The high levels of muscle repair and growth achieved by bodybuilders need a specialized diet. In general, bodybuilders need more calories than the normal individual of the same weight in order to support the energy and protein requirements required to maintain their training and improves muscle mass. The ratios of food energy from proteins, fats and carbohydrates differ depending on the aims of the bodybuilder. Bodybuilders generally split their food consumption for the day into five to seven meals of about equal nutritional content and try to eat at regular intervals (usually between two and three hours).