” or “primitive” diets, we’re not talking about the eating
habits of vegetarians. We’re talking about meat eaters who came to understand early the
importance of meat in the daily diet. Man’s earliest diet probably consisted mainly of meat,
supplemented by periodic feedings of carbohydrates. It was only with the development of
agriculture a mere 10,000 years ago that any large change was seen.

In the nearly 50 million years of man’s existence before that, man was largely carnivorous
and lived off animal flesh. At its crudest, this meat diet bears a strong resemblance to the Anabolic
Diet we’ll be providing you with. All we’ve done is taken this primitive diet and brought it into
the modern age, making use of modern science to adapt it and perfect it for maximum health,
fitness and development.

THE ESTABLISHMENT WON’T LIKE THE ANABOLIC DIET

But don’t expect the Anabolic Diet to be hailed widely by major food industries in our society.
Go down the aisles of any supermarket today and you’ll see little but fancy carbohydrates on

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the shelves. Meat is simple. It involves little more than butchering a cow. It’s also very difficult
to package for big profits. It wouldn’t be in their interest to support it.

A similar situation exists with the supplement industry. They won’t be happy with this diet
because it doesn’t require protein supplementation. You’re already getting plenty of protein
from all the meat you’ll be eating. Likewise, the general supplements they tout will be of little
use here. Though we’ll be prescribing supplements to give you the edge in maximizing the
Anabolic Diet’s benefits, they will be of a high tech variety, specially designed for the needs of
the bodybuilder dialed into the anabolic lifestyle. They’ll be well beyond anything the generalists
are presently offering.

Those modern day gurus of nutrition, who think that the quality of a diet should be measured
in the torture it extracts on its users, won’t be pleased with this diet, either. It’s not torture.
You’ll be eating meat during the weekdays, supplemented by a wide variety of other delicious
foods. And when the weekend comes, virtually anything goes.

While you may have to give up that lasagna or ice cream during the week, you can have it during
the “carb loading” portion of the diet that comes every weekend. Unlike the high carb diets and
others of it’s ilk, you aren’t forced to give up your favorite foods forever on the Anabolic Diet.

THE MODERN BODYBUILDER

Although my approach to the high fat/high protein/low carbohydrate is new, it’s interesting to
note that an early form of the diet was favored by many bodybuilders back in the 1960’s. It wasn’t
well refined at the time. Nor did it feature the critical aspects of hormonal manipulation and
stimulation I’ve added. But it concentrated on meat consumption with very few carbs, and
bodybuilders were pleased to find themselves maintaining maximum muscle with very little bodyfat.

In fact, the diet produced some huge men back in the 60s. They didn’t have all the components
of the diet perfected and didn’t get the “super-ripped” look bodybuilders work for today but,
nonetheless, the diet produced some big, big men. Unfortunately, the trendy diets stressing high
complex carbs, high protein and low fat swept through the bodybuilding community so
completely that these earlier experiments in a high fat approach were wiped out.

As often happens, the blinders went on to alternatives to the high carb movement, and the
high fat diet was ignored by most people. I was the exception. I began working with the diet as
an active powerlifter in the 1970s and used an earlier version of what you’ll find in this book on
my way to winning the world championship in powerlifting in 1976 and the World Games in
the sport in 1981.

ANABOLIC STEROIDS

Soon after, the world of professional sports began their campaign against anabolic steroids.
Strict drug testing began in the world class bodybuilding community, and the cry went out for
some natural alternative to steroids.

By that time steroids had assumed their place as a “wonder drug” among bodybuilders and other
athletes. Physically, steroids had been shown to have a remarkable effect on muscle growth and

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strength. Psychologically, they provided users with an aggressive, contentious mindset very useful
in competition and training. The fact that they swept through the bodybuilding and other sport
communities where getting a competitive edge was so important to winning was not surprising.

Unfortunately, steroids were found to have some severe side effects. Moodiness and an
unhealthy aggression toward others that could extend to violence (known as “roid rage”) were
widely reported in sporting journals. Links to heart disease, liver cancer, kidney disease and
sterility were also discovered. With the evidence mounting, there was little choice but to shut
down their use in the international sporting arena.

It was into this void that I stepped with the high fat, Anabolic Diet I’d been working on. It
was not an easy task. The World Bodybuilding Federation wanted their athletes to get clean
but maintain muscle mass and stay cut up and in competition shape. This was a tall order.

One of the major problems was to get the hormonal systems of the bodybuilders back on
track, producing testosterone naturally. This was very difficult because steroids shut down the
testosterone-producing system in the body. The hypothalamic, pituitary, testicular axis (HPTA)
ceases to function, and you may need to go to extreme measures to get your testicles working
again. It often takes a long time to recover and, in some cases, a user may never recover and be
doomed to treatment with artificial steroids or testosterone for the rest of his life.

