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When to Consider a Weight Gain Successful

Your weight gain diet must do two simple things to be successful at helping you put on lean muscle weight.-It must provide you with calories in excess of your maintenance amount.Your maintenance amount is that amount of calories your body uses to fuel it's energy concerns. It is when the body has calories beyond this amount that it has the ability to either store these calories as body fat or use them to build muscle.-It must supply the body not only with plenty of protein but also adequate amou...

Minerals a very important factor of our diet!

Although minerals may be required in small quantities, they are still vitally important to our general health and wellbeing. 1.Calcium Calcium is needed for so many different functions in the body, from bones, to blood clotting, your muscles etc. People often think of bones as a static piece of the body, where very little change occurs, but that is a totally incorrect perception. Bone is a dynamic part of the body and calcium is constantly flowing into, and out of it.Calcium is needed for th...