5 WAYS A PLANT BASED DIET CAN BUILD AND PRESERVE MUSCLE MASS

5 WAYS A PLANT BASED DIET CAN BUILD AND PRESERVE MUSCLE MASS

Plant-based nutrition is a great way to enhance your muscle mass by giving the body beneficial vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and complex carbohydrates that meet the body’s needs on a number of levels. You may hear of many athletes and those looking to gain muscle eating lots of meat, eggs, dairy, or the like. While those foods will build muscle, they might also lead to excess inflammation and come with other health risks when eaten in heavier amounts needed to promote muscle mass.

A plant-based diet not only contains adequate calories needed to build muscles, but many foods are also structured uniquely to help compliment one another in their ability to assist with lean muscle formation. For example, vegetables contain high-quality minerals muscle cells need for energy, complex carbohydrates needed for energy and muscle repair, and many even have amino acids to help build protein cells in the body. All of these are essential for building muscle, not just protein like many believe.

Let’s take a look at five other ways a plant-based diet will build your muscles in a healthy way that will have you feeling great for years to come!

1. It Nourishes the Cells

Plant-based foods nourish the body on a cellular level. Think of your food as a message to your body; a food can nourish or destruct. Plants from the earth contain valuable nutrients such as raw amino acids, anti-inflammatory sources of zinc, iron, and B vitamins that muscle cells need not just for building, but also regrowth, recovery, and repair.

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