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ASU2003 · 05-31-2006, 08:43 PM

If you are tying to gain muscle, and are exercising a lot, does it matter what types of food you eat to accomplish this? Would eating pizza and beer, (3000 calories) make you build the same amount of muscle as 3,000 calories of chicken and protein shakes? Obviously there is the fat content, maybe I should have said apples, fruit juice and low-fat yogurt instead of pizza & beer.
It seems that people what people eat does effect their body shape. You don't see many fat vegetarians, and you don't see many skinny pizza eating beer drinkers. But, could the pizza types exercise off the fat calories they consume and be in shape (except for their arteries).

Is it more important to eat more calories than you consume to gain muscle, rather than eating healthy foods but not enough?

05-31-2006, 08:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
ASU2003 immoral minority Location: Back in Ohio	Does it matter where the calories come from? If you are tying to gain muscle, and are exercising a lot, does it matter what types of food you eat to accomplish this? Would eating pizza and beer, (3000 calories) make you build the same amount of muscle as 3,000 calories of chicken and protein shakes? Obviously there is the fat content, maybe I should have said apples, fruit juice and low-fat yogurt instead of pizza & beer. It seems that people what people eat does effect their body shape. You don't see many fat vegetarians, and you don't see many skinny pizza eating beer drinkers. But, could the pizza types exercise off the fat calories they consume and be in shape (except for their arteries). Is it more important to eat more calories than you consume to gain muscle, rather than eating healthy foods but not enough?