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[Jasmin]

Increase Your Nutrient Absorption - Increase Your Muscle Mass

This is a simple and profound way to dramatically increase your
energy and muscle mass. It can also ensure that you save lots of
your time and money.

In fact, you will probably start to eat a lot less than normal.
Due to maximum absorption you will not need to consume the huge
massive amounts of food in order to get all the nutrients that a
natural bodybuilder needs to increase muscle.

We all know that to build muscle we need nutrients. Therefore
many people consume massive amounts of them. They use nutrient
supplements and eat high nutrient foods but there is no
guarantee that they will all be absorbed. In fact, even though
some people consume all the right foods, they consume them in
such a way that almost all nutrients are wasted and actually has
a negative affect on their health.

Absorbing nutrients happens through digestion. Many people have
the notion that all we need to do in order to get the nutrients
is eat the right foods. We consume, the body breaks down and
absorbs. It's pretty basic.

However, despite what most people believe, the process of
digestion is actually a lot more complicated. Different foods
all demand different things from our digestive system. Even
though we are omnivores and therefore capable of digesting many
different foods, it does not mean we can do so all at once.
There are various stages and environments the body needs to
create in order to digest each sort of food. Asking the body to
create different environments at the same time for digestion
will not have any success.

The fact is that no being in nature is designed for complex
meals. I mean, have you ever seen an animal gathering up
different kinds of foods before eating? The answer is no because
foods are not meant to be combined. Thanks to our phenomenal
body, we are capable of combining foods, but this still comes
with consequences. The consequence of low nutrient absorption is
no increased muscle mass; sometimes even decrease.

High protein foods, for example, require a highly acidic
environment which takes place in the stomach in order to
denature the protein. Contrary to that, starchy foods require a
mildly alkaline environment for digestion to take place in the
mouth and small intestine. This is basic chemistry that we have
all learned in school, but do we all know what happens when you
take something acidic and mix it with a base/alkaline?

The answer is simple; they neutralize. In its best attempt to
digest the foods, the body now keeps secreting alkaline and
acids, using up all the minerals, vitamins, enzymes, salts,
other nutrients and a huge amount of energy. This makes you
unbelievably tired and makes you feel bloated because the body
needs to overwork. A simple digestion of meat before it goes
into your intestines would normally take around 3 hours. If
starch and meat are combined, this process has now increased to
up to 9 hours. But even worse, now the proteins decompose and
the starch ferments, creating a place for dangerous microforms
that feeds on your nutrients. This is why you are still tired
when you wake up in the morning. You slept but your body did not
rest. Your body worked all night to try break down all the food
you ate for dinner.

Think about the classical American meals: fish and chips,
potato and meat, sandwich and ham, chicken with rice, burger and
fries. Give your body a break! It is for your own sake. So here
is the solution to have maximum nutrient absorption, energy,
health, quality sleep and consequently more muscle mass: proper
food combining.

Proper food combining is essential, and by following the
instructions I will give you, I assure full success. You must
not forget to go easy on yourself as it might be hard at the
start. The more creative and positive you are at the beginning,
the better this will work for you and remember to make it work
for you, not against you.

Here are the steps to be followed.

1. Low-sugar (less than 8 percent sugar) fruits and veggies
combine with everything.

2. Eat starches with veggies, low-sugar fruits and healthy
oils. No animal protein!

3. Eat animal protein with vegetables. Try fish on a bed of
steamed greens or a crunchy salad with lemon.

4. This is crucial: Eat high-sugar fruits on their own. Because
of their sugar, fruits are digested extremely rapidly; therefore
if occupied in the stomach waiting in 37 degree Celsius for
other foods to be digested it will rot and ferment. Take a
banana, peel it and put it in the sun and wait for 3 hours (or
even 9, if you ate it with protein and starches) and watch what
happens. It will rot. Everybody knows it is stupid to consume
rotten food.

5. Healthy fats and oils go with starches, vegetables and
low-sugar fruits. Nuts can be combined with all foods. This is
the one single exception to high-sugar fruits. Try a tasty
banana-almond shake.

That is it! It may sound hard so try to go first without starch
and animal protein, and then adapt to the rest of the program.

After only two days, you will be amazed with how active you
will be after eating meals. The refreshing feeling you will have
when you wake up in the morning will make you notice that you
actually don't need to consume the same amount of food to feel
full and build mass. You will in fact consume less and build
more.

Before each meal, remember to take a deep breath and relax. If
you eat while you are stressed, the digestive system and enzymes
shut down totally. And remember never to drink iced water with
meals!