• You can get fat and fatter, even if you have no fat in your diet. The body count calories, weather they come from fat, carbohydrate or protein. Eat too much of anything and the calories will add up.
The more protein you eat the more muscle you'll build. Which means you'll be really buff if you eat a side of beef. If you are eating healthfully you're probably getting all the protein you need to build muscle from exercise.
• 'Light' foods are automatically low in fat. It can mean that the product is lower in calories or lower in fat but not always. Light isn't a university defined term. It could describe the taste, color or texture of a food. It may mean lower in salt. If you're watching calories or fat for your muscle building diet routine, what to do? Read the label and be sure to look at calories per serving size.
• Dietary food is no good for you. True enough, a high-fat diet has been associated with hypertension, diabetes and prostate and colon cancer in men. But with all the negative talk about fat, it's important to realize that we need some fat in our diet for proper body functioning and metabolism.
• Snacking is a no no, despite what Mom said, a snack won't ruin your appetite. Here's why. "If you're very active throughout the day, you schedule is bound to be crazy and snacks are a good way to apportion calories. If you don't plug in a snack when you're hungry, you're likely to overeat at mealtimes."
• Salads are synonymous with healthy eating. Grazing on greens can be a healthy way to eat. But you can lose the benefit of the high fiber food by overdosing on dressing. Dressing is the best source of fat in women's diets-outdistancing butter and cheese, and guys need to watch out too. Simple solution: get the dressing on the side.
• Eggs are bad for you. Experts agree that we need to get post the notion of good and bad foods and think about good and bad diets. Eggs get a bad rap because of cholesterol. "But according to vast evidence, dietary fat-especially saturated fat raises blood cholesterol. Eggs are an excellent source of the protein albumen, which is easily proceed into muscle. Unless you're eating just the whites, limit eggs to four per week.
  
• Everything vegetarian is healthy. One of the big myths is that a vegetarian diet is low in fat, but if you grill vegetables and pour olive on them, there's fat. Likewise, nuts and seeds are loaded with fat.
  
• Skipping breakfast is a good way to cut calories. This strategy actually backfires. Study shows that people who skip meals eat more that those who eat regularly.
  
• Starchy food are fattening. Maybe it's because pasta, bread and potatoes are so filling that they've earned this reputation. They're not high in fat.
  
• Chicken is the healthiest meat to eat if you are really serious about muscle building. However you got to be careful about the preparation. Flank steak or port tender lean are also good alternative.
  
• Alcohol has no calories. This is a myth, a bottle of beer has approximately 150 calories which are without any nutritional value.
  

If you are serious about muscle building then you got to be conscious about your diet.