Steroids can also make the athlete lazy. He’ll get growth with marginal training methods but
find the road much tougher when he gets off steroids and has to do all the work himself. Anabolic
diet or not, it may take him awhile to get back up to speed with proper training methods.

Then there’s the diet itself. Like any diet, if you don’t follow it, you’re not going to get results.
Some bodybuilders who’d been cruising on steroids for a long time found it difficult to replace
the ease of steroids with a diet which required some commitment.

Finally, some people chose to believe that a natural program could replace steroids immediately
and offer the exact same results. There is no way this can occur. Over a short time period, no
diet is going to replace steroids. But over the long term, the Anabolic Diet has proven to be a
very effective alternative to steroids, providing the same kind of results without the “Russian
Roulette” nature of steroid usage.

By 1990, I’d come out with my book, Beyond Anabolic Steroids, and begun to provide articles
for a variety of fitness and bodybuilding publications on the subject. The response to the Anabolic
Diet was remarkable. In a world where steroids are a real gamble, both in terms of competition
and health, the Anabolic Diet gave the bodybuilders who used it that natural edge they were
looking for.

But I’m no “Just Say No” crusader in this area. Hysteria is not my stock in trade. Anabolic
steroids do have their place. In fact, I’ve recently been involved in research testing steroids for
use in AIDS patients. They could play a role in maintaining body mass and stengthening the
immune system in these patients, thus allowing them to better resist the opportunistic diseases
that are so deadly to them.

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I also fully realize that steroids and other artificial means for growth and performance are still
used widely in the athletic community. They give the athlete the edge he’s looking for and, for
many, they’ll gladly risk their health and the sanctions that can come from steroid use for the
performance benefits they can bring.

It should be pointed out that the Anabolic Diet can even be used in concert with steroids.
You will get results. Indeed, you can do most anything with steroids and achieve some gains.
But, though the Anabolic Diet will help you to some degree, your use of steroids will keep you
from maximizing the endogenous anabolic hormones the diet seeks to stimulate.

Bottom line, the Anabolic Diet is meant for the natural athlete who wants to be the best he
can be naturally. And, while it’s much easier and convenient to stay on than the high carb diet,
it will still require some dedication and the will to properly execute it. The key to success in the
diet is to make sure you take your body through a “metabolic shift” where you’ll begin to use
dietary fat and bodyfat instead of carbs and muscle protein as the main fuel for your body. To
do this, you’ll have to follow the diet very closely, especially at the beginning.

The battle the drug-free athlete engages in is not an easy one. He must face up to drug-using
and abusing competition and drug-based competitive standards in every contest. What the
Anabolic Diet does is to give him the same kind of benefits the drug user obtains.

By introducing anabolic drugs or agents into his body, the drug user increases the circulating
amount of anabolic hormones and compounds, which in turn produces the desired anabolic
effect of muscle growth. The Anabolic Diet does the same thing. Only instead of introducing
the anabolic substances from an exogenous source outside the body, the diet stimulates the
production of anabolic hormones IN THE BODY. It’s LEGAL and it’s SAFE.

And, best of all, it’s a SURE THING. If you follow the diet, IT WON’T FAIL. It may sound
bizarre. It may counter everything you’ve ever been led to believe about diets, fat and
carbohydrates. BUT IT WORKS. It is a biochemical inevitability. YOU WILL get the
combination of increased lean body mass with less bodyfat you’re looking for if you follow the
diet properly.

And you’ll get it naturally. Without the dangers of steroids.

Given the trials and tribulations most bodybuilders have experienced with their “diets,” what
more can you ask for from a nutrition program?

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BENEFITS OF THE ANABOLIC DIET


— MORE MUSCLE, LESS BODYFAT,


AND IT’S ALL NATURAL


For more than 20 years the American public has been told to watch its fat intake or suffer the
consequences. The national “fat hysteria” got so bad that back in 1989 the National Academy
of Sciences advised everybody, regardless of the presence or absence of risk for coronary heart
disease, to go on a restricted diet low in fat. The Lords of Lowfat loved this, and the food industry
proceeded to take advantage of the situation, as they always do, and come out with a whole new
line of “lowfat” or “fat free” products, many of which were neither.

Why groups such as premenopausal women and children, who are largely immune to coronary
heart disease, should go on such a restricted diet was not explained. Meanwhile, other complex,
interlinking causes of coronary heart disease like lack of exercise, obesity, stress, genetics and
caloric intake went largely ignored. Fat was the culprit. Any possibility that dietary fat could be
utilized in the cause of good health and physical performance was conveniently dismissed.

As a result, people began eating those carbs. They began watching what they ate. Above all,
they became aware of the fat they were eating and did their best to avoid it like a plague. And,
guess what? As a society we got fatter than ever. We’re getting fatter all the time. The heart
attack parade hasn’t stopped. What’s wrong with this picture?

