seems like the answer to you, you’ll have to put your heads together to devise a plan where you
can benefit from the anabolic advantages the diet provides while keeping cholesterol in check.
Along with getting bloodwork on cholesterol, LDL, HDL and triglyceride levels, you’ll also
want to check uric acid, fasting blood sugar, and thyroid stimulating hormones AT MINIMUM.
If your doctor wants to advance beyond that, that’s fine, but you NEED TO HAVE AT LEAST
THE ABOVE BLOODWORK DONE before starting the diet. That complete physical is also
an absolute necessity.
We also urge you to get a bodyfat analysis and weigh yourself before you begin the diet. You
need to be able to track your progress closely as the diet continues. This shouldn’t be much of
a problem as most any bodybuilder already does this, but you need to know where you’re at at
any given time on the diet.
Initially, as some people begin building muscle, they may find themselves staying at the same
body weight. There’s really no problem with this. The muscle’s going on and the fat is coming
off, but you may get upset with your lack of weight gain. You need to know where you’re at so
you can keep your enthusiasm high, knowing that, while you’re not putting on weight, you’re
adding muscle, keeping fat at a minimum and progressing.
It may also be advantageous to take measurements of biceps, triceps, waist, leg, calf and other
areas just to, again, know where you’re at and be able to track your progress.
THE ANABOLIC DIET
Carbs % Fat % Protein % Carbs
Weekdays 30 grams 55–60 30–35 5–8
maximum
Weekends No Limit 30–40 10–15 45–60
(36–48 Hour
Carb Load)THE DIET
The basic Anabolic Diet is really quite simple. It calls for a dedicated high fat/high protein/
low carb diet from Monday through Friday of the week. During that time, as a rule, you’ll be
limited to 30 grams of carbohydrates MAXIMUM per day. We suggest a diet at roughly 55–60
percent fat, 30–35 percent protein and no more than 30 grams of carbohydrates during this 5-
day phase of the diet.
Then, come Saturday, you perform a big turnaround. You go through a 36–48 hour period
very similar to CARBOHYDRATE LOADING. You hit the carbs heavily. You can be very
sociable in the dietary sense. Pizza and beer are OK. So is most everything else. Guidelines for
the carb loading period of the diet are: 30–40 percent fat, 10–15 percent protein and 45–60
percent carbs, though, as we’ll see below, these levels should be adjusted to match and maximize
individual body chemistry and needs.
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