- . For detailed counsel on the Bass and Robb approaches, write to:a. Clarence Bass, Chama , Albuquerque, ,
b. Jay Robb, Encinitas Blvd., Encinitas, , You are not just what you eat
. “You are what you eat,” says the cliché. But there is much more to it than
that. For a start, what you actually eat is only the beginning. What you
digest and assimilate is what counts, not just what you swallow. But you are
so much more than that. You are also a reflection of your lifestyle, activity
levels, working environment, relationships, emotions, and more. As impor-
tant as nutrition undoubtedly is, your health is the result of a composite of
many factors. Even if your nutrition is “perfect,” your health will be severely
compromised by major emotional stress on the domestic or work front.
Much more important than worrying about whether you are getting a few
calories of fat too many, or too little of a given macronutrient, is removing
the major sources of stress from your life.How to avoid catabolism
Going too long between meals puts you in catabolic mode, which
is the antithesis of what is needed for muscle building. is is why
you should have feeds every three hours or so. Short workouts are
needed for two reasons—to minimize the chance of overtraining,
and to prevent excessive delay between feeds. An easily digested
liquid meal minutes before training, a general warmup followed
by a -minute workout, followed very soon by another easily
digested liquid meal, will mean about three hours between those
feeds. at should keep you in anabolic mode.A liquid meal does not mean a glass of water or juice with a food
supplement stirred in. It means something much more substantial
and nutritious—e.g., a large milk-based drink, or solid food lique-
fied in a blender.