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Jan 2021
27m 48s

Ep. #691: Q&A: Fiber and Counting Carbs,...

MIKE MATTHEWS
About this episode

I’ve churned through over 150,000 emails, social media comments and messages, and blog comments in the last 6 years.

And that means I’ve fielded a ton of questions.

As you can imagine, some questions pop up more often than others, and I thought it might be helpful to take a little time every month to choose a few and record and share my answers.

So, in this round, I answer the following three questions:

1) Do you consider fiber intake in your daily total carbohydrate? 

2) Should I stay away from soy? 

3) Should you not combine certain macronutrients in certain meals?

If you have a question you’d like me to answer, leave a comment below or if you want a faster response, send an email to mike@muscleforlife.com.


Recommended reading for this episode:

https://legionathletics.com/how-much-fiber-should-you-get-every-day-and-why/

https://legionathletics.com/soy-protein-isolate/


Timestamps:


0:00 - Intro

4:59 - Do you consider fiber intake in your daily total carbohydrate?

8:52 - Should I stay away from soy?

17:51 - Should you not combine certain macronutrients in certain meals?


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Mentioned on The Show:

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