Back to the Basics (for One Last Time)

The Baseline Diet, Part 1: Meal Frequency, Caloric Intake and Water Intake

The Baseline Diet, Part 2: Protein, Carbohydrates, Fat

Carbing Up on the Cyclical Ketogenic Diet

Charting Progress on the Baseline Diet, Part 1

Charting Progress on the Baseline Diet, Part 2: Methods for Measuring Body Composition

Protein, Part 1 - Definitions and Technical Background

Protein, Part 2: Protein Metabolism

Protein, Part 3: Individual Amino Acid Requirements

Protein, Part 4: Amino Acid Kinetics and Adaptations

Training on the Cyclical Ketogenic Diet: Effects of Cyclical Ketogenic Diets on Exercise Performance

Ask Lyle McDonald Archives

Ask Lyle McDonald #1 (June 1998) - Is Extra Protein to Gain Mass Dangerous?; Calculating Metabolic Rate and Caloric Intake; Problems with Bingeing While Dieting; Fat Loss Plateaus; Guidelines for Pre-contest Bodybuilders; Initial Opinion on Androstenedione; Ephedrine, Caffeine, Aspirin plus Yohimbine; Pre-Workout Meals and Pre-Bedtime Meals; Training While on Low-Carb Zone Diet

Ask Lyle McDonald #2 (July 1998) - DNP Versus Anabolic Steroids as a Fat Loss Aid; Pre-Contest Dieting on Bodyopus; Hormonal Fluctuations During Training; Gaining LBM While Losing Body Fat; Drinking Extra Water While Dieting; Too Much Protein Interferes with Ketosis; Guaging Progress with Weight Fluctuations During Carb-Up

#3 August 1998 - Bodyopus and Training for Kickboxing; Mentzer's Heavy Duty while on Bodyopus; One "Concentrated Carb Up Meal" for Fast Fat Loss; DNP on a Low Carb Diet; DNP and Its Effects; Tyrosine and Yohimbe as Adjunct to ECA Stack; Training Volume on Bodyopus; Vegetarian Diet for Putting on Mass

# 4 September 1998 - Fat Loss for Women; Dieting with DNP; Bodyopus and Females; USDA Food Database; Injectable Yohimbine; Hypothyroidism and Low Carb Diets; Insulin for Diabetic Bodybuilder; Do Calories Count on Atkins Diet?; Norephedrine and Synephrine; Glycerol for Contests; How Much Glutamine; Side Effects of Creatine; Creatine and Muscle Mass; Changing Exercise Routines

#5 October 1, 1998 - Protein Cycling; Bill Phillip's Physique Transformation Contests; Essential Oils for Fat Loss; Degradation of EFAs; Alpha Lipoic Acid; IsoCaloric Diet versus Bodyopus; Prohormone Supplementation While on CKD; Insulin on Bodyopus; Training Plateaus; Training on CKD

#6 October 15, 1998 - When Diets Stop Working; Best Fat Burners; Carbing Up and Water Manipulation; Step by Step Guide to Losing Fat; Losing Bodyfat While Mainting LBM; Cardio While in Ketosis; HMB as an Anti-Catabolic; Lipoic Acid on Bodyopus

#7 November 1, 1998 - No Fat Loss on CKD; BodyOpus 12hr. carb-up?; Lyle's Ketogenic Book; Glucose Disposal Agents; Dieting and Bodyopus; Bodyopus and Carb Intake; Jay Robb's Fat Burning Diet; Adipokinetix -Fat Burner Stack; Health aspects of CKD; Ephedrine and Ritalin; DNP and Creatine; Questions about DNP

#8 November 15, 1998 - Creatine questions; Amino acids; Amino acid metabolism during starvation; Lipoic acid on CKD; Insulin and strength training; CKD for fat people; Ketogenic diet side effects; Fructose/BodyOpus; Training frequency on Body Opus; Metabolic shift; No gains?; Can AndrosteDERM By MedLean Really Work?; Male Fuel & Yohimbe; Tom Purvis and Resistance University; Body Fat analysis

#9 December 15, 1998 - Creatine and Benching; DNP Not Working; Pyruvate; Miscellaneous Supplement Questions; Carb Load Problems; Alcohol and Ketosis; Lower Abdominal Fat; Women and Fat Loss; Gaining Weight While Minimizing Body Fat; ThermoPro versus ECA; Lipoic Acid, Flax, Borage Oil; Body Fat, Arms, and Abdominal Fat; CKD Scheduling; Adequate protein, ketogenic ratio, calorie restriction conundrum; MCTs

#10 January 15, 1999 - MCT Fuel by Twinlab; GNC Profile Protein; Hormones in Foods; Alpha Lipoic Acid and Bodyopus; DNP; Alcohol on CKD; Bodyopus and Duchaine's Book; Advice on Fat Loss; Clenbuterol versus Ripped Fuel; Thermogenics While on the CKD; Water Pill; CKD and Thyroid Disassociation; Weight Loss and Toning Up; Belts; Long-Term Dieting

#11 February 15, 1999 - ABCDE Diet and Muscle Gain; Hunger on the CKD; Heavy Labor and CKD; Chronic Alpha-lipoic acid use and its effects; Yohimbe With or Without Meals; Type of Diet While Using Clenbuterol; Tarataxone and Water Loss; Protein Questions; Gaining Lean Mass with Minimal Fat Gain; Abdominal Fat; CKDs and Bodyopus; Aerobic Exercise; ECA Stack Equivalent; ECA, Xenadrine, and Glycogen Stores

#12 March 15, 1999 - Protein and overtraining; Indispensable amino acids; IGF-1B; Background and Credentials; Protein cycling; Afraid of Becoming Too Muscular; HCA (hydroxycitric acid); Yobelean; What’s a Bolus?; Gaining Size; CKD & yohimbe; Creatine mixing; Ketosis and supplements; Ketogenic Ratios; Glutamine and Bodyopus Weekdays; Water retention on lowcarb; Bodyopus = bulimia?;

#13 April 15, 1999 - Zone Diet Question; Protein Absorption and Ann de Wees Allen; Body composition confusion; Localized bodyfat ; Healing slowed metabolism; What to eat on CKD; Abdominal Fat/C-Section; Low Carb Diets and Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs); Carbing Up and Ketogenic Diets; Alcohol and Muscle Gains; Tom Platz Serious Growth Workouts; Bruce Lee's body fat; Hardgainers and size;

#14 May 17, 1999 - Big Beyond Belief; Can't lose weight - Therma Pro; How to begin in the Bodybuilding; Odd question about gains; Diet or mass first; More keto questions; Carnivores, glycogen, and anabolism; Particular AA's for endurance; Football exercises; Aerobics and bodybuilding; Clenbuterol and Body Opus; Bodyopus minus the fat; B-5 On a ketogenic Diet; Mentzer and HMB; Anaerobic training for establishing ketosis

#15 July 19, 1999 - Alternating Bodyopus Diet with High Calorie Diet, Alpha Lipoic Acid, Cakes and Cookies After Working Out, Getting Out of Ketosis, Glucosamine and Chondroitin Stalling Fat Loss, Protein and Prostate / Colon Cancer, Miscellaneous Supplement Questions, Beginner Weight Training, Clenbuterol, Cytomel, and YoBeLean, Back Training, Midnight Snacking, Preworkout Nutrition, Hypoglycemia and Expectations, Yohimbe Cream and Male Fat Deposits

#16 September 20, 1999 - Got Milk?; Keto Diet Question; Glycerine and Ketosis; Fiber and KetoStick Question; Ripped fuel and Mass Gains; Tofu on Ketogenic Diet; Keto Diet Meal Plans?; ECA Causes Sterility?; KR Ratio Mistake; Post Workout Nutrition; Diet Coke on CKD Confusion; Intervals and Fat Loss; Ammonia in Perspiration While Dieting; Cutting Up and Bulking- Bodyopus and ???