Meanwhile, bodybuilders didn’t seem to be getting the kind of growth they were looking for
from all those carbs. Sure, they got big. But they also got fat. By contest time, they were most
often right about where they’d been before they started the whole diet cycle. The siren song of
steroids became ever more inviting.

But now, you’ve got an alternative. A healthy and effective one. It’s called the Anabolic Diet
and it’s been striking telling blows against the Lords of Lowfat and getting bodybuilders the
growth they want without all that added bodyfat. In this chapter we’ll outline the many benefits
to be gained from the Anabolic Diet and begin to look at the reasons why it works. By its end,
I don’t think you’ll be too tempted to return to the old grind of that high carb diet.

PHYSICAL BENEFITS

Increasing Lean Body Mass WITHOUT Anabolic Steroids: This is one of the real big advantages
of the Anabolic Diet. As described in the previous chapter, the diet does many of the same things
hormonally that steroids do, only naturally inside the body and without the risks.

Decreasing Bodyfat Without Sacrificing Lean Mass: Unlike the high carb diet, when you
gain weight on the Anabolic Diet much less of it is bodyfat and much more of it is muscle.
We’ve found that, far from what you’ve been led to believe, eating fat doesn’t lead to getting

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fat. In fact, high dietary fat is instrumental in increasing lipolysis or the breakdown of fat1 and
the resulting loss of bodyfat. We’ve also found that the bodybuilder will maintain more lean
body mass during the cutting phase of a diet.

On the high carb diet, if you exercise correctly and do everything else right, you’ll find that
when you lose weight, about 60 percent of it is fat and 40 percent muscle. You may get ripped,
but you’re much smaller than you could be. On the high fat diet, we’ve found those percentages
go way down to 90 percent fat and 10 percent muscle, and that’s a real boon for the bodybuilder
who wants to maintain muscle as he cuts down. With the high fat diet, you get down to the weight
you want but find yourself maintaining a lot more lean body mass. You’re bigger and stronger.

Take two athletes, one on the high carb diet and one on the Anabolic Diet, have them gain
10 pounds, and you’ll find the one on the Anabolic Diet gaining the larger percentage of muscle.
Likewise, when you lose weight, the athlete on the Anabolic Diet will lose far less muscle than
the athlete sold on high carbs. Which diet would you rather be on?

Feeling Stronger While Losing Bodyfat: This stands to reason. Strength is proportional to muscle
mass. When you’re on the high carb diet, sacrificing lean mass to get cut, you’re obviously going
to feel weaker. Because the Anabolic Diet cycles in a carb loading phase every week to stimulate
insulin production and trigger growth, you also don’t find yourself getting into the psychological
doldrums you get following one diet all the way through each week. There’s a variety in your diet,
and this will aid you in being more energetic and committed than you’d be on the high carb diet.

Maximizing The Effects of Endogenous Anabolic Hormones: This diet maximizes the serum levels
of testosterone, growth hormone and insulin to promote growth. It basically conditions your
hormonal system to create an endogenous (natural) anabolic (growth producing) environment.
It maximizes the effect of these 3 anabolic hormones 24 hours a day because, contrary to popular
belief, you don’t only build muscle after a workout but during a workout as well.

This isn’t easy. Many hormones are reactive to others. For instance, as insulin goes up, growth
hormone may decrease. If insulin decreases, growth hormone will increase. The two substances
generally don’t work together, but they can. If you can increase both substances, you’ll get a
better anabolic effect than with an increase in one substance alone.

Later we’ll provide some supplements that you can use with the Anabolic Diet that will help
in increasing insulin, testosterone and growth hormone as needed. You’ll find 2 of our formulas
to be targeted for use before, during and immediately after your workouts. This is especially
important because of the decrease in serum testosterone and growth hormone that can occur
during and after a workout.

At the cellular level in the body, you need the anabolic hormones elevated so they’ll drive amino
acids into the cell for protein formation. That’s how you get growth. The Anabolic Diet, the weekly
cycling it incorporates, and supplements will work to do this before, during and after your workout.

Increase In Strength: People on the Anabolic Diet often find that, as they’re losing weight and
bodyfat, strength increases. Most bodybuilders find this amazing. They know that when they
lose weight, they’re also losing muscle and strength. But with the Anabolic Diet, they’re losing

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far less muscle and that, in combination with the fact that their body is working in an anabolic
environment, makes them feel stronger. They can’t believe it as they watch the fat melt away
while their strength increases at the same time.

