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Hello I'm Mike with Teen Health magazine
I'm here with Jason the owner better body a well known supplement store
today we're going to be talking about the various forms of protein the optimal
intake
and which protein supplements are best for gaining muscle thanks for having us today Jason
it's a pleasure to be here thank you
can you tell us a little bit about your story yeah about twelve years ago I started
getting into exercise nutrition and and
I really developed a passion for it to the point where I wanted to see results
faster I want to build more muscle
become faster and so I started looking towards supplements and I
visited a local nutrition store got some advice
and then went off on my own and did my own research and kinda of
just really attacked I really got aggressive
on the education things that I want to learn about regarding my body
and from there it's just a passion ever since you obviously have a great deal of
passion for helping teens
so what this protein and why is it so important for building muscles
protein is the building blocks of muscle if you don't have a protein
you don't stand a chance to building muscle so it doesn't matter if your trying to improve
athletics or your just trying to look better
you've gotta have protein in your nutrition plan its a must
so for all those teams out there it's really important to get adequate amounts
protein Jason how much is enough
from a training day and a typical day and what some healthy natural choices
for protein
there is a lot different philosophies on what
amount of protein is right and it's hard to say whether any them are wrong but to give
you a
a good starting point everybody should have one gram of protein per pound of
body weight if they're exercising
and in some form or fashion whether its in the gym or on the field
so when you have that one gram protein per pound of body weight that
really can be used on training days or non training days if your going to have a little
bit more protein
it would be on training days roughly thirty to forty grams of protein
immediately following exercise in addition to the foods that you eat
but your going to want to focus primarily on complete proteins
such as chicken or such as beef
and you can also get it from dairy such eggs and milk and cheese and
those types and you can also get it from supplements and the reason why you want
complete proteins
because they provide all the amino acids that your body needs
has to have these amino acids so by giving it
the best types of protein your giving yourself the best chance
incomplete proteins such as almonds will still give you some of the amino acids
and they should still be a part of your diet
but you should be focusing primarily on the complete proteins
okay now that we have our meals covered protein wise
can you explain why supplementation is important and what does that add
that we don't get from our every day meals sure so protein powders
are used by a lot of customers for conveinance which is a good thing it is
a there's times when you can't eat that maybe you do hurry up and have a
protein shake or else your not going to eat for
extended period of time but protein powders really serve their purpose
for first thing in the morning immediately following exercise
and right before bed the benefits for first thing in the morning and immediately following
exercises choosing a protein powder like whey protein isolate
and what this does is it get's into your bloodstream fast and causes recovery fast
faster than if you had a chicken or if you had beef
because the amount of time it takes to break down so that's really important for
first thing in morning and after exercise also additionally
before bed utilizing casein type product
is going to give you a slow release amino acid
that's getting get your muscles stream while you sleep it's going to continue to go
and there's no food that is as slow as the types caseins
that are currently on the market and so what you do by doing that is you allow
your body to really really recover throughout the night
so timing is crucial what is your window of opportunity after workout
roughly 20 minutes so you wanna take a shaker cup with you
whatever exercise your doing and have it within 20 minutes after exercise
if you don't you stand 50 percent
less of a chance that you're going to build lean muscle tissue
so it is crucial that you do have the right way so is not only about the
quality time spent in gym
just like in your car you have to have the right fuel to make it go so having quality fuel
during and post-workout will lead to more muscle gains however I know when I go into a
supplement store
I'm just overwhelmed by the sheer number brands what are some recommendations that
you have
to pick the right supplement its important that you bring up car and fuel because
our bodies our vehicle except we don't get trade in these bodies
every five years like you do a car right so
we have to treat this body really well because this is the one that we have
so it's important first and foremost to choose a supplement that's gonna serve you
long-term and not just short term every product that we carry in here
has different variants so just little things that change it that separate it
and so we really teach people to take the label
and turn it around and to really get to know the ingredients
that our on the the products or that are in the products verses what's just said on the
front of the label
and if you do that and you take a little bit of time and you get to know them
you'll find out what best fits
for your needs we also recommend that you talk to somebody who's qualified
that will help you and guide you in the right direction
versus just somebody who's behind the counter who's maybe worked there for a few
weeks
so you want to make sure that you have a good resource to go to
and we try to be that at better body where you can come and get valuable information that's
for you and it's not necessarily
for us so its holistic it's based on the individual's needs absolutely so if I wanted
to gain
mass or if I was just trying to keep weight and I'm endurance athlete
they would have different variants in the type protein I'm taking yes if you're
trying to gain mass or an endurance athlete you're gonna need more carbohydrates
through your workout and throughout the day then somebody who
just spends forty five minutes in the gym doing regular exercise
and goes home those are some great tips thanks for taking the time with us today Jason
is there anyway that people can reach out to you
and if you want to reach out to me personally you can reach out to me
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