abs made in the kitchen?

jardimgirl
jardimgirl Posts: 522 Member
edited February 12 in Health and Weight Loss
so if abs are made in the kitchen, do we need to eat clean? i've been reading abs are made in the kitchen, which i get, but they say you must eat clean. really??

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  • Phaedra2014
    Phaedra2014 Posts: 1,254 Member
    Abs are made by eating at a deficit and lifting heavy weights in the gym.
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    No, you do not need to eat clean.

    To reveal your ab muscles you need 2 things, low enough body fat such that little fat covers the muscles and big enough muscles such that they show through what body fat you do have and your skin. Low body fat comes from a calorie deficit. Muscles are preserved during a calorie deficit by resistance training and adequate protein intake. Muscles are built by eating at a calorie surplus along with the resistance training and protein intake. If you genetically store fat in your stomach, and have small muscles, it might take a lot of work to get "abs".
  • SailorKnightWing
    SailorKnightWing Posts: 875 Member
    They are incorrect. You need to eat at a caloric deficit to reduce your body fat percentage enough to see your abdominal muscles. All this entails is making sure you get enough protein to not lose as much abdominal (and other) muscle mass so there's something to reveal after losing the fat.

    "Clean" is a proprietary and ultimately meaningless term.
  • _TastySnoBalls_
    _TastySnoBalls_ Posts: 1,298 Member
    "Abs are made in the kitchen" means eating at a deficit. Unfortunately, it is often interpreted as having to eat "clean." Whatever that means.
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