Decrease In Catabolic Activity In The Body: The Anabolic Diet results in lower levels of cortisol,
a hormone secreted by the adrenal glands that breaks down muscle (catabolism) and uses it for
energy. The supplements we’ll be recommending for use with the diet will also decrease muscle
breakdown during and after the workout, while increasing insulin and growth hormone levels
at critical times to promote an anabolic effect. Put simply, you’ll be breaking down less muscle
while adding more.

t PHYSICAL BENEFITS OF THE ANABOLIC DIET
• Increasing Lean Body Mass Without Steroids

• Decreasing Bodyfat Without Sacrificing Lean Mass
• Maximizing The Effects Of Endogenous Anabolic Hormones
• Increasing Strength While Losing Bodyfat
• Decreasing Catabolic Activity In The Body
• Avoiding The Health Problems Of The High Carbohydrate Diet
• Staying In Shape Year Round Instead Of Peaking Once Or Twice
• Improving Contest-to-Contest And Year-to-Year/No Plateaus
• Endurance Increases
Avoiding General Health Problems Associated With The High Carbohydrate Diet: Carbohydrates
will increase insulin levels and thus produce an anabolic (muscle building) effect when used
properly. In the Anabolic Diet, we use a carbohydrate loading phase on the weekends to do just
that. But when insulin is chronically high or yo-yo’s up and down due to a diet consistently
high in carbs, it becomes a lipogenic (fat producing) hormone and begins to lay down fat on
the body, and plenty of it. That’s why it must be controlled. You’ll note that on the Anabolic
Diet, the individual will increase carbohydrate consumption on the weekend only to the point
when they begin to lay down fat. Then it’s back to the high fat diet before any damage is done.

This is why you tend to lay down so much more fat on a high carb diet. With insulin
uncontrolled, you lay down fat indiscriminately. The chronic elevation of insulin also tends to
deposit that fat in the thighs and other fat-plagued areas of the body, causing the cellulite buildup
that drives women especially crazy.

The increase in plaque buildup in the arteries that leads to heart attacks also appears to be a
symptom of the chronically high carb diet. If you stay away from the simple sugars and junk
food, you can limit the damage, of course. It would be hard to severely criticize someone who
eats a lot of vegetables, salads and potatoes.

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Still, all those carbs will lead to fat buildup unless you regulate it as we do in this diet. Carbs
are only increased to the point that they will have a beneficial effect on lean body mass. By
spiking insulin production through carb loading on the weekends, we can speed the movement
of nutrients through the bloodstream and into muscle. Amino acids are driven into muscle cells
where they can form the building blocks for protein and ultimate muscle growth. But before
the insulin levels have been elevated too long and fat begins to be laid down in bulk, the
carbohydrates are cut off and insulin brought under control.

Staying In Shape Year Round Instead Of Peaking Once Or Twice A Year: The Anabolic Diet
allows you to stay in shape year round. It’s not a diet where you bulk up and then cut body fat,
and the process becomes so painful and difficult that you can’t maintain the diet. As such, it’s
not one of those low-fat diets where you struggle mentally and physically all through the year
and can’t help but go on and off it out of sheer exhaustion and frustration.

The Anabolic Diet is a lifestyle. One that you can keep up year round. It’s very comfortable
because it’s natural. It punctuates high fat periods with regular carb sessions in much the same
manner as our ancient ancestors’ diet.

You also don’t give up anything on this diet. You can have that meat and cheese on the
weekdays, and on the weekends load up with your favorite carbs. It’s not torture like most other
bodybuilder diets. You want to party and have a beer on the weekends? Go ahead. All foods are
available, albeit at the right time of the week, on this diet.

Meanwhile, if used properly, this diet will allow you to keep your fat somewhere around the
10 percent level consistently, and cut to a 4–5 percent level as needed while maintaining lean
body mass. There won’t be those marathon cutting phases, and you’ll find yourself getting into
competition shape very quickly.

And, if you responsibly follow the diet and stay with it, each time you go through the cycle
or complete your pre-contest phase, you should come in heavier and at least as cut as you were
at the end of your last cycle. Instead of plateauing as so many bodybuilders do, you’ll improve
contest to contest and year to year.

Endurance Increases: We’ve also found that for many athletes, endurance actually increases on
the high fat diet. Again, this runs counter to popular belief that exercise endurance is related to
the amount of carbohydrate stored in the muscle, and that a low carb diet decreases performance.

In the high carb/low fat diet, the athlete begins training, and the glucose in the blood is used
almost immediately. At that point, the glycogen or carbohydrate stores in the muscle are used
for energy. After 15 minutes or so, they’re gone too. At that point your body has to revert to
burning fat or muscle for fuel. Unfortunately, when you’re on the high carb diet, your body
isn’t very efficient at burning fat, and you end up burning about 50 percent protein (muscle)
and 50 percent fat for your energy needs.

Once you’ve shifted over on the high fat diet, though, your body is primed to use fat for
energy. Once the glycogen is gone, it will go primarily to those fat stores. Fat becomes almost
like sugar to the body, and it will favor utilizing fat stores over muscle stores for energy. In this

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way, less fat is stored by the body and more of it is used. The body is much less likely to make
fat and more likely to burn it off. A higher percentage of lean body mass is the result.

In one recent study, it was found that rats adapted to a high fat diet do not have a decrease in
endurance capacity, even after recovery from a previous exhausting workout. The increased storage
and utilization of intramuscular triglycerides (fatty acids) seems to be at the bottom of this condition2.

