teaser from chapter 3 'the Flaws of other Diets'
'The True Adonis Principles
this is a real conundrum for me to address. cause as much as he right (a calorie is a calorie), he's wrong ( a calorie is not just a calorie). confused? read on.
yes, in a calorie deficit regardless of what calories you take in you have to lose weight. it's simple physics. so in that regard he's correct.
where the ideology is flawed however is that the body, we have discovered, does not treat all calories the same. fats and carbs yes. but not protein.
the body for some strange amazing reason, and thank god for it, actually does not recognise protein as a unit measurement of fuel, but as a nutrient to be used strictly for the repair and growth of tissue. this goes a long way to explain how you can maintain and in my case create new tissue in such a massive deficit- and no its not the anabolics as i have previously mentioned i am on 1/4 mg wise of what it took me to create my physique. and also goes an equal distance to explain how difficult it is to overtrain on this system. the body is a remarkably amazingly efficient machine in a severe deficit.
and this is where the TA principles fall short as much they are accurate.
so you see, once I discovered that the body actually SPARES protein in a deficit, and partitions it differently (doesnt use it for fuel) than carbs and fats, I had no choice but to realise that a calorie simply is not just a calorie.
truthfully I shudder to think what would happen to a body that trained hard, had metabolic stress, and just ate carbs and fats as per 'any cal will do in a deficit you have to lose weight (TA principles)' theory. '
cheers.
