And now on protein leeching.

Yesterday I talked about fat burning, today I am going to touch on protein leeching. Pick up just about any fitness magazine or read any website devoted to fitness, you will hear warnings about how your body leeches proteins, particularly when you start any physical activity. Read how some of them go, you would think that if you do not take the extreme precautions, your muscles would shrivel up by tomorrow. That is not quite how bad it is. Yes, protein leeching is real, and needs to be taken into consideration. However, it is also quite easy to remedy. Eat lean white meat such as chicken 60 to 90 minutes prior to exercise, or if you miss that window, you can take 20 to 30 grams of whey protein, depending on how intense you will be exercising. Problem solved; you will have the amino acids in your bloodstream that your body needs. Even if you miss doing so, it is no major problem. It is more important that you eat fast-digesting proteins after your workout or any other physical activity. There is a golden window, which lasts 30 minutes at most, where any foods, particularly proteins, are consumed, they go straight to your muscles once digested, and not converted to fat. Long time body builders, who have physiques to back this statement, said consuming fast absorbing food immediately has helped them sustain the largest muscle gains.

What is more cause for concern, is protein leeching when you skip meals or try to cut back on food to lose fat. For all the talk about proteins and muscles, proteins are in fact used in every cell of your body. When you starve yourself, your body’s system, being stupid, assumes you are in a state of famine. It steals proteins from your muscles, not for energy, but for repairing other parts of your body. It also shrinks your muscles to slow metabolism. Then your muscles do shrivel up. When you finally had it and stop your diet, the weight you have lost is mostly muscle. That is why people who know what they are talking about always warn you to never starve yourself when trying to control your weight. You need to eat plenty, but healthy.

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