THE METABOLIC ADVANTAGE

Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) is the source of all metabolic activity in the human body. In
order to get the energy the body needs for muscle contraction, breathing, brain cell function
and virtually all other activities, ATP must be generated. People have gotten the idea that you
must have the glycogen and glucose that comes from carbohydrates for the body to produce
and replenish ATP and survive.

What people don’t understand is that protein and fat have their own mechanism for providing
energy to the body and replenishing ATP. It’s a misconception that you need carbs to function.

When carbohydrates make up the bulk of your diet, you basically burn the glucose from the
carbs as energy. Glucose enters the body, and insulin is secreted by the pancreas to utilize it for
immediate energy, or store it as glycogen in the liver and muscles. The glucose not stored as
glycogen is made into triglycerides (bodyfat). When needed for energy, the stored glycogen is
converted back to glucose and used up directly by a cell or transported through the bloodstream
to other cells for conversion and use as energy.

When fat makes up the bulk of your diet, you don’t have those large amounts of glycogen or
glucose available for energy anymore. Most of your energy will come from the breakdown of
free fatty acids from your diet or from the fat stored on your body. Instead of burning the stored
glycogen or glucose for energy, the body burns free fatty acids or triglycerides (the storage form
of the free fatty acids).

Basically, a diet high in fat activates the lipolytic (fat burning) enzymes in your body and
decreases the activity of the lipogenic (fat producing) enzymes. Dietary free fatty acids and
triglycerides become the body’s main energy source. The triglycerides are broken down to free
fatty acids and then ketones, a source that can be used for energy by body cells. The free fatty
acids take the place of glucose, and the triglycerides act like glycogen.

When carbs are the main form of energy to the body, the body produces insulin to process it
and store it. This is all well and good but, as we discussed above, one of the problems with
insulin is that it activates the lipogenic (fat producing) enzymes on the body and decreases the
activity of the lipolytic (fat burning) enzymes. What this leads to is an increased storing of body
fat and a decrease in the amount of stored fat that will be burned.

The exact opposite occurs on the high fat diet. After undergoing the “metabolic shift” from
being a carb-burning machine to a fat-burner, lipogenesis (the production and laying down of
fat on the body) decreases, and lipolysis (the burning of both dietary and bodyfat for energy)
increases. You’re burning fat as your primary fuel, and instead of using glycogen or breaking

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down precious protein, you’ll burn off the fat on your body for energy as needed.

This can have a big effect on overall bodyfat, and research has now begun to document this
effect. In one study of ideal-weight human subjects, it was found that high fat diets were
accompanied by a very strong lipolytic (fat-burning) effect3.

In another study focusing on obese subjects, it was found that, when offered high carb/relatively
low fat diets or low carb/relatively high fat diets, the subjects on the lower carb lost significantly
more fat4. Though prevailing wisdom would predict that the high fat diet would simply make
people fatter, THEY ACTUALLY LOST MORE WEIGHT ON THE HIGH FAT DIET.

It may sound crazy, but that’s the way the body works. Once you’ve adapted to a high fat
diet, fat doesn’t beget fat. Despite what you’ve been told, A HIGH FAT DIET DOESN’T
PUT FAT ON. IT TAKES FAT OFF.

Studies with other animals have produced additional eye-popping results. One study of
hamsters found that a high-fat diet added weight while decreasing lipogenesis (fat build up).
The hamsters gained large amounts of weight, but this weight was more from an increase in
lean body mass than fat5.

In another study it was found that hamsters fed a high fat diet had lower lipogenic (fat
producing) enzyme activity and less body fat content than low-fat-fed hamsters under both
sedentary and exercise conditions6.

PROTECTING PROTEIN

One important by-product of the “metabolic shift” that takes place when you move from a
high carb diet to the Anabolic Diet is that fat becomes a protector for protein in the body. When
you’re utilizing carbs as your main source of energy, the body will take muscle protein, break it
down and form glucose from it to burn for energy, once immediate energy stores are exhausted.
This is where catabolic activity (muscle breakdown) takes place. You’ll be sitting there, happily
working, and you’re actually making your muscle shrink away as you do it. You’re basically
burning muscle to fuel your workout.

You won’t get nearly this amount of muscle breakdown on the Anabolic Diet. Some muscle
will be burned, but available fat will serve as an alternative to muscle as an energy source to a
large degree.

Anytime you’re exercising and the body needs energy, it will break down what it needs, including
muscle, to supply that energy. One of the ways bodybuilders fight this is to sip glucose drinks
during a workout. The body won’t need to break down muscle as much for energy because it has
an outside source of energy constantly coming in. Fat works in the same way when you’re on the
Anabolic Diet. It protects the muscle by serving as an alternative, more available source of energy.

