How to Eat Right And Gain More Muscle Weight

Gaining muscle mass can be a challenge for a large number of people, especially for some guys as they tend to have faster metabolism. As a result, nutritional supplements are extremely popular with people who want to gain more muscle mass. While the companies and the magazines sponsored by them tout that their product WILL help people gain muscle mass, there's another group of people that strongly believe that supplements don't help with gaining muscle mass at all. So what is the truth? What is the relation between nutritional supplements and muscle mass gain? 

There are two components that must work together to help you gain muscle mass. Exercise and nutrition. Generally one of the two, usually nutrition is left out and the person solely focuses on exercise. This is by far the leading cause of dissatisfaction with muscle gains. Exercise provides the necessary stimulus to grow, and nutrition is what actually adds the muscle. The necessary component in your diet that does this is protein. Protein is absolutely essential for the growth of your body. It's the building block of just about everything in you - your skin, your muscles, your brain...so on. You need to get adequate protein in your diet before you can gain a substantial amount of muscle mass.  You'll have to learn how to eat more and eat it properly. You want to eat six small meals through the day instead of 3 big meals. This provides constant fuel to your body so that it can grow and gain more muscle easily.

This is how to calculate the amount of protein to eat everyday:
If you weigh 165 lbs now, and want to gain more muscle:
165*0.8 = 132 - this is how many grams of protein you need each day to grow quickly. Never go over a ratio of over 1.2 because that can be toxic to your body.
When you've attained the desired weight and just want to maintain that weight, you can drop down to 0.4 times the grams of protein per pound of your body weight.