http://youtube.com/watch?v=ae-dlHOmwk4 I don't usually post health stuff on DP, but on a previous 'vegan or non-vegan' thread, there was a lot of uneducated claims about not getting enough protein if you don't eat meat. It's a complete lie. Putting on excess, unnatural bodyweight.. yes, you can't do that on a raw diet, but this guy alone could probably slam the sh!t out of most bodybuilders in an arm wrestling match.
Im not sure entirely how much i believe about this. The guy was pretty skinny whether strong is not the factor were talking about size and he was pretty small.
It's all truth bro. Now as far as size is concerned, you are right.. it's very hard and impractical to get "big" on a raw diet. But like most know, size isn't everything.. At my peak when I was 15, I weighed 185 and max benched around 270. Then I got really ill and lost a lot of weight and stayed ill.. I started back up and got back to almost the exact same strength, only I was 25 lbs lighter. And I wasn't even eating raw yet. Size is literally nothing. There's so many examples of this.
I eat mostly raw now myself due to trying to get well again and too much protein was nailing my kidneys and liver. Your right size isnt everything i just dont think you could get pro or maybe even that big on a raw food diet. But im going to look into this more as im quite open-minded and im down on my luck with protein just now anyway. EDIT: The CNS adaptions has alot to do with strength.
Oh I agree with you there. I just mean in terms of strength, endurance, etc. That's cool you're already eating it now, most power lifters would probably flip out after watching this, lol.
Haha im currently ex-powerlifter just now due to a undiagnosed illness and thats the reason ive found raw. I could do with being more clued up on recipies etc.
Ahhh, looks like you're in the same boat as me! Undiagnosed myself, problem with the intestines, nervous system, liver, Candida and chronic fatigue.. getting better though; like yourself, learning just to survive! Oh, question.. did you ever take creatine when you were lifting? I did for only about a month and that's when things got really bad, just wondering if there's a correlation. Edit: oh by the way, with recipes for raw food, go to www.goneraw.com For general discussion of raw foods, www.rawfoodtalk.com is real good.
Although he may be set on the fact that protein doesn't do anything for him, why is that the many thousands of body builders around the world swear by the stuff and look triple the size of him if they're eating the wrong stuff?
Cause it's a fad, and the FDA supports the whey protein that is commonly bought. If you really want a reason for that, go to www.curezone.com and go to the Ask Moreless: pH section. He talks about that. Basically they are fillers, unhealthy forms of protein that get stored in your body. I don't know that story 100% though so you'll have to see.
Go to any Olympic athlete, boxer, bodybuilder, anyone at the height of their sports profession and they would tell you that protein is extremely important in building and maintaining muscle tissue - can this many people, who spend their life striving for perfection, altering their diet and researching their field be wrong? I honestly don't know enough of the facts to sit here and tell you why, but I trust Olympic trainers of the best athletes in the world know a thing or two about nutrition more than some video with 16,000 views on youtube.
And how do you know every Olympic athlete says that? The facts are the facts, protein is the middle man, your body cannot take "protein" and just "assimilate" it into the body. Look on the back of food labels, there is no DV % for protein. There is a requirement for amino acids though, they're called essential amino acids and your body doesn't create them. Protein = chain of amino acids that are then broken down for digestion. Like he said, "look it up", I'm not making this stuff up.
Amino acids make up both enzymes and "protein", by which he means muscle (and equivalents), because both are actually proteins. Both "protein"and enzymes are equally difficult to break down, cooking does some of that work for you. He deserves a slap.
Try lifting like mad without higher intakes of protein and we will see what's up. Protein is made up of amino acids, some proteins are better than others for a variety of reasons. A sickly looking stick though however is hardly going to make me bat an eye lash compared to that of someone who is actually strong. 185 at 270, could be, is that pure power or is that high school lifting, 2 spotters grabbing the bar 'claiming they are not' while your back is bent, knees driving? I can bench in the 400's with no spotter, no arch in my back, 100% pure raw power, without worrying it's too much weight. It would be next to impossible to get enough 'amino's' without the high amounts of protein I eat to rebuild my body.
When I benched 270 I was eating the Standard American Diet, looked like a bad mofo with a gut hanging out! And nobody touched the bar, I have an olympic weight set at home and I worked out alone, even on chest days. That only shows the strength/ weight ratio that is possible, and that's weightlifting strength. I also had and remain to have functional strength. I'm about 140 now, haven't worked out in years, and I guarantee that if you took me and a football player from my grade that's been lifting still and is all buff, and have us push each other until someone falls, I sure as hell won't be the first to fall. Happen to watch UFC? How many bodybuilders on that show win fights? Very few, they usually lose very fast.. there are different types of strength. And who says you couldn't lift the same or more if you consumed aminos instead of protein?? Anyone can make a claim up like that, don't be cheap bro, I put out facts of my own.
Lol, you haven't seen much. When I was a sophomore, there were at least 2 kids in my school that could max out at 405. 17 and 18 year olds..