by Pete » Sun Jan 11, 2004 2:25 pm
a lot of the ultra-low fat diets for muscle growth have appeared from the steroid era (in my opinion). With steroids you need very low fat as they affect your blood profile in such a bad way.
Saying that, I think the amount of fat, is again, a case of variation amongst us. I've seen some naturals that eat low fat (below 20%) & gain, but others that need over 30% to get any results. Some of us are just more (or less) efficient at using, assimilating fats than others, so hard & fast rules are impossible.
It has been shown that including some saturated fats increase testosterone production, which may help some people, also just the increase in usable calories could also play a crucial role for many on a quest for size.
This is not taking account of the health benefits/deficits of various fat level diets (both higher & lower fat diets have various health problems implied by studies)
Pete
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