Bulk Up

In the pursuit of bulking up or gaining muscle? Although there has to be work in the gym or during your workouts, nutrition is equally, if not more, important. So how can fruit help with the development of muscle mass?

According to one source, “fruits are the best bodybuilding foods, or you can say ‘Superfoods’ in our daily diet” (RAW Pressery). They go on to explain that fruits are packed with potassium, Vitamin C, carbs, and antioxidants which “help in building muscles” (RAW Pressery). 

So how specifically can these elements help us gain muscle? One example, antioxidants in blueberries, “protect against ‘free-radical’ attacks, which we are vulnerable to after weight training” (RAW Pressery). In fact, one research group from Cornell University found that when it comes to muscle repair and growth “the number one food that helps you out in this regard happens to be blueberries” (“Eating blueberries daily can help women with muscle growth and repair: Study”).

This is true of cherries as well. Tart cherries “may help reduce muscle breakdown after a resistance-training session, potentially increasing your post-workout muscle gains” (Heffernan).

Fruits are an essential part of an efficient, bulking diet.