everybody its dr. Sam Robbins now today
I want to talk about not eating protein
so you can actually build more muscle or
preserve muscle while also losing body
fat and this very important topic
obviously affects anyone who is trying
to build muscle whether you're a man or
woman but it also affects older people
50 and over who want to preserve muscle
size as they age or maybe even gain
muscle which ironically is a major cause
of Aging and death muscle loss in fact
this is why they give AIDS patients lots
of steroids and testosterone to help
them bulk up and muscle so when or if
they do get sick due to an infection or
illness and quickly lose a ton of muscle
there is that safety net because without
that extra steroid muscle growth and
weight they would lose too much muscle
and then they would die and there are
also lots of anti-aging benefits to this
while I'll reveal those in a couple
minutes anyway with that said let's get
down a business growing up in the 80s
and 90s I wanted to build more muscle
and all I heard was eat more protein now
the first reason for this is because all
these muscle magazines were basically
selling you protein powders however that
assigned the reason for the increase in
protein consumption is because when you
increase protein intake there is an
increase in protein synthesis leading to
higher nitrogen retention which will
ultimately lead to more muscle and less
body fat of course I'm simplifying the
whole process but you get the point so
that's what I did right I just ate more
and more protein and at one point at a
body weight of 200 pounds
I was eating 600 grams of protein that's
three times my body weight and a lot of
that was just protein supplements and
powders and shakes since I just couldn't
chew that much real food and it was
actually a very disgusting type of diet
I felt bloated and slow and I could tell
that my body was under extreme stress
due to the constant fatigue I had I also
had a lot of you know more more joint
pain and my sleep was just horrible and
the end result was no extra muscle after
three months of torture however a blood
test showed that my liver and kidneys
were both under a lot of stress and I
had other
no problems so my first point here is
that you do not need that much protein
just keep in mind something very
important the time that you're growing
the most in your life is when you're a
baby right and Mother's Milk is only
five percent protein that's very
important only five percent protein it's
made mainly of carbohydrates effects
specifically sugars and fats in fact I'd
say that the most protein you'd ever
need is about one gram per pound of body
weight so in my case let's say I'm
weighing 200 pounds I would need 200
grams all right sometimes actually much
less these days and you can see in my
pictures I have not lost any muscle or
gone fast fatter over the years by
eating less protein I still weigh around
200 pounds and I actually have more
muscle now than I did when I was eating
more protein and I'll tell you why and
how in a minute however some people
aren't you that you need more protein
but trust me you do not listen if you're
working out really hard two to three
hours daily right
taking lots of steroids and are in your
20s when you can actually absorb more
protein correctly then you can do
maximum of 1.5 grams all right that's
the maximum and thus if 200 pounds you
can eat about 300 grams of protein
however 99% of us are not in this small
minority now there's lots of problems
with eating so much protein but the one
main topic I want to discuss today the
main reason for this video is that the
more protein you eat the faster your
body oxidizes and thus breaks it down
faster so the experts will say pay more
protein increases protein synthesis and
yes it does but for only about 48 to 72
hours all right before your body adapts
and then it increases protein oxidation
which means it breaks it down faster and
thus protein synthesis decreases and
it's the opposite happens you actually
start to lose muscle your body's too
smart alright it will adapt every single
time so then people what do they do next
they
Chris protein even more and then your
body breaks it down even faster all
right it's a vicious cycle so what's the
solution all right pay attention you
need to protein cycle why actually happy
one day a week with no protein you can
call the protein fasting and trust me
you are not going to lose muscle in fact
you'll gain muscle if you do it
correctly so how do you protein cycle
and not eat any protein for 24 hours and
actually increase muscle and burn more
fat and most importantly improve your
hormones well let me tell you how I and
my professional athletes do it basically
Sunday's I eat no protein now you can
pick one day out of any week but I
simply like Sundays to do it now Monday
my body is now super-sensitive to
protein since it's gone without for 24
hours some Monday and Tuesday I have a
hundred and fifty grams of protein so
that's 0.75 of 200 pounds of body weight
if you want to do the math it's
basically your weight in my case is 200
pounds times 0.75 equals 150 grams all
right then Wednesday and Thursday the
next two days I increase it by 25% to
200 grams again basically 200 pounds
times 1 equals 200 grams of protein or
one gram per pound finally Friday and
Saturday I again increase it by another
25% since my body has adapted again and
this time I take in 250 grams that's 200
you know if I'm weighing 200 pounds
times 1.25 equals 250 grams every time
my body adapted in about 48 hours I
again increase it to continue the
additional protein synthesis all right
then as my body adapts again Sunday I
trick it and do no protein a protein
fast and again you're not going to lose
muscle so don't freak out just trust me
and do it listen at the end your body
will average around one gram per pound
of body weight so what are the benefits
all right first of all your body
continually increases protein synthesis
every 48 hours which leads to more
muscle number 2 this
prevents your body from adapting and
increasing protein oxidation which you
don't want because that can lead to
muscle loss and third and most
importantly all of this works because it
helps optimize your hormones by lowering
cortisol and other stress hormones and
by increasing muscle building hormones
such as testosterone IGF growth hormone
insulin thyroid so on and so forth
of course this protein fasting also has
many health benefits such as reduction
inflammation which means again more
muscle less joint pain and faster fat
loss this also improves digestion and
improves cellular repair for your
pancreas liver kidneys and so forth on
other organs and it also increases
mitochondrial function it increases
energy levels all fantastic again I can
go on and on but I hope you get the
point so now that you have the formula
you need to go and implement it as far
as results you know it'll take a few
months for you to actually see the
results because muscle building takes
time all right
of course some of the health benefits
for improved digestion you know
reduction of inflammation more energy
and so forth are felt much sooner all
right now if you want to really increase
your muscle building goals right and
decrease your body fat by optimizing
your testosterone and other used
hormones and also increasing your libido
is another side benefit then make sure
you visit the special link below this
video in the description area and you
can actually see a next video about a
same formula that I've used for 20 years
you can go and visit that link and watch
a next video while it's fresh on your
mind and let me know how that works for
you
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