proteins

The benefits of having a healthy amount of lean body mass (aka muscle) extend far beyond making you look better in a form-fitting shirt. It boosts metabolic rate, lowers injury risk, and serves as the largest site of blood sugar (glucose) disposal thereby making it a critical organ for better...

Good, Great, or Caca, How Does Your Protein Rate? When it comes to evaluating the quality of a protein, it all comes down to bioavailability and amino acid profile. Bioavailability simply refers to how much of a particular protein people absorb. To figure this out, scientists give test...

Vegetarianism and the Bodybuilding Lifestyle? From the beginning, vegetarianism has been the red-headed step child of performance-based nutrition; oft maligned and generally portrayed as inferior to the meat heavy diets which characterize modern bodybuilding. It’s not so much the foods...

Consuming enough protein for muscle growth remains the number one priority for all bodybuilders from the beginner to an Olympia contender. Every pro knows that protein is an essential bodybuilding nutrient. It’s basically the first real lesson every dedicated lifter learns on their quest for...

Consuming enough protein for muscle growth remains the number one priority for all bodybuilders from the beginner to an Olympia contender. Every pro knows that protein is an essential bodybuilding nutrient. It’s basically the first real lesson every dedicated lifter learns on their quest for...

Becoming a professional bodybuilder is not an easy goal. Becoming a bodybuilder involves hour after hour, month after month & year after year of pouring out sweat & pushing oneself to their limits within the gym. And after an extended period of time, like a sculpture stepping back to look at his...

Here is a great primer on Actinase Protein Complex! The Versatility of Actinase Protein Complex By Jim Duffy The ingredients list found on the back or side panel of every commercially available food product - with few exceptions - serves as the consumer’s best starting point for understanding...

Anabolics, Steroids, Proteins - What Do They Mean? By Mike Zhmudikov The time has not passed when people reacted to a word "anabolics" or even "protein" inadequately. Sometimes it even comes to a situation when sportsmen associate the expression of "sports meal" with something criminal. One...

Proteins are the big guns necessary for the structure, function and regulation of all cells, tissues and organs in the body. The macronutrient is composed of 20 amino acids or building blocks. The body can make some amino acids itself, but there are nine essential ones you must obtain from food...

Over the past few years, there’s been a raging debate over whether elite athletes — such as bodybuilders and Strongmen — can compete while eating a plant-based diet. People like Nimai Delgado and Patrik Babamouian seem to be proof that you don’t need ground beef and scrambled eggs to find...