Did you know there are other things you can do to effectively increase muscle mass in addition to intense strength training? Many people don't even realize this one muscle building tip I am about to share. gainer pentru cresterea masei musculare

Lifting weights, or overloading your muscles is obviously the first step needed to improving muscle size. However, there are many other variables that come into play if you really want that perfect, shapely body - nutrition, nutrient timing, adequate rest between workout sessions to name a few.

I bet you didn't know that a high fat diet may inhibit your ability to increase muscle mass. The University of California at Davis conducted a study which showed a high saturated fat diet prevented exercising mice from enlarging their muscles (Journal of Physiology - December 2009).

The muscle building study divided mice into three different groups - high fat diet, low fat diet, and a control group. The results showed the high saturated fat diet group had lower levels of polysomes which are necessary for making protein in the muscle to increase lean tissue.

Yes, I know the study was conducted on mice, but there most likely is a crossover to humans. I am sure more testing will be done soon on human subjects. Therefore, my advice if you really want to gain muscle mass is to limit the fats in your diet until even more research has been conducted on the topic. Please note, you do need some saturated fat in your diet; but I wouldn't overload yourself with it if your intent is to increase muscle mass.

Now there are currently two theories which might explain why a high fat diet slows down lean tissue development. First off, high saturated fat turns on your immunity to cause inflammation that prevents the body from making protein to enlarge muscle size. Theory two is a high saturated fat diet blocks insulin receptors making the body less effective at driving amino acids into the muscle cell for recovery, and growth.

The moral of the story here is limit your saturated fat intake if your goal is to increase muscle mass, and strength. When you have had enough saturated fat it is a good idea to switch over to polyunsaturated fats, or up the protein instead.