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The Meat and Nuts Breakfast: Single Best Dietary Strategy for Leanness

Vince Del Mont

When a student asked Charles Poliquin his best single dietary tip for optimal leanness, energy and sustained mental focus, he told us to try the rotating meat and nuts breakfast.
My coach, Ben Pakulski, introduced me to the Meat & Nuts Breakfast in prep for the 2011 WBFF World Championships & I can testify to increased metal focus, less craving and more focused energy. Not to mention 4% body fat.
 Why is the rotating meat and nuts combination so effective? 
1) The meat allows for a gradual rise in blood sugar.
2) The nuts provide a great dose of healthy smart fats that allow blood sugar to remain stable for a longer period of time.
3) Reduces food sensitivities that are known to increase cortisol in people. It’s very common for individuals to have allergies to beef, eggs, whey, casein, tuna and oatmeal, the typical bodybuilding staples.
In short, breakfast IS the most important meal of the day – what you eat for breakfast determines your entire neurotransmitter production for that day.
Personally, it’s quite funny to see the reaction of my friends when the visit me in the morning and watch me cook some form of meat for breakfast but literally everyone who has made the switch has reported the same benefits of increased energy, more mental focus and fullness.
Multiple studies on employee productivity or on children’s attention patterns have demonstrated that a high-protein diet breakfast not only impacts on the energy and productivity levels of morning till noon but also extends its positive effects into the late afternoon.

 Here is the Meat & Nuts Breakfast over the next five days:

Day 11-2 buffalo meat patties -1 handful of macadamia nuts
Day 2 1 large venison steak -1 handful of cashew nuts
Day 3 1-2 lean turkey burgers - 1 handful of almonds
Day 4 salmon omelet -1 handful of walnuts
Day 5 2 lean ground beef patties - 1 handful of Brazil nuts
Day 6 3 slices of turkey bacon - 1 handful of hazelnuts
***COOKING TIP: I usually add some coconut oil, 2 whole organic eggs and a massive handful of spinach and mix all together in a frying pan. It takes less than five minutes to prepare.  Plus, I usually have 5 grams of high quality fish oil to mitigate the insulin response longer.

***The BEST Recipe Resource: The Muscle Cook, Dave Ruel has the best bodybuilding cookbook online and it includes dozens of amazing meals like Sun Dried Tomato Salmon, Salmon Burgers, Turkey Bacon Wrapped Scallops, Buffalo (Bison) Burgers, London Broil, Jamaican Pork and so many more that you use for the rotating meat and nuts breakfast. Just add the nuts to Dave’s recipe and your set. And for this week only, you can buy Dave’s nutrition system, Anabolic Cooking for $40 Off.

What if you’re allergic to nuts?

Charles recommends you add a portion of the following low-glycemic/low-fructose fruits with your breakfast:

Apricots

Avocados

Blackberries

Blueberries

Grapefruit

Loganberries

Nectarines

Olives

Papayas

Peaches

Plums

Raspberries

Strawberries

The rule of thumb when eating fruits is to aim for organic, especially for strawberries, as they are one of the most sprayed crops in the world.

What if you’re skinny and trying to build muscle?

If you’re still wear extra small clothes and having a hard time gaining muscle, adding 1-2 cups of carbohydrates to your breakfast will help you gain weight as prescribed in No Nonsense Muscle Building. For anyone looking to lose fat or optimize leanness, the rotating meat and nuts breakfast is a must try dietary strategy.  Also, it’s not critical to rotate around six different meals a week – I usually rotate two different combos a week and every month I switch up the sources to two different combos.
I’ve been preaching the rotating meat and nuts breakfast since Live Large LIVE so for those of you who are “believers”, share how this new dietary strategy made a difference below!
I love hearing your feedback.
Vince Del Monte