Many young men who start bodybuilding are very tempted to use anabolic steroids, mainly because everybody with an exceptionally good body would appear to be taking them. However, the long-term damage to health with regard to steroid abuse is well documented, which creates a huge demand for natural alternatives and strategies. This is where the ideas set out in this book come to the fore.

Any good diet should take on board the principals of earlier diets and refine them. Few things of any merit are created overnight. As somebody who has been weight training for over 30 years, I have garnered a lot of information in that time, which I wish I had had at the outset.

Being in my fifties with a huge appetite and a propensity to put on weight, I have tried over the years almost every diet under the sun: the Hay diet, the Atkins diet, the ketogenic diet, alternate-day fasting, calorie counting; you name it. However, most people think I am still in my thirties, so I must be doing something right.

My aim for writing this book is to enlighten the reader with regards to the broad subjects of bodybuilding, fitness and health in a succinct and well thought-out manner without resorting to too much technical jargon or too many personal narratives. The regimen set out in this book may not give you the same massive gains achieved by a professional bodybuilder who uses steroid cycles and stacks, but nevertheless it should go a long way to helping you achieve what you thought was impossible without artificial help.

Unlike anabolic steroids and bioidentical hormones, your own hormones cost nothing and do not come with a health warning. With this regimen, you should be able to optimize your natural potential by manipulating your own hormones with food combining and various supplements.

The anabolic diet is highly adaptable, but you will need to be painstaking. Nothing in life is that easy.

Do not underestimate the latent power within you. Picture how you wish to look and know that it is attainable. If you have the key, you can open the door to the new you.