It must be remembered that, along with anabolism (the buildup of muscle tissue) the
bodybuilder is also very concerned with catabolism (the breakdown of this tissue). Research
shows that the Anabolic Diet could well also be called the “Anti-Catabolic Diet.” Along with
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aids in decreasing the amount of muscle that could be lost during a workout or over the course
of a diet phase.

Research has shown that the ketone bodies burned for energy in the Anabolic Diet, D-betahydroxybuterate and acetoacetate, actually decrease protein catabolism.7 A recent study with
laboratory rats also showed that a combined treatment with insulin, testosterone and a high
fat/high protein diet led to decreased loss of muscle protein and growth caused by the catabolic
hormone corticosterone.8 Another showed higher protein gains and lower fat gains for rats on
a high fat diet.9 The implications for similarly decreased catabolism in humans through adopting
the high fat diet are obvious.

t METABOLIC BENEFITS OF THE ANABOLIC DIET
• Burning Fat Instead Of Glucose Promotes Lipolysis (Fat Loss)

• Burning Fat Instead Of Glucose Decreases Lipogenesis (Fat Production)
• Without Dietary Fat, The Body Stores Fat In Excess
• Muscle Protein Is Protected
• Bodyfat Is More Mobile And Pleasingly Distributed
FAT IS NOT THE ENEMY

People have a bad attitude about dietary fat, and its most often based on total mistruth. They
think that if you eat fat, you get fat. That’s what everybody in the media, medical, and food
industry is telling them. Why question it?

The fact is, sometimes you’ve got to question authority. The reality is that the less fat you
eat, the more your body will want to store it and pack it on when given the opportunity. Much
of this comes from the chronic levels of high insulin caused by high carb diets discussed earlier.
These chronic levels will really pack the fat on when present. The more carbs you eat, the more
insulin you’ll produce and the more fat you’ll pack. Though it may sound crazy, the truth is
that YOU’LL GAIN MORE FAT WITH THE HIGH CARB DIET THAN THE HIGH
FAT, HIGH PROTEIN VARIETY WE’RE GIVING YOU HERE!

If you have no dietary fat in the body, the body wants to produce it. It anticipates disaster
and wants to store it up as a hedge against hard times. The body is a conservative instrument,
especially in matters of survival. What happens when you’re on the Anabolic Diet is that the
body recognizes it’s got fat in abundance, and biochemically recycles it. If the body doesn’t have
it, it’s going to lay down plenty of fat from the precious amount its given.

And if you want to lose fat, the high carb diet can’t compete with the Anabolic Diet in any
way. The high fat diet radically activates the enzymes for fat breakdown in the body. You become,
basically, a fat burning machine and you’ll use up the fat you’ve just ingested—and that already
on your body—much more readily.

Another important aspect of the Anabolic Diet we’ve found is that BODYFAT IS MORE

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MOBILE. Some people have depot areas of bodyfat. They’re cellulite deposits or pockets of
fat. What we’ve found so far on the Anabolic Diet is that what fat there is gets redistributed
much more evenly on the body frame. There are no pockets or depot areas of fat.

I recently had a patient who had always had problems with large fat deposits on her buttock, inner
thigh and lower abdomen areas. On the Anabolic Diet, she found herself losing fat evenly throughout
the body and was quite pleased to see corresponding portions coming off areas that had never before
responded. We don’t know yet if this works universally, but we’ve seen it enough in other subjects
to know that the Anabolic Diet will work this way on at least a portion of the population.

THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EDGE

Along with its many physical and metabolic advantages, the Anabolic Diet will also give you
a psychological edge over the high carb diet. Diets, by their nature, are psychologically tough.
Just the word “diet” itself is enough to send people running to the refrigerator for a soothing,
reassuring mouthful of whatever it is they’re not supposed to eat.

“Diet” implies sacrifice, of doing something that will be unpleasant. They can be almost
impossible to stay on and, if you weren’t already depressed by the diet itself, the fact that you
find yourself giving up and abandoning it can really send you into a tailspin.

The Anabolic Diet is a whole new animal. Its many motivational and psychological advantages
include:

Increased Energy: The hundreds of bodybuilders we’ve monitored on this diet have expressed
great pleasure with the increased energy they seem to have with it. Whether there is an actual
biochemical mechanism causing this, we don’t know. But it’s certain the success of the diet and
increased strength play a role here.

Many people suspect that they’ll experience a loss of energy on the Anabolic Diet because the
body isn’t getting glucose from carbohydrates anymore but, again, this just isn’t true. The free
fatty acids, triglycerides and ketones your body burns provides more than enough energy to get
through a workout. Red meat is also high in creatine, which is one of the compounds that increases
high energy phosphates in the body and the availability of ATP. There’s no lack of energy.

Where you’ll have an energy problem is when you’re overdosing on carbs and, as we’ll discuss
later, increasing serotonin levels in the brain. Likewise, if you go back and forth between diets
like some people have tried to do, the constant transitioning between high fat and high carb
metabolisms will also really take it out of you.

