Other Benefits Of A Protein Supplement Besides Building Muscle

Best Protein Supplement IS NOT Whey

While generally considered of as a muscle constructing supplement a protein supplement is much more than a “let’s get huge” magic pill. It offers solid benefits to health as well as different, lower down the causal chain, beneficial effects. This article will talk about some of these.

First off I would wish you to understand that the primary reason a protein supplement is so good at building muscle is that it  promotes good health. Think of it this way, muscle is a highly metabolically active tissue which has a lot of consumption attached  to its existence. Fundamentally this entails that you have to be at least marginally healthy to put on any kind of muscle. Think Of  the last time you were sick, were you able to work out? What if you had a low level of health, do you believe you would be able to  pack on as much muscle as the healthier guys.

A fast clarification, I don’t believe body builders are healthy. I think that many of the practices that go on in proffesional  body building are not healthy and they do not produce heathy individuals. That being enunciated a quality protein supplement has many  facets that can profit your health.

I wish us to be on the same page so I would like to point out that in this article I am focusing on the other benefits that come from using a protein supplement.

Let’s get going:

Protein is THE macro nutrient as far as your body is concerned. Some of the roles that protein has are:

*structural (colagen for instance is the most widely represented protein in the body and it makes your figure look smooth and wrinkle free and it keeps other parts of your body from sagging)
*creating hormones (hormones are crucial for your body for a variety of reasons, will be further elaborated upon)
*stimulates output of GH and IGF-1 (these hormones help rebuild your body and keep you young, this is the stuff Sylvester Stallone utilizes to look the way he looks at 60+)
*stimulating anabolism (protein is an constructive-metabolic macro nutrient, this means that it provokes growth and suppresses tissue breakdown)
*metabolism (is fostered through many routes, from hormone regulation, to neurotransmiter buildup and even through the fact that protein is tougher to digest and therefore requires of your metabolism to increase its output of energy)
*influences satiety (besides helping you loose weight by making you not eat as much, you also get the priceless benefit of reducing your cravings)
*insulin regularization (eating a higher percent of your calories as protein lowers blood insulin levels)
*getting shredded (by increasing your protein consumption you will automatically have a lower percentage of calories that is derived from fat or carbs, this will lead to a lowering of body fat percentage, especially if you make sure to eat often)

A protein supplement, let me reword that, a quality protein supplement used every day with the objective of raising the total percentage of your calories that is ingested from protein is one of the simplest and most efficient ways to positivily influence your health.

Please let me restate one important benefit of protein comsumption: hormone and metabolism benefits translate into beneficial effects throughout your body.

Just to sum up

Besides building and maintaing lean tissue mass (which has umpteen benefits in and of itself), you will discover things like better memory, improved reflexes and bettered athlectic ability.

You will also look and feel younger. This is due to building healthy skin, having a leaner body and a smile on your face (guaranteed to improve attractiveness).

Here are some other benefits of ingesting high quality proteins: increases in bone density, improvements in mood and well being, easeness in learning, higher self esteem.

In this article you have learnt some other ways in which a protein supplement can help you.

Remember to visit: Protein Supplement

I heavily recommend this article on choosing  the best protein supplement: Protein Supplement Guide

I also highly recommend this article, my unique contribution to the protein supplement debate, Blood and your protein supplement: Protein Supplement and Blood

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