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Build a Better Beef Body

By Victor Pride 89 Comments

From the kitchen of Victor Pride
Subj: Cooking with Victor
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You hear about blueberries and kale being “super-foods”, but that’s a bunch of nonsense.

If you ate nothing but blueberries and kale you’d starve to death.

Beef is a super-food. If you ate nothing but beef you’d be fine.

I eat beef every day because it is full of vitamins, calories, protein and it tastes great.

Watch the video to see my famous Build a Better Beef Body recipe.

And remember a few things about cooking…

Cooking is not a science and doesn’t have to be.

The recipe list is a guideline, not a specific formula.

Your meal should cater to your palate, you don’t need to cater your meals to recipes.

See below for EZ ingredient list…

BuildABetterBeefBodyRecipe

Enjoy your new beef body.

Until next time,

-Victor Pride

PS - In the video I made an error in talking and said “red onion” and “green onion‘ instead of saying “pepper“.

PPS - Drink tea from a Bold and Determined mug.

Comments

  3. KW says

    Victor,

    Man a video and an infographic, you’re stepping it up! This video was hilarious, hopefully you have more coming.

    Gonna have to try telling my beef where to go, later when I eat - solid advice.

  5. travis peters says

    Go here beef made me laugh, as kids we had this old dude who used to deadlift and after each set drink a sip of protein shake and flex his back he said it helped to point the protein in the right direction ha.
    How can i order that mug?

  6. Pirata says

    There’s nothing like a good ol’ steak!
    Pepper, salt, some garlic and fried in olive oil or grilled!

    • Remy Sheppard says

      My wife cooks steaks in a pan in butter. You should try it, about a minute and a half on each side (depending on thickness), for a perfectly rare steak cooked in butter. Amazing. All you need is a bit of salt and pepper on that bad boy.

  7. Indomitable Core says

    Good recipe. I enjoy lots of grass fed beef and bison. One thing I do like, is ribeye steaks… 12-14 oz Seared on a cast iron pan in some butter and then in the oven for about 8 mins. Some salt and pepper and some red onions and a couple of tbsp of raw milk butter and you are good to go.

  8. Brandon says

    What do you think about using steak instead of ground beef? Ground beef is often made of the less desirable parts of the meat, or do you find good ground beef (like on from a grass fed cow) to be just as good?

    thanks

    • Victor Pride says

      “What do you think about using steak instead of ground beef?”

      I think that’s a different meal entirely.

  10. D/C Russ says

    Hey man you’re really stepping into new territories. That’s sweet.

    It’s good to see more of the real deal Pride.

    Keep em comin’.

    D/C

    • Victor Pride says

      Selection is not near as big but if you shop at the upscale markets you can get some good steaks.

  12. Dilt Wasney says

    Inner organs of animals (liver, heart, etc) are real super foods. Fruits and vegetables pale in comparison, and it’s actual meat.

    • John B. says

      It’s also important to note that certain nutrients (such as Vitamin A) are human-ready when obtained through animal products. Plant types tend to need conversion, so you have to eat tons more of it to get the amount a human needs.

      Leave it to the herbivores to do that conversion for us. There’s a reason carnivores tend to eat the whole animal.

  14. Adrian B. says

    Always cracks me up when I hear about men trying to get their woman to cook for them. Have you seen the average woman? Whatever the hell she’s eating, I want no part of her food or her stupid Dr. Oz food philosophies.. I will cook my own food thank you very much.

      • Victor Pride says

        I couldn’t care less how the average woman looks. Find an above-average woman and tell her what to cook. It’s simple culinary science.

        • bear says

          Couldn’t agree more. Three years ago, while we were dating, I told my wife how I eat: Lots of meat (especially beef) , no simple carbs and I am not cooking it. She cooks this way every day for us. And all I think is ” this is how it should be for every man”

  15. I.A.A.M. says

    Very nice info vic. I copied the whole chart you have supplied us with and cliped it into my food journal. I will be following the instructions. Also, do you think beef is healthy to eat several times weekly or even daily? what are your thoughts?

    I.A.A.M

  16. Alex says

    I saw this video a couple of days ago on Victor’s Youtube channel.

    It made me laugh to myself, especially at the the ending with the green eyes comment.

    Victor, just want to say thank you again for the great advice in all your articles and email responses that I’ve received from you.

    My blog is really beginning to take off as I am receiving positive emails and comments from readers.

    Can’t wait until you release the E-book on how to open the E-commerce store!

    http://www.inertiawillhurtya.com

    -Alex

  17. Jim Noel says

    I gotta get me a small fork so I can eat my fruit in a culinarily scientifical manner! who knew?

    thanks for yet another informative and entertaining ValuMeal!

