The following extract comes from Vince Gironda’s 1984 Book: Unleashing the Wild Physique (available here). This book cannot be recommended highly enough, from VInce’s no nonsense take on steroids to his innovative training techniques.
Today’s post comes from Vince’s advice on a lacto-vegetarian diet.
The Lacto-Vegetarian Diet
This is the easiest diet to follow because you can eat as much as you wish. It is composed of non-concentrated carbohydrates and protein from raw eggs, milk-and-egg protein powder, and half & half. You will also experience a sense of satisfaction that you can never get from a purely high-protein diet. I recommend this diet for obese people who have a hard time losing weight on any diet. The roughage will produce a cleansing effect in the intestines, which produces regularity and detoxification. This diet is great for breaking a rut if you’ve stopped making gains.
Breakfast
Vince’s Special Protein Drink
- 12 oz. half & half
- 12 raw eggs
- 1/3-1/2 cup milk-and-egg protein powder
- 1 Banana
(Make up to three of these drinks per day in a blender. Sip between meals.)
Supplements
- 1 multi-vitamin tablet
- 1 chelated mineral tablet
- 3 Vitamin B complex
- 1 Vitamin B12 Tablet
- 1 Vitamin B15 Tablet
- 1 Vitamin C Complex (500mg)
- 3 Lysine tablets
- 3 Multi-glandular tablets (Nucleo Glan male or female)
Lunch
Raw Mixed Vegetable Salad
- Ingredients: Avocado, bean sprouts, beets, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower heads, celery, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, green peppers, hard-boiled eggs, lettuce, mushrooms, parsley, spinach, water chestnuts, watercress, zucchini or squash.
- Toss and serve with olive oil, vinegar and chopped garlic or garlic powder.
- No salt or sugar.
Supplements
- 1 Iron Tablet
- Same as breakfast
Dinner
- Same as lunch
- Fruit
Supplements
- Same as lunch
Special Supplements
- 5 Amino-Acid Tablets or 1 oz. liquid amino acid (every 3 hours)
- 4 raw orchid-tissue tablets, 1 Vitamin B complex, 1 niacin tablet (before and after workouts)
- 5-10 grams of arginine, ornithine (before retiring)
- 3-5 grams of tryptophan plus 6 calcium tablets (before retiring)
So there you have it, a Vegetarian bodybuilding plan from the Iron Guru himself. If however, you’re on the other end of the spectrum and need help shifting unwanted weight, why not check out Vince’s ‘Definition Diet’, available here.
Man, this is a really good blog – a treasure trove of information for physical culture geeks like myself. Well done man.
Hi Shawn, thanks so much for stopping by. Glad I’m not the only one who finds this stuff interesting!
A vegetarian diet with eggs and dairy is ideal for slimming down. Proteins burn in a dirty manner and besides if you eat too much flesh you will not live to a ripe old age. Bill Pearl was a vegetarian and he had a classic physique which showed that quality beats quantity every time. Kareena Kapoor too is a strict vegetarian and she has the sexiest physique in all of Bollywood. Such an alkaline diet gives the body a break from heavy duty foods and has a cooling effect which reduces inflammation.
Hi there, thanks so much for stopping by. I wasn’t aware of such a high profile vegetarian such as Kareena Kapoor. If you’re interested we also have a Bill Pearl diet post which further discusses a vegetarian diet.
Have a great day!