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RE: Villans Bodybuilding Tips - Saving Money on Supps
It is true you don't need the best brands. They may hold patents, but for me, something as simple as leucine is enough.
Bodybuilders are not very clever people in my experience. Years have passed since The China Study discovered the fast, we don't need as much protein. Yet, it changed nothing about bulking and supplementing it. You just need extra leucine, isoleucine, valin and sometimes glycin might be also helpful. But you don't need to take more than 12% of your energy intake from proteins.
Yeah m8 u don't need the fancy packaging ;)
I have tried many different brands over the last 5 years, so I know enough.
I'm a programmer so I'm fairly intelligent, and have done alot of research into health and fitness for my own personal benefit.
Leucine is not enough on it's own, and amino acids are just precursors to molecules in our body. Which there are way too many to talk about now. I will do other posts on supplmentation.
Leucine Isoleusine and valine are the three branched chain ones, they should be used together.
essential aminos are benefitial also.
We are only scratching the surface of our complex bodies with science, so even science knows little about this stuff.
How much you take depends on how hard you train, I used to lift fairly heavy and only have a protein shake or two a day and would still be sore a week later. Now with my aminos in the mix I can recover in 3 days for a given muscle group.
amino acids come from all sorts of food also, so having a wide range of meats veggies fruits and legumes are essential.
Thank you for the answer. Your presence on Stemmit makes you an exceptional among bodybuilders by itself.
The reason I take only leucine is - it is rare and if taken in a greater dose, it remains in the blood and works as hormone blocking burning of muscles. As a result of that, your body preserves muscles even in a sittuation it would partly burn them. Apart from supplementation, only fasting or intermittent fasting makes body release leucine into blood.
A mentioned glycine, which is important for connective tissues and bones together with valin. Some might have inefficient intake of these. Calcium and Magnesium play its role too. But that is for bones.
Thanks for the comment, I enjoy talking with fellow gym goers :)
Leucine is actually more abundant in food according according to the US national library of medicine.
Here are some good links:
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/l-isoleucine
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/L-valine
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/L-leucine
I found this quote interesting on leucine
"BCAA, particularly leucine, stimulate protein synthesis"
I guess thats why it's more abundant, but all BCAA's play their role in protein syntheses.
Btw I have followed you ;)
I think you are mixing up health and longevity with optimal conditions for building muscle. You will certainly need a higher protein intake for optimal muscle building, although this should not be confused with requirements for health and longevity. You simply can't have it all and you must find an acceptable balance for your own life. The good news is, it seems .6G per # of bodyweight to .8G seems to be about as much as one needs.
Here is an article you should read if you are interested in this topic
https://bayesianbodybuilding.com/the-myth-of-1glb-optimal-protein-intake-for-bodybuilders/