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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