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People who are considering body building begin to explore options in supplementation with the promise of helping to build muscle. Sometimes its confusing to have to sort through all the information on how they work and why they work, so you will get a brief overview about whey protein, creatine, steroids and hormones.

WHEY

You can make home made whey by heating up milk and straining out the solids after it curdles. Whey is also sold as a powdered protein supplement to mix with a liquid for the purpose of bulking up muscle, because it stimulates insulin release.

The problem with whey is that if you do not work out with high intensity for a minimum of 45 minutes, the insulin release can lead to fat stores. Insulin is your fat hormone and you want to keep it even throughout the day to keep lean and avoid fat gain. For some people, a spike in insulin can trigger a migraine.

For Mr. Universe and people like him, it will barely make a negative dent to include whey powder post workout, because their Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) is very high and they would burn through whey like a paper plate.

The good news is that there is something more advanced and available for everyone. It is a peptide technology for creating muscle and maintaining lean more efficiently, then other whey products. Although this product is derived from whey, it is specifically formulated so that it works better for bodybuilding.

It is an exclusive new peptide technology in which they broke down the long chain whey peptides with proteolytic enzymes to carve it into short chain peptides, and then they isolated specific peptides known for a more efficient conversion to protein.

It is predigested for you so that your able to create muscle faster and the added bonus is that they have eliminated the casein associated with milk allergens. The product can be found under Resources.

CREATINE

Creatine does not build muscle but helps with the process. It is a molecule that is manufactured from your body naturally to create (ATP) Adenosine Triphosphate. A three sided molecule that serves as a spark plug to make your muscles move.

When you experience muscle fatigue, your ATP becomes ADP, Adenosine Diphosphate instead of Triphosphate. Tri means three and di means two. After you rest, your creatine is replenished by your own body when given time to recover.

PURPOSE OF CREATINE SUPPLEMENT

The purpose of a creatine supplement is to help your Adenosine Diphosphate borrow the molecule to create Adenosine Triphosphate once again, so that you have your spark plug to lift a few more reps so that you can push the envelope in one workout session.

There are different sources to obtain a creatine supplement, so make sure you get a high quality creatine or you are wasting your money. Its about quality not quantity, because quality works and cheap doesn't.

STEROIDS

Steroids are a completely different metabolic reaction. The desired affect, is an unnatural bulking up of muscle in a shorter amount of time. This synthetic drug works by tricking the body into thinking it has more testosterone, thus the body manufactures more of what it wouldn't normally do.

Steroids are man made hormones that cause the body to elicit a reaction, are toxic, have side affects, and must be considered with serious care. If you are going to go ahead and do this, you must be under the supervision of a professional.

My shared belief with other health professionals I work with, is that although steroids have become more refined and safer in sports medicine, it is still not worth the short term results associated with long term health risks.

NATURAL HORMONES

You can build muscle naturally from well balanced nutrition and there are body builders who have accomplished this task without steroids. Natural hormones are manufactured by the body from nutritional sources and here's how it works in a nut shell. Men and women have 87 hormones and only 6% are responsible for sexual reproduction.

Your first hormonal pathway begins with (DHEA) Dehydroepiandrosterone, which is your youth hormone. This youth hormone cycles through 2 metabolic pathways. One for your testosterones, estroidols, and progesterones (yes, men have estrogen and females have testosterone, too) and another pathway for your anti inflammatory hormones such as your cortisones and cortisols , etc.

In order for your body to make DHEA, you must get it from a food source called "phytosterols." - Your body converts phytosterols into DHEA through enzymes in your small intestine. The source of these plant hormones come from leafy greens, yams, cherries, roots, etc.

We are supposed to be getting approximately 3 to 400 milligrams of phytosterols in our diet, daily. But, we are lucky to get up to 200 milligrams, because our modern day produce is anemic.

