Fadi
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OK, I know why you’re here; you want bigger muscles right? Of course you do; otherwise you would’ve joined the golf forum instead.
We have certainly come a long way since those egg white protein powders and desiccated liver tablets, haven’t we? I mean look at it. These days it’s not about casein or whey; or WPC vs. WPI. No; it’s getting more and more specific now. It has gotten down to the main building blocks of protein itself; the amino acids. Now if that wasn’t good enough, we’ve gone few steps further still by having supplemental EAA and BCAA.
Mmmm, you want to go further still… Leucine!
So what makes this powerhouse so special and different from all its mates? Before we get to that, let me first tell you that Leucine shares something unique with two other amino acids, namely isoleucine and valine. These three aminos combined are known as branched-chain amino acids, or (BCAAs). These three musketeers’ uniqueness is found in their perfect capability for acting as signaling molecules to control muscle growth. Whilst the liver can degrade other amino acids, it lacks the enzyme responsible for initiating their breakdown. What does that mean for you and me? It means this powerful team of three can enter the peripheral circulation, where skeletal muscle tissue is relatively unscathed.
So how does Leucine rock differently from its two other mates? Well, it can single handedly stimulate protein synthesis (make muscles). That’s not all; it can also regulate my favourite hormone of all, the most anabolics of anabolics: insulin. By doing so, it controls protein breakdown rates.
If you include Leucine with the whey protein and the high GI carbs as in the way I’ve described in my 2200 calorie “diet”, you’ll find that it will significantly increase the plasma levels of insulin. Since Leucine has anticatabolic effects, it helps in decreasing insulin’s degradation/breakdown and clearance.
Now you all know by now that I’m all fro an insulin spike around workout times; this powerhouse helps me keep insulin where I want it once the high GI carbs have done there job in spiking it. Sure, we don’t want circulating high levels of insulin all day long unless we want to enter a sumo wrestling contest. But immediately after your gym battle, your muscles are super sensitive to insulin’s mighty anabolic effects. Driving all the nutrient dense blood into muscle kingdom where you really want it.
Fadi.
We have certainly come a long way since those egg white protein powders and desiccated liver tablets, haven’t we? I mean look at it. These days it’s not about casein or whey; or WPC vs. WPI. No; it’s getting more and more specific now. It has gotten down to the main building blocks of protein itself; the amino acids. Now if that wasn’t good enough, we’ve gone few steps further still by having supplemental EAA and BCAA.
Mmmm, you want to go further still… Leucine!
So what makes this powerhouse so special and different from all its mates? Before we get to that, let me first tell you that Leucine shares something unique with two other amino acids, namely isoleucine and valine. These three aminos combined are known as branched-chain amino acids, or (BCAAs). These three musketeers’ uniqueness is found in their perfect capability for acting as signaling molecules to control muscle growth. Whilst the liver can degrade other amino acids, it lacks the enzyme responsible for initiating their breakdown. What does that mean for you and me? It means this powerful team of three can enter the peripheral circulation, where skeletal muscle tissue is relatively unscathed.
So how does Leucine rock differently from its two other mates? Well, it can single handedly stimulate protein synthesis (make muscles). That’s not all; it can also regulate my favourite hormone of all, the most anabolics of anabolics: insulin. By doing so, it controls protein breakdown rates.
If you include Leucine with the whey protein and the high GI carbs as in the way I’ve described in my 2200 calorie “diet”, you’ll find that it will significantly increase the plasma levels of insulin. Since Leucine has anticatabolic effects, it helps in decreasing insulin’s degradation/breakdown and clearance.
Now you all know by now that I’m all fro an insulin spike around workout times; this powerhouse helps me keep insulin where I want it once the high GI carbs have done there job in spiking it. Sure, we don’t want circulating high levels of insulin all day long unless we want to enter a sumo wrestling contest. But immediately after your gym battle, your muscles are super sensitive to insulin’s mighty anabolic effects. Driving all the nutrient dense blood into muscle kingdom where you really want it.
Fadi.
