admin In order to lower your body fat percentage and build muscle, you’re going to have to do more than hit the weights. Strength training is essential, but if you aren’t fueling your body properly (you need carbohydrates, fat, and protein), you more than likely won’t see a transformation in your body composition. To learn more about nutrition for muscle gain, POPSUGAR spoke to Avigdor Arad, PhD, RDN, CDE, director of the Mount Sinai PhysioLab.
“Many people make the claim, or make the false assumption, that when you eat more protein, it’s going to build more muscle. That’s absolutely false,” Dr. Arad told POPSUGAR. “The only way that you can build more muscle is if you’re doing resistance training, if you break down the muscle, if you’re creating metabolic stress,” he said. Dr. Arad also explained that in order to increase muscle mass, not only do you have to create metabolic stress, but you also have to be in a calorie surplus. Use this equation to determine how many calories you should be eating in a day.
