Top 3 Foods that Work Against Your Muscles

by: Stefan Simonovic

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The internet has taught us many things – from how many different BBW dating sites there are to exactly how much we can eat and still not gain weight. And while that’s all fine and dandy, nobody really bothers to think about the dishes that actually do the opposite of helping us gain muscle mass.

It goes without saying that building muscle is a difficult thing to do, especially if you’re starting from a body type that includes very little muscle mass. However, you don’t have to make it harder for yourself by consuming these 3 foods that actually work against your muscle growth.

1. Corn

Corn isn’t something you should be eating if your goal is to build your muscles – and there are a couple of good reasons why.

First off, corn and any other starchy food are packed with complex carbohydrates, which our body doesn’t know what to do with except to transform it into sugar. We can’t properly digest this stuff, we can’t turn it into energy, we can only let it become sugar and therefore hamper our muscle growth.

Secondly, our body never really digests corn all the way – it’s biologically impossible for some reason, which also explains why you shouldn’t consume soda drinks since these are actually corn-based syrups and thus packed with empty calories and sugars that can only hurt our muscle growing efforts.

2. Red Meat

It’s a common misconception that one cannot gain any muscle if he or she is not eating any red meat. While this food is probably the best source of protein on the planet (and protein is the building block for muscles), there's something in it that makes it the wrong choice for a muscle-growing food.

Namely, most people don’t know or just ignore the fact that pure fat can be found in extremely high amounts of red meat. All that protein in there is worth nothing if you’re going to clog up your organs with all that fat, right?

There’s an alternative to red meat – lean protein. Foods like chicken breasts and salmon contain nearly as much protein as red meat without that immense side effect of fat that will only help stop your muscle building process.

3. Margarine

Despite the fact that margarine can be found in so many dishes nowadays, it’s actually the food you want to avoid if you’re planning on gaining some real and healthy muscles.

Don’t get confused and mix margarine with butter. These are two completely different things, as they are created in different places and have nutritional values that cannot be compared in any way.

Now, back to margarine. Unlike butter which contains milk, this cheaper knock-off doesn’t have anything healthy or beneficial for our muscles and can only serve as a source of an excessive amount of fat, cholesterol, and calories. We don’t really have to explain why this isn’t something you want in your muscle growth diet, do we?


About the author:

Stefan is a writer and a blogger in his spare time. He also works for First Beat Media, a company that mainly focuses on the online dating niche and similar services.