Comments on: My Daily Diet

By: Mark Sisson

Mark Sisson — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:42:45 +0000

Kady, the body makes up to 200 grams glucose per day on a zero carb diet. Much of the detail is in the Primal Blueprint book.

By: kady

kady — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:20:23 +0000

I’ve been wondering some things mark, if you would be so kind as to help me understand them?

If you eat no carbs (or very few, say, less than 10g carbs) you’ll need to convert some fat and protein to glucose to maintain blood glucose levels…so i was wondering how much gets converted in one day? – i.e how much of the protein you eat will be converted into glucose? (i know some fat component can be converted too…does this make things more complicated?)

Also, it seems IFing or only eating 1 or 2 meals a day is very primal.
If you eat one meal in the evening – thus eating all your protein in one go, is alot of it wasted? Can one still build muscle eating this way?
thanks

By: fritchbeetle

fritchbeetle — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 06:41:37 +0000

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By: ebrunner

ebrunner — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:18:36 +0000

I second that idea – a list of primal fitness markers…

By: Mark Sisson

Mark Sisson — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:27:54 +0000

Great thinking, Jedidja. I’ll add it the list. Thanks!

By: Jedidja

Jedidja — Wed, 13 May 2009 10:00:37 +0000

I think you should write more about this: “Remember, If your power-to-weight ratio is good and your body fat low, you may be already at ideal. Adding more muscle may just be too difficult and metabolically expensive.”

I agree gaining muscle (and maintaining) it is tough; I wonder when it is we should be happy with the strength we’ve got. If we can do 20 pull-ups? 50 push-ups? Carry someone out of a burning building?

By: Justin

Justin — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 03:42:25 +0000

Thanks Mark. Your website is a fountain of knowledge, I can’t believe you find time to update daily.

By: Mark Sisson

Mark Sisson — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 03:01:29 +0000

Justin,

There is a danger of overthinking this. The reality is that at 165 pounds, you probably only need 100 grams protein a day to sustain or even to build. More is OK, but not necessary. Less is OK some days. A 50-gram meal here or there won’t hurt, nor will a 20 gram meal. Go for w weekly average instead of a daily average. Remember, If your power-to-weight ratio is good and your body fat low, you may be already at ideal. Adding more muscle may just be too difficult and metabolically expensive.

By: Justin

Justin — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 02:48:24 +0000

Or maybe I’m just having trouble transitioning from a 6 meals a day, 30 grams of protein each meal to a relaxed “eat when hungry, however much you want” type of diet. I do think I’m over-thinking it, but unless I put at least some structure into my diet I find myself not getting the 160 grams needed (from what I’ve read) to keep growing muscle.

By: Justin

Justin — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 02:37:01 +0000

I guess what I’m asking is spacing 160 grams of protein over about 4-5 meals (when you’re hungry, of course) better (or more efficient) than consuming that protein in three meals of 50 some-odd grams each when working out hard (intense, under 40 minutes, multi-joint exercises) and trying to build muscle. I’m not worried about counting calories, but rather making sure I am getting enough protein daily and utilizing that protein as efficiently as possible for my muscles.