Omega-3 are fatty acids found in flaxseed and fish oil, and they can help your muscles prime better for the impending anabolic effects of insulin. Your body will create and release more insulin in your blood when you eat carbs, and it has an anabolic effect in the sense of pushing carbs into your muscles, but it can also push nutrients towards your body fat stores, thereby boosting enzymes that intensify the creation of body fat. Omega-3 fatty acids counter this by allowing muscles to draw carbs towards them with insulin, instead of the insulin driving the nutrients to your body fat stores. This will boost your glycogen storage and reduce the ability of insulin to push nutrients into fat. 5-6 grams of omega-3s is recommended every day.

You can’t get your muscles to grow without eating carbs – this is a known fact and the biggest dietary dilemma among all nutrition and gym people. The trick is to get your body to use those carbs to build muscle instead of using them for body fat storage and taking you back a few steps. I’ve seen a lot of people failing to get carbs to work for them and having to trick their body into using carbs for muscles and energy instead, but it always works. Just follow these seven tips and you will be able to create every gram of muscle that you desire, without the added unwanted body fat.