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weights training

nathanw0525 · 2014-11-08 15:15:44

I am 22 years of age i am 5 foot 10 in height and 7.5 stone which i am aware is underweight. On top of trying to eat a lot more food high in carbs i have purchased dumbells and a weights bench so i can try to build muscle to help me gain weight so that i can look and feel better. The probem is i have no idea about weights…

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#52 29-07-2016 5:21pm

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Labarbapostiza wrote: »

Yes, but think about what you're getting your body to do. Which is detox itself of excess sugar. But that is, if you have ingested excess sugar. Which is not a particular easy thing to tell. A Mars bar, does not in fact help you work, rest or play.

Fructose, if consumed in very large quantities over a very long time can be described as a toxin, yes - primarily because of the stress it puts on your liver and the metabolic consequences involved.

Sugar of all kinds - and there are many kinds, including very low GI sugar like lactose - are not toxins, and are a perfectly fine source of energy, which do not need to be "purged" or "cleansed" from the body, especially if taken in and around exercise. Glucose is the universal biological energy molecule, used from elephants to bacteria. Cells cheer in joy when they get glucose because they can instantly use it for energy.

If I eat a Mars bar after doing weights my body is going to use the vast majority of that to rebuild energy stores in the muscles - it's perfect, especially given that I have an otherwise healthy diet and no weight/diet/bodyfat issues.

You are type 2 diabetic and therefore need to avoid sugar like the plague, and perhaps you had a genetic disposition towards that illness, but most people are not so hamstrung and can have a reasonable amount of sugar in their diet without consequence.

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