Tip Adhere to the 90% Rule Search Skip to content Menu Menu follow us Store Articles Community Loyal-T Club Loyal-T Points Rewards Subscribe to Save Search Search The World s Trusted Source & Community for Elite Fitness Diet & Fat LossEating Tip Adhere to the 90% Rule A simple guideline that cuts through the dietary dogma and gets you back on track Check it out by Paul Carter June 16, 2016April 5, 2021 Tags Feeding the Ideal Body, Nutrition & Supplements, Tips The Great Diet Debate Fact: Successful bodybuilders and athletes eat more quality foods than crap. The diet debate has gotten out of hand. Why? Because a lot of people want reassurance that they can eat shit food all the time: "Please, someone give me a scientific-sounding reason to stuff my face with junk food!" This is a huge problem among noobs who would "do anything to lose fat" except avoid garbage of course. They fall for the idea that there's no difference in eating healthy and eating garbage, so long as the garbage somehow fits into their macronutrient or calorie plan. But this isn't even an IIFYM vs. clean eating vs. paleo vs. Zone vs. keto vs. McDonald's debate. This is just a very early chapter in the book of common sense: most of your meals should come from quality food. Even if you're a strength athlete and not terribly concerned about having 10% body fat, eating quality foods most of the time will help you perform better than eating poor quality foods. Duh... except many floundering gym-goers seem to have forgotten this. Food Selection Matters From micronutrients and digestion issues to hormonal and inflammatory responses to food, your choices matter. Experienced, successful lifters figure this out. Long-term health is important to them. And that's why they win the long game while others waste years counting the macros in their Twinkies. The Lesson Adhere to the 90% rule. Make 90% of your meals consist of nutrient-dense foods, then have your cake and eat it too. Just don't eat it on a daily basis. Get The T Nation Newsletters Don' t Miss Out Expert Insights To Get Stronger, Gain Muscle Faster, And Take Your Lifting To The Next Level related posts Diet & Fat Loss Tip Make Your Own Healthy Ketchup This no-sugar-added, grown-up ketchup will blow your mind. Here's how to make it. Feeding the Ideal Body, Nutrition & Supplements, Tips Chris Shugart January 14 Eating Forget the Paleo Diet Go Neolithic The paleo diet is based on a misunderstanding of history, genetics, and science. It's time to take a new diet approach. Diet Strategy, Dietary Myth Busting, Feeding the Ideal Body, Nutrition & Supplements TC Luoma December 20 Diet & Fat Loss Tip Adhere to the 90% Rule A simple guideline that cuts through the dietary dogma and gets you back on track Check it out Feeding the Ideal Body, Nutrition & Supplements, Tips Paul Carter June 16 Supplements Tip Turning Off the Cancer Switch An old drug and a new supplement can help to activate AMPK, which may cause cancer cells to starve themselves. Info here. C3G, Nutrition & Supplements, Plazma, Super Health, Tips TC Luoma June 5