| A lot of people ask me what do body building | | | | To have a supplement free diet with the same |
| supplements actually do. It is very strange that so | | | | nutritional values as a balanced diet with |
| many people taking such supplements (or thinking | | | | bodybuilding supplements you would spend around |
| about taking them) do not know why they are | | | | £150 a week on ingredients and a lot of the |
| doing so. I have taken some time out to write a | | | | ingredients would have to be specially sourced, |
| short article to introduce people to bodybuilding | | | | and would take a lot of time to prepare in terms |
| supplements. | | | | of meals. Realistically most bodybuilders don't have |
| To put it simply: we use body building | | | | the time, the skill or the money to have a |
| supplements to maximise our vitamin and mineral | | | | supplement free diet. |
| intake. Bodybuilding supplements are ineffective | | | | Vitamin and mineral deficiency are the most |
| without a proper training program and a balanced | | | | common cause for a slump in muscle mass. Even |
| diet. If you are not on a weights program - do | | | | depriving yourself of one vitamin can undermine |
| not take body building supplements. If you do not | | | | the most serious bodybuilding program. |
| have a balanced diet - do not take bodybuilding | | | | Of course for most of us, cost is one of the |
| supplements. It really is that simple. | | | | main considerations when it comes to buying |
| Supplements make sure that we get exactly the | | | | bodybuilding supplements. The essential, all year |
| vitamins and minerals that our bodies' require and | | | | round, bodybuilding supplements are vitamins (both |
| if you are into bodybuilding, you will have specialist | | | | Fat Soluble vitamins and water soluble vitamins), |
| nutritional requirements. A lot of people think that | | | | Minerals (Bulk minerals such as calcium and |
| you can get all the nutrients that you need from | | | | potassium as well as trace minerals such as iron |
| food, but unfortunately this really isn't the case. | | | | and zinc). |
| Convenience foods, processed foods, even simply | | | | That is it. Body building supplements are just |
| cooking food takes away the vast majority of | | | | vitamins and minerals and, like I said, they are |
| vitamins and minerals from the original food | | | | only to be used alongside a proper training |
| source. | | | | schedule and a balanced diet. |