Protein is essential to good health and nutrition.
Find out how eating protein can impact your strength, metabolism, and body structure.
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Think this macro is going to make you bulky?
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Protein is made up of amino acids.
Leucine has been proven to enhance MPS.
It Aids in Overnight Post-Workout Recovery
Post-workout proteinis important, true.
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But thats far from the only time of day in which its wise to power up with protein.
Turns out, after we tuck in, its prime time for muscle repair.
A substantial portion of that muscle repair occurs overnight as our tissues score some much-needed TLC.
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An increase in muscle mass can help increase your metabolism and reduce total body fat, Brown says.
So, as an individual loses weight, their resting metabolic rate (RMR) naturally decreases.
Translation: A smaller human burns fewer calories at rest.
(ICYMI, this can also come in clutch for those who opt to take GLP-1s.)
Most clients recognize that protein plays a crucial role in building and maintaining lean muscle mass and function.
Those GLP-1s that you’ve got the option to take in shot or pill form?
Your body actually makes more of thatappetite-regulatinghormone naturally when you consume a high-protein diet, research proves.
(Thisfour-week beginner-friendly weight training programis a great place to start.)
And dont put all of your proverbial eggs in the protein basket.