  18. Farhad Gul says

    One of you best videos yet, mad funny and informative! Keep them coming Victor, I like how you never use the same style in all your videos, keeps them interesting and worth waiting for.

    • Victor Pride says

      Can’t give a date, but I am prepared to say that I am spending mega-bucks to make a proper studio quality product.

  21. Louis says

    Vic,

    Great post. I truly agree with your mentality on beef. All in all is well balanced on many primordial nutrients that out body needs. Eating a bunch of kale and bluberries definelty will not provide you with enough to survive catabolism.

    Thinking on starting the steak and eggs diet, but have had issues in the past with cholesterol.

    What is your take on that?

    Thanks Vic.

    Louis
    http://www.RealBankingAdvice.com

    • Dilt Wasney says

      There’s more to heart disease than just blood cholesterol. Read something recent about vitamin K2, I recommend the book Vitamin K2 and the calcium paradox.

      • Louis says

        Hello Dilt,

        Thank you for taking the time to reply to my comment.

        I will do some research on the book, seems like an interesting read.

        Thank you,

        Louis
        http://www.RealBankingAdvice.com

    • EA says

      Eggs are fine, just use an assload of egg whites and you’ll get all the protein you want for zero cholesterol.

      • Louis says

        Hello EA,

        Thats defiently the approach I had in mind. Figured it was the smartest way to minimize the cholesterol intake.

        Thanks,

        Louis
        http://www.RealBankingAdvice.com

    • Stefan says

      Hi Louis

      Don’t worry. As a biomedical scientist dealing with lots of lipid therapeutics and cardiovascular disease, I can ease your mind about that. There is still no real evidence that eating lots of red meat and eggs would be detrimental to your health, and most like will never be, as this is just BS. It is true that these foods contains lots of cholesterol, but that isn’t a bad thing, as cholesterol is the precursor for sex hormones (think T) and part of your cell membranes. the body can even synthesise it itself, since it is of such crucial importance. Secondly, when you eats lots of Chol, your body in most cases just excretes the excess. In recent years, more and more clinical evidence is published, showing that high intake of Chol and saturated fats might even be beneficial…of course, the pharma companies don’t like that, as lipid-lowering agents (especially statins) are one of the best-selling drug classes on earth, with many billion dollars of sales generated. Although these drugs indeed lower your cholesterol (and other your triglycerides), a clinical benefit in terms of reduction of atherosclerosis, stroke and myocardinfarct is still not conclusively shown - even when big pharma tries to tell people otherwise. Rather the other way round: more and more evidence shows that hi-fat/lo-carb is better than vice versa.

      On the other hand, it turns out more and more that carbs are the real enemy to your health. You should not eliminate them completely, as some paleo-freaks say, but reduce them and in term increase meat and fat, but of course high-quality, unprocessed meat.

      I don’t bother at this moment attaching links to publications, as there are many and they are probably hard to understand for non-specialists. Unfortunately for you guys in the US, the Wikipedia site for cholesterol is short; the german Wiki site for Cholesterol is far more comprehensive and gives even laymen a balanced, fair and extensive overview about the functions of cholesterol and sums up the most important studies of cholesterol and its role in cardiovascular disease.

      Bottomline: Reduce (but don’t eliminate) carbs, more good meat, fat is your friend, vegetables too, work out, but rather lift or do action things like football than running marathons.

      • Louis says

        Hello Stefan,

        Wow, Just Wow.

        Thank you so much for taking the time to respond to my comment.

        There is so much valuable information and I definitely have learned a thing or two. I have always connected high cholesterol to eggs,fats and meats.

        Your input had been the determining factor in convincing me to start the diet.

        Again thank you for the information.

        Regards,

        Louis
        http://www.RealBankingAdvice.com

      • EA says

        Exactly. Doctor wanted to put me on Lipitor as “diet and exercise will never help in reducing cholesterol” (his words). Of course I called it BS, I didn’t take Lipitor, started exercising and eating more carefully (Myfitnesspal is a saver).
        I ate a ton of Egg whites, a lot of chicken, some beef, and some… bacon.
        Six months later my blood was back to normal, I had lost 20 or 30 lbs, and I felt like an ace.

  25. Eduard says

    Experimented with this last Sunday. It tastes great. I don’t eat beef regularly, but I will from now on. I’m looking forward to other recipes.

    Thanks!

  28. Anon1 says

    Okay i have to admit when i saw the fancy font for “cooking with victor” on that video i did crack up.

    But the infographic is solid, and video quality is excellent

  29. Balaclava Blogger says

    That dish looked phenomenal. Lately, I have been eating a lot of heart and liver. I cook it, but I do have foreign aid cleaning up after me, haha.

