Healthy Snacks For Muscle Mass Gains

Healthy Snacks For Muscle Mass Gains

Starting in 1992, I made it an habit to keep near my work space a “secret high calorie jar.”

This convenient and healthy snack is basically a mixture of nuts and dried fruits. If I get delayed for a meal, I reach in and take two handfuls from the pre-mixed jar, usually a recycled protein powder jar…

The bottle contains:

• Dried pineapple

• Thompson raisins

• Dried blueberries

• Pistachios

• Dried figs

• Dried apricots

• Cashews

• Walnuts

• Dates

• Pecans

• Brazil nuts

• Hazelnuts

• Dried cherries

• Dried mango slices

• Pumpkin seeds

• Sesame seeds

• Macadamia nuts

It keeps my blood sugar constant, and prevents me from going psycho. When my blood sugar gets too low, I am about as pleasant as Charles Manson on PCP with a toothache. With that, at times, I wash them down with an essential amino acids mixture from Thorne Research to further the anabolic processes.

Besides providing you with a load of quality calories, you are also getting many valuable nutrients such as selenium from the Brazil nuts, magnesium from the cashews, anti-oxidants from the dried fruits, etc.

I change the recipe all the time, and here is one that always gets high votes.

Enjoy the quality and the density of the muscle building nutrients.

Coach Charles R. Poliquin

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