Okay, some folks may have noticed that despite my focus on mass "power eating" to go with my "power lifting" I've become a huge fan of massive vegetable intake recently. This is because about a month ago I decided I'd try to eat a more balanced diet, and the main thing that was missing was vegetables of the normally "undesireable" sort, specifically leafy greens and cruciferous veggies. I didn't change much, I just made an effort to try and get my daily compliment of all vitamins from food, and added a large helping of all sorts of different veggies. All I can say looking back on the last month or so is "WOW". After maybe two weeks I started to notice my endurance going up quite a bit, I felt more energetic, and I started to notice an increase in the speed of my body composition improvements. Hell, I had like five or six BIG blister-like acne spots on my shoulders and traps that had been there for almost a month from androgen use which dissapeared between two and three weeks after changing the diet, and I didn't develop any more.
I used to take a multi-vitamin, which I stopped taking when I started eating this way, so the only thing that really seems to have changed is an increase in dietary fiber intake. The benefits I have noticed seem far too diverse and far reaching to just attribute to increased dietary fiber (that might in part explain the increased rate of body comp improvement but the endurance, mood, energy level, and general difference in feeling of health is way beyond that).
Just based on my own personal experience I really encourage anyone who doesn't really focus on eating lots of vegetables and relies on a multi-vitamin to try changing their diet around so as to get all the required vitamins from food. To that end I want to post a food advisor which I've found very helpful: http://www.whfoods.net/foodadvisor.php the main site, http://www.whfoods.net is also full of great information and recipes, I can't really say enough good things about it. Their top 100 foods list is a great resource, and though some of the information on the site is directed to nutrition newbies, I think there's something there for everyone.
I used to take a multi-vitamin, which I stopped taking when I started eating this way, so the only thing that really seems to have changed is an increase in dietary fiber intake. The benefits I have noticed seem far too diverse and far reaching to just attribute to increased dietary fiber (that might in part explain the increased rate of body comp improvement but the endurance, mood, energy level, and general difference in feeling of health is way beyond that).
Just based on my own personal experience I really encourage anyone who doesn't really focus on eating lots of vegetables and relies on a multi-vitamin to try changing their diet around so as to get all the required vitamins from food. To that end I want to post a food advisor which I've found very helpful: http://www.whfoods.net/foodadvisor.php the main site, http://www.whfoods.net is also full of great information and recipes, I can't really say enough good things about it. Their top 100 foods list is a great resource, and though some of the information on the site is directed to nutrition newbies, I think there's something there for everyone.