[header] How to eat like a body builder [title] Eat the right amount of protein. [step] You probably know that the body builder's diet is very high in protein. Growing muscles do need quite a lot of it, but past that point any extra protein is just calories, and therefore less effective than carbs. 
For most people , 0.8 grams of protein per kilogram of bodyweight per day should be plenty. However, body builders need to get between 1.2 and 1.7 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight.