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mlc82 · 01-09-2008, 03:42 AM

I don't see how the amount of protein in a typical raw diet (I'm guessing average 50g a day) could work well for muscle building and recovery either, and I don't mean for bodybuilding but for someone working out for general health and fitness reasons like Steve is.

The best analogy I have ever heard on this subject went like this: Imagine you're having a house built. You can hire the best carpenters, and the best architect, and buy the highest quality tools to build with, but then if you only give them a board and two nails to work with, no one is going to accomplish building much of anything. Even if a raw food diet provides the greatest, most efficient protein sources in the world, if you aren't getting enough of it, then you're not only limiting your potential for progress, but also increasing your chance of overtraining and injury (tearing a rotator cuff, or nearly doing so, is truly a nasty experience!). Not a good combo!

I know you have a pretty good idea of what you're doing Steve, but be careful!

01-09-2008, 03:42 AM	#18 (permalink)
mlc82 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 493	I don't see how the amount of protein in a typical raw diet (I'm guessing average 50g a day) could work well for muscle building and recovery either, and I don't mean for bodybuilding but for someone working out for general health and fitness reasons like Steve is. The best analogy I have ever heard on this subject went like this: Imagine you're having a house built. You can hire the best carpenters, and the best architect, and buy the highest quality tools to build with, but then if you only give them a board and two nails to work with, no one is going to accomplish building much of anything. Even if a raw food diet provides the greatest, most efficient protein sources in the world, if you aren't getting enough of it, then you're not only limiting your potential for progress, but also increasing your chance of overtraining and injury (tearing a rotator cuff, or nearly doing so, is truly a nasty experience!). Not a good combo! I know you have a pretty good idea of what you're doing Steve, but be careful!