Meat and Nut's

Lately I have been a little all over the place with my diet(which is still always clean) I just don't have a good idea what works for me and why is this? Because I don't take the time to track it which is something that I believe is critical to an athletes development, knowing what works for them.

With that said this is the perfect article to start with as my first post which I got from Charles Poliquins website. When I will be presented with a new client one of the first things I am going to want to do is change there diet, and not all at once either. Because while there are a few people out there that can just wake up one morning and pull a full one-eighty the majority of people can't for reasons I don't feel like getting into right now. So what better way to start then with the first meal of the day. Once they get the hang of that and see how much better they feel, move forward until they are eating clean all day everyday. And not because they feel as if they have to but because they want to, its not a diet its a lifestyle!

The Meat and Nut Breakfast

The rotating meat and nuts breakfast for optimal body composition

by Charles Poliquin

When people ask me for the best single dietary tip for optimal leanness, energy and sustained mental focus, I invariably tell them to try the rotating meat and nuts breakfast. Clients ranging from NHL & NFL stars to corporate executives rave about the increased mental acuity and focused energy they derive from this food combination. The meat allows for a slow and steady rise in blood sugar. The nuts provide a great source of healthy smart fats that allows the blood sugar to remain stable for an extended period of time.

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. My seminar hosts are well made aware of it. It is a non-negotiable item. I am very grateful to have hosts all over the World that cater to my breakfast needs. My Dominican host Juan Carlos Simo always comes by the hotel with a kick ass breakfast. The best salmon I have ever had. Mats and Helen in Sweden bring me elk for breakfast.

What you eat for breakfast sets up your entire neurotransmitter production for the day.

If for some reason there is no host, lets say I am giving a seminar at a location I am not familiar, I always pre-scout where the best breakfast is served and simply choose steak and eggs, or a salmon omelet, or lox and poached eggs.

It is quite funny sometimes to see the reaction of the hotel staff when I ask for meat in the morning. For example in Tuscany, when I asked the chef for meat for breakfast, he had a look on his face like if I asked him to point in the right direction for the tunnel that links Rome to Oslo.

Multiple studies on employee productivity or on children’s attention patterns have demonstrated that a high protein breakfast does not only impact on the energy and productivity levels of morning till noon, but extended its positive way in the late afternoon.

Here is a sample 5 day rotation of the meat/nuts breakfast. It goes without saying that you DO NOT ADD ANYTHING TO IT in terms of food or beverage.

Tea, coffee or herbal infusions are permissible, Milk and juice or other liquids are not allowed.

Day 1
• 1-2 Buffalo meat patties
• 1 handful of macadamia nuts

Day 2
• 1 large venison steak
• 1 handful of cashew nuts

Day 3
• 1-2 Lean turkey burgers
• 1 handful of almonds

Day 4
• 2 lean ground beef patties
• 1 handful of brazil nuts

Day 5
• 2 chicken breasts
• 1 handful of hazelnuts

One of the other advantages of this system is that is reduces the development of food sensitivities which are known to increase cortisol in people. More than often enough, when we test first time clients for food sensitivities we find that they have antibodies to the food they have consumed on a daily for years. That is even more true in bodybuilders, it not uncommon to see them have allergies to beef, eggs, whey, casein, tuna and oatmeal, the basic bodybuilding staples.

I am going to attempt this 5 day rotation and track my progress on it and after a month or so report what I found.

Introduction

My name is Wesley Hendricks and I am currently in my third quarter at the University of Western States. I have a general interest in helping improve the quality of peoples life by improving there health. This blog is intended to track my journey of becoming a Doctor of Chiropractic's as well as the worlds fittest human. While I know what my goals are and I have my eye on the prize sometimes its easy to get caught up in the end result without taking time to enjoy the journey, so this is my way of reminding myself.