Many people who train hard need supplements to help them achieve goals, there essential to the modern-day athlete – professional or amateur – here’s why the most popular is so popular.
It’s hard to stick to a stricked diet without the aid of supplements these days with the main reason being, that if you train, its hard to actually eat as the amount of correct nutrition that you need in order to grow.
What you'd expect to find on the shelf
And its to expensive to eat 200grams of protein a day in meat or fish form.
Another example is if you’re aiming to lose weight.
You’re going to find the initial dieting quiet hard so sipping protein shakes as snacks every few hours is going to give you the right type of nutrition without you putting on extra pounds.
The most available in the market is protein, and here is a quick rundown on the two types which are of the greatest use if you excercise regularly:
Whey protein
Whey is the fastest digestible protein source available and in its purest form, it has no fat, cholesterol or lactose.
The protein is extracted out of milk in the cheese making process, its then filtered down, its then dried to rid the water and turned into powder (thus mixable with liquid).
To be honest, it’s not hard to mix a shake, but I saw this on youtube and thought it was worth it just in case:
Anyway, back to reality….
If you train regularly, the ‘window of opertunity’ talked about in nutrition for dummy’s lasts for up to 2 hours, however, it’s the first half an hour after training that is most important to re-fuel you body – so that you don’t risk excess damage to your muscles and so that they get the right fuel to re-build.
As it’s the fastest digestible source of protein, its the perfect time to use it after training as your body can use it straight away to re-build.
Protein is the bulding block of your body, so you need as much as you can if you train, want to grow or want to lose weight.
After training your metabolism is higher than normal, so you can take in more than you’d usually be able to eat and you’ll use it as fuel rather than store the extra as fat (which is what would normally happen if you had a huge meal that’s way to much than you actually need).
The only other time a Whey shake is necessary would be in the morning where your body needs to be woken up with some decent nutrition.
Casein Protein
Casein is basically the opposite of Whey i.e. it is a slow-release protein.
As Casein has this slow-release property, its ideal for taking before bed, or as a snack between meals as its property can last for several hours.
Its made in the same way as Whey through the extraction of milk and after training you can mix both, as the Casein lasts in the body for a while after use, and the Whey is digested straight away it seems like a perfect combination after excercise.
But there seems to still be some confusion as to which one you should take if you were to train.
Whey is the obvious choice to save money as Casein is more of an optional extra.
However if your still not sure check this.