After the age of 21, our youth hormone levels begin to drop. If you eat a lot of raw leafy greens and raw vegetables and fruits, you are helping your body obtain more of these phytosterols in order to produce DHEA which helps to maintain lean healthy muscle. This is why its emphasized for body builders to eat healthy and to avoid junk food as well as supplement with food form anti oxidants, vitamin/minerals etc.

You can supplement with an all natural phytosterol to insure your daily supply which will help to support a healthy hormonal system.

THE DHEA CRAZE

Some people choose to supplement with DHEA and say that its from natural sources, but it is still a hormone not a food source. It tweaks the body into doing things it doesn't normally do and there are potential health risks.

People rave about the way they feel and what they can do while on DHEA but this comes with consequences. Your body gets the message that it doesn't have to produce its own DHEA and once you stop taking it, you age faster. 

So, it makes better sense to supplement with phytosterols instead, so that your body can manufacture its own DHEA and flush out what it does not need in a safe and harmless way.

Continue to focus on eating healthy, choose your supplements wisely, and remember that you are what you eat.

Laura James CNC, GKCC Gain Lean; Lose Fat. http://www.youtube.com/stuntactorsagaftra

RESOURCES

I recommend the following products for sports fitness and recovery:

Bounceback and Empact, together and the whey product called OsoLean.

Bounceback is for recovery from lactic acid buildup, and to maintain lean muscle. It contains proteolytic enzymes (from natural raw plant sources) to help maintain lean and help support your own natural anti inflammatory for a shorter recovery time after working out. It also contains phytosterols to help support a healthy endocrine system.

Empact contains a high quality source of creatine, has short chain triglycerides, which were originally long chain triglycerides that were broken down for your liver to burn as fast energy.

For example, long chain triglycerides are in an apple, you eat it, your liver has to break it down to short chain triglycerides for energy. So, the short chain triglycerides are predigested energy to utilize right away with the added high quality creatine (small amount that is highly effective) for synergy in Empact.

In affect, you can work out while keeping the intensity longer. The ingredients also support a healthy cardiovascular system, and unlike other sports drinks, Empact goes to the cell not the gut.

Empact is not only for the serious athlete, but its ideal for the elderly who like to garden on Saturdays and would like to be agile on Sundays instead of resting indoors from yesterdays fatigue. With the Empact, people report back how good they feel and how they have been clever about using it to help their child focus for after school studies or the biggest athletic event of all time, a mother sucking on Empact ice chips while giving birth.

Studies have shown an increase in blood oxygen levels as well. Empact study on Pubmed http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=2129156&blobtype=pdf

Bounceback study of triple blind placebo crossover study on reducing muscle fatigue and increasing recovery time at the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition here: http://www.jissn.com/content/5/S1/P24

To order these products, contact us by logging in the web site provided and include a message for me that specifically says, I want to find out more about the sports products, Bounceback and Empact: http://Family.Mtexpro.com

The exclusive peptide technology derived form whey is called OsoLean and itcan be found here: http://family.mtexpro.com/goland3 It is great for body builders and athletes who want to keep their Body Mass Index (BMI) ratio, such as their fat percentages in check while maintaining lean muscle, not just for fat loss, so you can include the OsoLean peptide powder in a protein shake pre and post work outs.

For those who want to lose fat, then follow the directions in the comprehensive booklet that comes with your order of OsoLean and use a measuring tape to watch the fat fall. Remember, muscle takes up more space than fat and weighs more. So, you can lose inches and actually gain weight while looking thinner. The more muscle you maintain, the more fat you burn.

Weight loss is not synonymous to fat loss, and with OsoLean you get to keep your muscle and bone. Not lose it one to one with other fat loss programs and then gain it all back as fat. This is why bodybuilders recognize OsoLean as a good alternative to whey.

With all products promoted, there is a 100% 6 month money back guarantee, so you have nothing to lose, but unwanted fat, and you have everything to gain that is healthy, from lean muscle to feeling and looking great.