This is the first article in Men's Health Nutrition Guide 2013. I thought at first it was going to be pretty good, but I ended up disappointed. Rather than specific pointers on growing muscle, the author veers off course by stating that using the palm as a size guide helps create a balanced meal (one palm protein, two palms vegetables, one palm starch). However, the picture that accompanies the article shows a plate of food with a salmon filet at least two palms large, a service of potatoes just as large, and a slightly smaller pile of broccoli. Clearly, someone wasn't thinking when that picture was included.
Also, a few recipes are included but without any nutritional or serving-size information and sometimes without ingredient sizes. Perhaps the author assumed the reader would just use the palm measurements. For example, the Poached Salmon with Steamed Vegetables recipe calls for 1 salmon filet and assorted raw vegetables without giving sizes. It also seems a little simplistic for a recipe. After all, one can make poached salmon and steamed vegetables without a recipe, I would think. Another recipe is Vein-Poppin' Pudding. It is a jar of Gerber baby food. Yep, that is the entire recipe.
The author further describes using whey protein to add more protein to the diet, including a few protein smoothie recipes in the article. I'm not a fan of separated food like this. Take aspirin as an example. Aspirin started out as powered white willow bark and leaves. After the active chemical, salicylic acid, was identified and separated, it upset the stomach, which white willow bark did not do. In 1853, salicylic acid was buffered with sodium salicylate and acetyl chloride, creating acetylsalicylic acid (Bellis). Even with this buffering, some people find aspirin to be upsetting. I believe it is because acetylsalicylic acid is now a biproduct of petroleum production (Emami), which means one is basically swallowing gasoline rather than natural white willow bark. My point of this whole paragraph is that separating out the protein from the whey may make it less effective, and will certainly make it less holistic, than using the entire whey.
All in all, I feel this first article is unfocused and does not really conclude on subject, which is supposed to be eating to grow muscle.
Also, a few recipes are included but without any nutritional or serving-size information and sometimes without ingredient sizes. Perhaps the author assumed the reader would just use the palm measurements. For example, the Poached Salmon with Steamed Vegetables recipe calls for 1 salmon filet and assorted raw vegetables without giving sizes. It also seems a little simplistic for a recipe. After all, one can make poached salmon and steamed vegetables without a recipe, I would think. Another recipe is Vein-Poppin' Pudding. It is a jar of Gerber baby food. Yep, that is the entire recipe.
The author further describes using whey protein to add more protein to the diet, including a few protein smoothie recipes in the article. I'm not a fan of separated food like this. Take aspirin as an example. Aspirin started out as powered white willow bark and leaves. After the active chemical, salicylic acid, was identified and separated, it upset the stomach, which white willow bark did not do. In 1853, salicylic acid was buffered with sodium salicylate and acetyl chloride, creating acetylsalicylic acid (Bellis). Even with this buffering, some people find aspirin to be upsetting. I believe it is because acetylsalicylic acid is now a biproduct of petroleum production (Emami), which means one is basically swallowing gasoline rather than natural white willow bark. My point of this whole paragraph is that separating out the protein from the whey may make it less effective, and will certainly make it less holistic, than using the entire whey.
All in all, I feel this first article is unfocused and does not really conclude on subject, which is supposed to be eating to grow muscle.
Citations:
Bellis, Mary. "History of Aspirin." History of Aspirin. About.com, n.d. Web. http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blaspirin.htm 03 June 2013.
Emami, Gazelle. "9 Shocking Things Made From Oil." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 11 May 2010. Web. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/11/9-shocking-things-made-fr_n_570796.html#s89454title=PainkillersVitamins 03 June 2013.
Bellis, Mary. "History of Aspirin." History of Aspirin. About.com, n.d. Web. http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blaspirin.htm 03 June 2013.
Emami, Gazelle. "9 Shocking Things Made From Oil." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 11 May 2010. Web. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/11/9-shocking-things-made-fr_n_570796.html#s89454title=PainkillersVitamins 03 June 2013.
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