Health Benefits, Athletic Prowess, Metabolic Efficiency And Other Things You Didn’t Know Your Protein Supplement Could Do For You

by Guest Author on Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 | No Comments

I would like to introduce this article by articulating that I will approach the use of a protein supplement from a different point of view than the ussual: “let’s make a lot of muscle mass”. While bodybuilders are clearly accountable for the introduction of protein supplements into mainstream practice they have used it for a single minded purpose. I am here to show you some different things you might not know.

I’d like to start you off with a question, just so that I can get you thinking outside the: “a protein supplement is used to build muscle” image. What is the link between being healthy and packing muscle? One common denominator is good intake of protein. Without an intake of high quality protein you are not going to be neither healthy, nor muscular. This article will explore what you can receive out of your protein supplement besides a bulging arm and popping veins — think of those really big bodybuilders.

Before going ahead I would care to say that despite the fact I think most body builders are intelligent and health consious individuals, I think that their goal of building muscle at all costs subverts their bodies. While I do know that some do not fall into this category I would desire to caution you to never pursue bodybuilders advice to the letter, even when it comes to building and maintaining muscle mass. That being said I believe that a protein supplement is clearly one of the biggest health furthering instruments to ever come out of the bodybuilding culture.

The aim of this article is to get you to recognise that using a protein supplement has umpteen other benefits besides the ease of puting on muscle.

Let’s get into some specifics:

The most critical macro nutrient that the body wants is protein. Protein is built of different types of amino acids and is utilized for many many many functions:

*plastic (colagen for example is the most abundant protein in the body and it makes your figure look smooth and wrinkle free and it prevents other parts of your body from sagging)
*making hormones (hormones are critical 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 employs to look the way he looks at 60+)
*furthering anabolism (protein helps suppress tissue breakdown and maintains lean muscle mass – a very reliable biomarker of the health of an individual)
*stimulates metabolic processes (protein requires more energy to be digested and so it ups your metabolism)
*arouses satiety (protein it is the most hunger quenching nutrient)
*insulin regulation (eating a higher percent of your calories as protein takes down blood insulin levels)
*getting shredded (by increasing your protein consumption you will automatically have a lower percent of calories that is derived from fat or carbs, this will lead to a bringing down of body fat percentage, particularly if you make sure to eat often)

After reading material about protein for so many years I have grown to be certain that a quality protein supplement utilized day-to-day for the role of raising your protein consumption is a great way to ramp up your health.

Please let me repeat one important benefit of protein comsumption: hormone and metabolism benefits translate into advantageous events throughout your body.

Just to summarise

A higher protein intake makes it easier for your body to build and keep lean tissue mass (muscle). This lowers your blood pressure, makes living life more easy (no huffing and puffing when going up the stairs or lifting things), helps you loose weight, raises your metabolic rate, lowers insulin resistance and improves your sense of well being.

You will also look 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.

This article has taught you some of the benefits that you can await from utilising a high quality protein supplement.

If you enjoyed this article you might wish to check out how to select the Best Protein Supplement

I warmly recommend this article on choosing a protein supplement: Protein Supplement

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