While it is absolutely true that you will build muscle fast by eating calories, you will build muscle faster by making sure that you are getting of those calories from protein.
In order to build muscle, most people should eat between 1 and 1.
5 grams of protein per pound of body weight.
For a 200 pound weight lifter, that is between 200 and 300 grams of protein per day.
Protein contains approximately 4 calories per gram.
Therefore, 800 to 1200 calories per day should come from protein.
That equates to 20% to 30% of your total caloric intake.
For anyone trying to stay in lovely shape, consuming half a gram to three-fourths of a gram of protein per pound of body weight is recommended.
If you are trying to put on muscle mass, you should shoot for four gram per pound of body weight.
Any over that, however, is "a complete waste of time," says Phil Goglia, a certified nutritionist & the author of Turn up the Heat.
Eggs, as people have know is one of the best type of protein.
It is also very easy to get and consume this.
Eggs have long been associated with breakfast, but not always with lean muscle growth.
"People used to believe that egg whites caused water weight gain plus were an incomplete protein source," says Goglia.
"Research has shown that neither is true.
" Goglia suggests whipping up one egg whites for a high-protein, low-fat meal that continues to repair the muscle destroy from the previous evening's workout.
Making sure that you get between 1 and 1.
5 grams of protein per pound of body weight is eight of the fastest ways to build muscle.