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Peptides*information. Peptides*are short polymers of amino acids linked by peptide bonds. They have the same peptide bonds as those in proteins, but are usually shorter in length. The shortest peptides are*called dipeptides. They consist of two*amino acids joined by a single peptide bond. There...

by Christian Duque The supplement industry has always been one where new products are said to be better than the old. It’s a world dominated by innovation, but often times plagued by unoriginality. Given the numerous regulations, the vast competition, and the small-niche market of physique and...

Pop open the protein section of a 20-year-old diet book. It looks nothing like today's nutrition literature! It was thought that the human body needed 10-to-15 percent of its daily caloric intake from protein, a number still propagated by official government guidelines. Now, after extensive...

by Matt Weik Without a doubt, eggs are one of the best protein sources you can find. I’ve done several content pieces on how great eggs are not only for your health, but for putting on quality lean muscle mass. It seems just about every year some new research comes out showing more benefits...

themusclephd Many people think you can’t gain muscle eating plant base sources of protein and I use to be one of those until we did a study showing that you can. However, there is ONE BIG CATCH. Because plant protein is lower in essential amino acids, you have to eat more of it per serving - at...

Some bodybuilders never use protein supplements, preferring instead to get all their protein from food sources, such as meat, fish and eggs. Their view is backed by most mainstream dietitians, who note that it’s not difficult to get all the protein you need to build muscle just from eating...

You don’t grow muscles in the gym. The muscle-building process begins when you put the weights down and your recovery begins. The most important part of this recovery occurs during sleep. Groundbreaking new research by Dr. James Maas has demonstrated that athletes require even more sleep than...

There are 4 commonly used classifications for amino acids. Three of them respectively differentiate between standard vs. non-standard amino acids, proteinogenic vs. non-proteinogenic amino acids” or their chemical properties. The most well-known way to classify amino acids is based on human...

Amino Acids Amino acids are primarily comprised of three main elements; oxygen, hydrogen and nitrogen. When you first look at amino acids and what makes an amino acid, at first glance it seems very simple but each amino acid plays a role that is uniquely important to the body and a role only...

by Matt Weik When it comes to sports injuries, most occur from wear and tear as well as damage done directly to our ligaments and tendons due to force exerted on the body either by another competitor or the playing field itself. The amount of stress and demand put on our joints and ligaments...

D-Aspartic Acid The Holy Grail for male enhancement/performance, life, or sexual enhancement, is boosting testosterone, particularly if it can be done safely and legally. A number of means and methods can boost testosterone, albeit most...

While exercising, blood flow to the muscles is elevated at least 400%, producing the ability to raise biologically active GH 480%, the ability to positively modulate insulin/antagonize cortisol and the ability to increase protein synthesis no less than 600% (1)(2). With this in mind, we want to...

Overcoming Whole-Food Protein Limitations by Mike Arnold When analyzing the bodybuilding diet, there is one common denominator which takes priority above all else. Regardless of individual goals or variances in metabolism, its role remains central, around which everything else revolves. I am...

A few months ago we wrote that a surplus of calories during a period of physical inactivity speeds up muscle breakdown. This finding tempted us to speculate that during a period of inactivity a mild caloric deficit might be the way to hold this in check. If that’s the case, then the caloric...

Why are bodybuilders infatuated with protein? Bodybuilders are infamous for their love affair with protein. The way iron-pumpers see it, muscle is protein, so they associate eating more dietary protein with gaining more muscle. Devouring egg whites by the dozen, meat by the pound and protein...

Vegetarianism and the Bodybuilding Lifestyle? by Mike Arnold 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...

Exercise Promotes BCAA Catabolism: Effects of BCAA Supplementation on Skeletal Muscle during Exercise1 [*=left]Yoshiharu Shimomura*,2, [*=left]Taro Murakami*, [*=left]Naoya Nakai†, [*=left]Masaru Nagasaki*, and [*=left]Robert A. Harris** American Society for Nutritional Sciences...

Exercise Promotes BCAA Catabolism: Effects of BCAA Supplementation on Skeletal Muscle during Exercise1 [*=left]Yoshiharu Shimomura*,2, [*=left]Taro Murakami*, [*=left]Naoya Nakai†, [*=left]Masaru Nagasaki*, and [*=left]Robert A. Harris** American Society for Nutritional Sciences...

BCAAs: THE MANY BENEFITS OF BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACIDS Dieting down will get you shredded, but it might also shave some size from your biceps. BCAAs can help protect your muscles against the catabolic effects of dieting!In recent years, branched-chain amino acid supplements have come back into...

BCAAs: THE MANY BENEFITS OF BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACIDS Dieting down will get you shredded, but it might also shave some size from your biceps. BCAAs can help protect your muscles against the catabolic effects of dieting!In recent years, branched-chain amino acid supplements have come back into...