Are Protein Shakes More Important Than Real Food In a Bodybuilding Diet?
Even though most people who are just getting started in bodybuilding think that muscle gains are impossible to achieve without protein shakes, real food is by far the most important component of a bodybuilding diet. There are so many nutrients that real food contains, many of which have not even been discovered yet, that you would be doing yourself a disservice by limiting the amount of real food that you are eating. In addition, real food has what is called a “thermic effect”. A “thermic effect” is the impact that real food has in your metabolism. Because real food requires digestion, your body burns more calories in processing it; as opposed to protein shakes which are already pre-digested. Regardless of what the magazine ads tell you, protein shakes do not offer any muscle building benefit, nor “secret muscle building ingredient”, above and beyond what real food offers you. Yes, I have read the ads too with all sorts of speedy muscle building promises, but I can assure you through e
