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Eat 'em cooked - avadin interferes a little with biotin absorption and it's deactivated when cooked.
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Too many carbs will raise your levels faster than eating eggs due to the glyc.. gl... the damage done by sugar, however you spell it. High levels of sugar are pretty toxic so your body coats your arteries with calcium and cholesterol to protect them from the sugar.
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Every day there seems to be fresh evidence that the whole "don't eat cholesterol! Clog ya arteries!" stuff is mistaken. However regarding fat levels purely from a calorie point of view 7 whole eggs is pretty high. Not huge if you're not eating any other form of fat but as you certainly are you're pushing it a little on the fat calories. |
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While a ratio of omega 3 to 6 at 1:1 is ideal you don't have to go there but you should ensure some extra omega 3, from fish oil or flax or somewhere.
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Something such as 6 eggs a day, with only 2 or 3 whole would be better than what you're doing at present. But no, you don't have to run away from eggs. The idea of 1 a day is a bit ridiculous to be honest, that's 1980s bullshit.
As for raw, yes, can be a problem but the actual odds of you getting sick are extremely slim. As a healthy adult it's not likely to kill you anyway ![]() B. |
| insulin responds to elevated levels of blood glucose in order to prevent this from happening. |
| If the the OP's calories are in line with his goals, why would it matter if the fat calories are high? |

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Responds yes, like an ambulance to something that already happened.
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Depends on his goals. If muscle mass is an issue fat calories are a waste of potential protein and carb calories. |

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At any set calorie level you can only squeeze in certain amounts of the macro groups, so you need to choose that ratio carefully. Fat is great for satiety and fullness but not much else.
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Carbs for energy and workouts, protein for building new tissue. You certainly shouldn't cut out fats, they do have some uses such as triggering testosterone production but you don't need much. However if working out you DO need plenty of carbs and you DO need plenty of protein to grow extra muscle tissue. It's not so much that fat is bad as that there is not much room for it within a restricted calorie level.
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I'll typically eat around 75 grams of fats, total. Many people would say that's too high but I'm happy with it. If he's getting around 40g from eggs that's more than half before eating anything else. As meat is usually pretty high for bodybuilders and always contains some fat, you have to be careful with it is all.
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Most bodybuilders would choose even less fat and higher carbs that what I eat but I know from experience I'm carb senstive. |
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As for flax I'd agree it's not as good as fish oil (and has to be flax oil or ground, not just seeds) but it does supply omega 3, just in the ALA version so your body has to process it.
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| LBM-targeted doses of 1g/lb lean mass for protein and 0.5g/lb lean mass for fat. Fill the rest of your calories to suit |
| my doctor put me on the Atkins diet |
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Gotta know, just how long have you been at this Built? Pretty impressive knowledgebase. I mean I've been reading these forums and some books for a couple of years now and I still feel like I know nothing. Old paradox about the more you know.....
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so for body fat loss would a ratio of 33/33/33 be better (ie more optimum) than say 40/40/20? have just bought some salmon fillets for dinner today and tomorrow - who says food cant be nice when on what some would call a 'diet', i just wish i had found this site 18 months ago when i started out!
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The figures you've given are not either of the 2 stages of the Atkins diet, which is much lower on carbs. Nor would I recommend the Akins diet for bodybuilding.
Maybe I'm a little confused, could you clarify for me, are you suggesting Atkins diet or not? High fat, or not? B. |
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Like I said, I keep mine high - it's awesome for cutting! I have plenty of room to keep it high - I just cut back on stuff that isn't required. Like starches. Those I simply target around my lifting, and eschew elsewise.
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| the rest of your caloric allowance with whatever fits your comfort/needs |
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Eskimo-3 Capsules wit Vitamin E per 3 capsules: Omega 3 fatty acids 500mg (EPA 240mg, DHA 160mg), Vitamin E 4.5mg |
| also are these fish burps that i have been reading about really bad, ie would other people notice??? |

| jumping in here, but i think if you pay attention to everything she's said you'd see that she STARTED OUT with atkins, but she's not doing atkins anymore. summed up: atkins is a great place to start. |
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That's the entire point of having a ratio, precisely because you have to ensure enough of the various foodgroups. To say "it doesn't really matter what your ratios are as long as you're getting enough of this and enough of that" doesn't make much sense.
There's a limit to how much you can eat each day, either because you're restricting your total calories or because you'll throw up. So in effect we have a fixed sized container. To then fill said container with X amount of protein and Y amount of fat means the remainder will be carbs, fibrous or otherwise. So by definition that IS a ratio. If we did not have a calorie ceiling then sure, as long as you get enough of this and enough of that then who cares, but as we DO have a calorie ceiling we have to restrict by ratio. The macro nutrients are fat, protein and carbs. "Enough" protein and "enough" fat, within the max calorie container, means we can calculate the maximum carb figure. ie, a ratio. B. |
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Feed yourself protein and fat - the essential macronutrients - as LBM-targeted doses of 1g/lb lean mass for protein and 0.5g/lb lean mass for fat. Fill the rest of your calories to suit, but make sure you get in 25g fibre daily.
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I don't see where exactly she says she stopped, aside from the fact the ratio described doesn't fit Atkins.
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No, haven't had time to read her blog; I keep popping in and out while doing other stuff. Looks interesting and I'll have a sniff later.
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heh. alright, dude. but if what you've been doing up to this point is 'sniffing' her posts i wouldn't bother taking the time because apparently the level of reading comprehension that comes with 'sniffing' isn't helping you understand what she's saying.
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