  30. Caotain Hero 64 says

    Eat all your food because the children in Africa don’t have green eyes.
    But they still cry.
    Priceless.

  31. EA says

    beef is the easiest food to make, I don’t understand how people struggling with it.
    Just get it to room temp, put some kosher salt on it (it helps retaining the fluids), put butter/oil in the pan (if you use butter get the grass-fed type, not the “plastic one”‘) and heat, put the meat in the pan, when blood is begins coming out from the top, turn beef. Wait a bit, touch the meat to see if it’s ready, put the cooked meat on a plate and wait five minutes. Then put whatever spice you want (pepper is enough) and enjoy. Simple and full of nutrients.

    • Louis says

      Exactly EA,

      Beef has to be the simplest meal to prepare and can be mixed with so many things. The opportunities are endless.

      Louis
      http://www.RealBankingAdvice.Com

  34. Axel Page says

    Great video Victor - funny and informative at the same time. I love ground beef and ground turkey - both a staple of my diet.

    I need to incorporate more veggies and garlic for a better taste however.

    • Victor Pride says

      Better digestion as well. I started eating bell peppers every day after watching a youtube video that claimed they are great for digestion.

  36. Leo says

    That was one hilarious and refreshing video :)

    Wish I could get easy access to quality meat here in China. It seems most of it is filled with antibiotics and other junk.

  37. Bob says

    Yup.. This is sort of how I found the Bold and Determined site to begin with. I was looking to change my diet to get leaner/stronger. I then found the Steak and Eggs diet here. I never looked back, Been on this site ever since. Maybe like 6 months now. Something like that. Could be more the way time goes. I used to eat WAY too many carbs. Once I went on the steak and eggs sometimes changing to chicken and eggs/beef and eggs/general protein and fat with SOME carbs the weight came flying off. When I put on the weight, that means the carbs are going up- bagels,pasta,rice. Really that simple lumped in with 3-4 days of hitting the gym. Victor, will you be doing an article on how you got so lean a couple of months back? I remember seeing you post about that.

    • Victor Pride says

      “Victor, will you be doing an article on how you got so lean a couple of months back?”

      I did a mini-post and posted the diet here: http://victorpride.com/how-to-go-from-fat-to-ripped-in-8-weeks/

      • Bob says

        Thank you. I have been so zoned in on Bold and Determined that I forgot about victorpride.com. A keeper for sure now.. Thanks!

  38. gio says

    Where do you buy your meat in BKK? I’m trying to source some decent organic meat. Don’t really fancy the supermarket battery hen and beef type.

  39. bear says

    Grass fed is the only way to go. Cows are ruminates and thus digest grass very easily.When they are rotationally grazed on good pastureland you end up with very healthy cows and very healthy cuts of meat. To the contrary, when they are penned and fed corn and soy silage they eventually develop gastrointestinal problems and also problems with their liver. In turn to keep them alive until slaughter they are pumped full of sodium bicarbonate and antibiotics. The end result - crap cuts of meat.laced with chemicals.
    Every year I buy a whole cow from a good friend of mine, who is a retired VT dairy farmer. Grass raised and finished throughout the whole process. The meat is damn fine. .

  40. Infinity Thinkers says

    Thanks Victor for the video but I disagree with you on the reading part.I think you should have a time for eating and time for reading,mixing both up will not help you concentrate much.

  43. Savage says

    Iv been cooking like a spartan lately. Like the tilapia i cooked in butter with some lemon pepper on it the other night. Will have to give this a try soon.

  45. David says

    “Flex your muscles while you’re eating beef, so the beef knows where to go and you won’t get fat.” Flex the guns…”Go here beef.”

    When you’re a badass like Victor Pride, you can even command your digestive system to operate to your desired purpose.

    By the way, I’m trying this while eating a home cooked hamburger. I feel them gainz coming on hard now.

  47. Lazer says

    Eat that garlic, and all the other vegtables raw. Cooking it denatures the nutrients. The benefit of this is then you start to smell like garlic, and get better nutrient absorbtion. The smell of garlic seems to repulse low testosterone haters as well.

  48. PM says

    Chicken breasts in butter, olive oil and garlic, when its almost cooked you roll them in bacon and put them back in the pan until everything is cooked perfectly. then you enjoy.

  49. Brandon says

    Random question Vic. I take it you’re familiar with fitness model Greg Plitt, as you linked a picture of him in one of your very earliest articles. In your opinion, is Greg’s physique drug-free? He’s not super huge (6’1″, 195lbs), but he’s incredibly ripped. He’s been adamant he’s never touched a steroid in his life and was in the army for years, and those guys get piss tested on the regular. And God knows he busts his ass in the gym day in, day out. Just curious what you think.