Though the Anabolic Diet contains a carb loading component, it isn’t of the duration necessary
to return the body to a glucose burning metabolism. Like insulin, carbohydrates are controlled
and manipulated in the Anabolic Diet to maximize growth benefits and minimize their drawbacks.

Decreased Mood Swings: Bodybuilders on the Anabolic Diet have also found themselves not
experiencing the wide and chronic mood swings they suffer on other diets. We think this may
have something to do with eliminating the chronic insulin swings you get on a high carb diet.
It’s common on the high carb diet to eat a high carb meal and find yourself feeling down for

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awhile. Then, all of a sudden, you’ll find yourself picking up again. Your moods run in cycles,
up and down, on a constant roller coaster.

On the high fat diet, you don’t have this kind of swing. You can eat a steak and then feel like
running a mile. Contrary to what others may say, a meat meal doesn’t seem to “set on your
stomach.” It’s when the carbs are mixed with meat, as in a steak and potatoes meal, that the
debilitating feeling of heaviness sets in and you end up on your way to the couch.

Again, our bodies were designed and evolved to process meat and use it for energy. The body
has a very efficient method of burning fat. Unless you mix it with carbs, the high fat meal will
find you ready to go rather than being stuck in the doldrums, looking for siesta time.

Stabilized PMS: As with mood swings, we’ve seen evidence that the Anabolic Diet may also
limit the effects of pre-menstrual syndrome. Women who have great difficulty with moodiness
and energy in the period just before and during menstruation have reported greatly lessened or
even total cessation of these symptoms after making the “metabolic shift” to the Anabolic Diet.

It’s Easier: Timing is all important on this diet. You may be limited in what you can eat at
different parts of the week, but you can always satisfy a craving for any food during the appropriate
time of the 7-day cycle. You can eat virtually whatever you want on this diet. You just have to
eat it at the proper time.

Unlike other diets, YOU DON’T HAVE TO GIVE UP YOUR FAVORITE FOODS ON
THIS DIET. Psychologically, you don’t end up feeling like you’re some kind of constantly
sacrificing diet martyr.

t PSYCHOLOGICAL BENEFITS OF THE ANABOLIC DIET
• Increased Energy

• Decreased Mood Swings
• Stabilized PMS
• Easy To Stay On
• No Need To Banish Favorite Foods Forever
• Sociability
• Convenience
• No Hunger
• Weekend Relief
• Builds Confidence
It’s Social: One of the major problems with most diets is that they’re anti-social. You’re so
restricted in what you can eat that, when you go to a party or other social function, you can
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what they do and you end up alienating them or feeling like an outcast. On the weekends on
this diet, when most social activities take place, you’re eating anything anybody else can eat. If
you want to have pizza and beer, that’s OK.

The Anabolic Diet is also very convenient, even if it’s a weekday and you’re on the road. Any
restaurant you go to serves some kind of meat. Just order a steak and push away the fries. You
can even go to McDonald’s if you want. Just order that double quarter pounder plain, throw
the bun away, put on some mustard and dig in.

No Hunger: Most people on a diet find themselves constantly thinking about food. When’s
my next meal? What can I eat? What can’t I eat? They’re famished. That doesn’t happen on
this diet.

With the Anabolic Diet, your body requires more calories to maintain itself. Even when losing
weight, you’re probably not going to be starving yourself as you would be on the high carb diet.
You won’t have those cravings where you want to eat 10 chocolate bars. Even if you’re in an
intense pre-contest cycle and really trying to cut bodyfat, you may get some hunger, but nothing
like you’ll get on the high carb diet.

Fat is more satiating. It will delay the onset of hunger. You feel fuller after you eat. This is
probably because it doesn’t increase insulin to a great degree. When you’re on the insulin roller
coaster with the high carb diet and your body notices blood sugar falling, it puts in an emergency
call to EAT! That won’t happen on the Anabolic Diet. You’ll find yourself losing bodyfat and
perhaps, for the first time in your life as a bodybuilder, you won’t be famished.

It’s Simple To Apply: On weekends, of course, you won’t have to worry about the food you
eat. Anything’s fair game. During the week, things get a little tougher, but not much. All you
have to remember is to keep your carbohydrates low. Anything else—bacon, ham, eggs, steak,
cheese—go for it. There are no long charts. No recipe books. If you just keep your dietary focus
on meat and eggs, you can’t go wrong.

Again, meat is an amazing food. It’s one of the best, most nutritious foods we have available. It
has beneficial compounds no other food possesses. For day to day functioning, it can’t be beat.

Weekend Relief: You aren’t on a crusade here. The weekends allow you to eat the foods you
may have been craving although, after being on the diet for awhile, you’ll find yourself losing
much of that craving for carbohydrates. In fact, when the weekend comes and Saturday morning
hits, you may find yourself not really interested in carbs.

