Please show me the scientific evidence to support these claims.
I think these new ideas and philosophies are fantastic for the sport of bodybuilding but we need evidence, real world mostly to support these claims and to show it works, so we arnt wasting peoples time in the gym,
Seriously I am a very patient man and have read your posts with interest as well as amusement since you have come here.
First you argue that lifting heavy has no bearing on muscle development, and now you tell us that eating to your bodies needs requires some scientific evidence to be proven.
You seem to fighting common sense and over compacting things.
It has been
scientifically shown that your body requires about (as a basic guide) 2 grams of protein and 0.85 gram of fat per kilogram of body weight daily this is to ensure that enough protein is available for muscle repair and growth, and enough fat to maintain normal hormonal function. Now depending on your daily calorie requirement you can work out your basic macro requirements for the day or week or month. So once you have met your daily minimum requirements as mentioned above the rest of the calories can be made up of what ever you like, and yes in extreme cases Pizza, Ice Cream, Burgers, etc as long as it fits into your macros, considering these foods still contain Protein, fats and carbs. Your body will not know the difference, it does not care if the calories come from WPI, steak, chicken, pizza etc, it just sees the macros that you consume where they come from does not matter the slightest, but you will find to meet there macros you will have to eat a balance diet 90% of the time anyway, you need meat, veggies, salad, fats etc etc
Consider that
1 gram of protein contains 4 calories
1 gram of fat contains 9 calories
1 gram of carbohydrates contains 4 calories
To translate that into a sample 2500 calorie diet with a 40/40/20 percent ratio, 250 grams of carbs equals 1000 calories, 111 grams of fat equals 1000 calories and 125 grams of carbohydrates equals 500 calories, making a total of 2500 calories.
Or break the ratios up to suit your own personal needs and believes, eat as many or as few meals a day as you like and eat what ever you like as
long as all you needs are met with what you are eating.
So common sense is required, 1kg of ice cream followed by Mars bars and soft drinks is not what it's all about, but no need to sit there sulking chewing a lettuce leaf while all your mates are at Maccas, you can still have a cheese burger or whatever and not turn into a biggest loser contestant instantly.
It's what you do 90% of the time is what matters, the other 10% is open to play.
Now stop arguing common sense, get in the gym and start lifting heavy iron, and lift more each time you walk into the gym and eat your macros and watch what happens, this will be your evidence.
PS These are NOT new ideas and philosophies, this is just common sense