Still, once you get that first carb in you and the insulin rush begins, you may find yourself in
love with them again. The love affair will pass, though. By Sunday, you’re generally tired of all
those carbs and more than ready to get back on the high fat, low carb part of the diet and leave
the doldrums behind.

Builds Confidence: After being on the diet for awhile, you’ll see all that muscle buildup and
lost bodyfat and realize that, hey, this really isn’t that difficult. Results breed confidence and
confidence breeds results. Pretty soon you’re on a steamroller headed straight for the body you’ve
been dreaming of.

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CHAPTER 2

HISTORY OF BODYBUILDING DIETS

— CARBOHYDRATES AND THE BODYBUILDER
It’s not surprising that students of anthropology and world history have had some serious
questions to ask about the Great Fat Scare of the late 20th century. A look at the Eskimo tribes
inhabiting the Northern latitudes of the Earth from Greenland across Canada to Asia show several
strong examples of people who have existed on high fat diets with relatively little incidence of
atherosclerosis and heart disease.

For instance, the Greenlandic Eskimos have lived off a high fat diet consisting primarily of butter,
cheese, meat and fish for most of their history. In fact, rent on land in some places was paid with
butter. Yet no one keeled over on their way to the landlord. Heart disease was largely unknown
until dietary changes caused by advancing Western civilization impacted them in recent decades.

In Canada and Alaska, a similar situation is found. In fact, the high fat diet and relative good
health of the North American Eskimos has been the source of research focusing on the possible
health benefits of fish oil that we’ll be discussing later in this book.

In Finland today, the Finnish people still eat a diet including high levels of beef, veal, pork
and sausage. Smoked reindeer is a delicacy. Butter and milk are freely ingested. Like their
Northern neighbors above, they also eat plenty of fish. Yet, despite all this fat, coronary heart
disease is not near the force it is in our country1.

Then there’s the “French Paradox” that has been getting so much attention in recent years.
The French take great pride in their gourmet cooking and butter, cheese, ham, bacon, sausage
and other foods high in fat predominate in their rich diet. Yet, despite all this fat, the French have
somehow also avoided the widespread cardiovascular problems experienced in the United States2.
Since this totally contradicts the prevailing bias against dietary fat held in this country, there has
been a clamor to discover just what it is that protects the fat-eating French from heart disease.

Much focus has been given to reports that phenolic constituents in the red wine the French
love are responsible for the so-called “paradox.” I think it’s more likely that the French’s reduced
carbohydrate intake is responsible. There are far less refined sugars in the French diet, while
sugar is in virtually everything on this side of the Atlantic. In fact, the refined carbohydrate
consumption of Americans is five times that of the French.

It is difficult to trace down all the factors involved in cultural health variations, but it’s likely
that differences in carb consumption play a much larger role than has been previously suspected.
Still, you can be sure that the anti-fat lobby will continue to look for alternatives to the obvious
in an attempt to justify their fat prejudices.

HISTORY OF BODYBUILDING DIETS



THE AMERICAN DIET

The American love affair with refined carbohydrates only began at the beginning of the 20th
century. Cola drinks started the movement (we were big water drinkers before then) and the
refined white flour and sugar products that now dominate our diet were only introduced in the
early 1900s. Before then, sugar had been prohibitively expensive for most people. Interestingly,
heart disease was virtually unheard of in sections of our society before this time.

Much has also been made of increases in life span during the century. Life expectancy in the
early 1900s was only 50 years, but it’s increased more than 20 years since then. Many have chalked
this up to improvements in diet and lifestyle, but it’s frequently forgotten that the incidence of
death among citizens under the age of 16 has dropped dramatically during the century. A national
program of vaccinations for disease, medical advances in pediatric and perinatal care have greatly
decreased the death of children at birth and through adolescence. When you take these figures
into account and factor them in with advances in adult medicine, the average lifespan increase
is not so remarkable.

The fact is, we’re out of shape as a society, and not nearly as healthy as many would have you
believe. The birth of television, an increasingly sedentary lifestyle, advanced technology, service
economy, lack of exercise and other changes in the way we live have combined to produce a
society with a real fitness crisis.

I think our 20th century carbohydrate-loaded diets also play a major role here. As discussed
above, the chronic insulin response we get from all those carbs greatly increases the laying down
of fat in the body. Obesity results, and there’s no doubt obesity can play a large role in heart disease.
Chronically high carbohydrate consumption may also decrease motivation and general disposition,
as we’ll discuss later, and this could have an effect on overall exercise and lifestyle habits.

But instead of falling into the carbohydrate trap and letting them get the best of us, we use
the carbs for our own purposes in the Anabolic Diet. By scheduling and manipulating their
place in our diet, we time hormone bursts to obtain a positive effect on amino acids and muscle
growth. Then, before those hormones can create a bodyfat problem, we cut them off. It’s very
simple. But it’s also very effective.

CANCER AND DIET

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