Science Diet Dog Food Reviews

what’s up, guys. sean nalewanyj here, www.seannal.com-www.bodytransformationtruth.comand today i’m going to be doing a review of branched chain amino acid supplements.so bcaas are one of the most popular muscle building supplements on the market, they’resurrounded by a lot of hype and in this video i’ll be giving you the honest, unbiasedfacts so that you can decide whether or not you think they’re worth your money. so thebcaas are three branched chain amino acid

Science Diet Dog Food Reviews, of course, leucine, valine and isoleucine,and they’re usually taken as a supplement before, during and after training, sometimesall three. and the benefits of bcaas that supplement companies will claim are: numberone, that they improved muscle recovery and growth, since leucine is the primary aminoacid involved in protein synthesis. the second

benefit is that they improved training performanceand the third benefit, which isn’t mention quite as often, is that they reduced delayedonset muscle soreness. so let’s quickly go over each one of these. the first justbeing the overall benefit of improving muscle recovery and growth. so it is true that thebranched chain amino acids play a very important role in the muscle building process, againleucine specifically is critical in this, it sometimes referred to as the anabolic trigger.however, what a lot of people don’t really take into account is that bcaas are alreadyfound in quite high amounts in the regular dietary protein sources that you’re eatingthroughout the day. for example, the branched chain content of whey protein is about 25%,egg is 20%, beef is also around 20% these

are just a few examples. so if you went aheadand ate, say 30 grams of protein from beef or you took a scoop of whey protein, you’realready getting around 6 grams of bcaas just from that one serving alone. even a lot ofvegan protein sources are pretty high as well, thinks like brown rice protein, pea protein,soy, hemp, these are all very high in bcaas on a gram-per-gram basis as well. so as longas you’re eating enough total dietary protein each day from a variety of sources then you’realready getting sufficient bcaa intake just from that alone. again, it’s not that thebranched chain themselves aren’t effective or useful, they definitely are. they’recrucial for that matter but it’s just that dumping an extra 10 or 15 grams in supplementalform on top of what you’re already getting

from your diet, that’s probably not goingto benefit you in any noticeable way. just because some bcaas are good it doesn’t meanthat more are automatically better, and there’s a finite cap on how much of them you can actuallyuse to maximize protein synthesis at any given time. and if you look at the actual researchthen what you’ll see is that the only time they really provide clear benefits, is whenthey’re taken on their own in isolation without any whole food protein. for example,a lot of studies will have, you know, one group taking just bcaas and then another grouptaking just dextrose. but it’s not surprising that using bcaas in comparison to using puredextrose would have positive benefits, but that really doesn’t tell us anything aboutwhether or not free-form bcaas are superior

to just eating regular whole food proteinsources. and i don’t really see any reason to assume that they are. the second claimedbenefit is that they improve training performance. so you’ve probably seen those guys walkingaround the gym with giant 4 liter jugs filled to the brim with bright pink or bright greenliquid that they sipped on during the workout, maybe you are one of those guys, and the chancesare those jugs are at least partly filled with bcaa powder. now the reason people usedintra-workout branched chains is that because as your workout drags on and bcaa levels getdepleted in your body, tryptophan levels increased and that causes increased in serotonin levels,which makes you feel tired. and so by supplementing them intra-workout, you prevent tryptophanfrom entering your brain and that helps to

keep serotonin levels lower and it boost yourenergy as a result. however, a couple points on this; first off, usually this is only goingto be a concern when we’re talking about long duration exhaustive workouts that someonelike and endurance athlete might performed. if you’re going into the gym and just performinga standard body building workout with normal rest periods for, say an hour to an hour anda half, it’s probably not going to be necessary in that context. and secondly, even thoughbcaa supplements do decrease tryptophan uptake the also decrease tyrosine uptake as well,and tyrosine is an amino acid that improves your mental focus and improves your energy.and so it is possibly that there could actually be a counteracting effect there. and the thirdbenefit is the issue of muscle soreness. but

again, the research that was done on this,like i’d mentioned before, was done in the absence of proper protein intake so it reallydoesn’t say much. all that tells us is that there’s a benefit to taking bcaas as opposedto nothing at all, but it’s perfectly possible that just having a scoop of whey or eatinga regular serving of dietary protein that already has bcaas in it, perfectly possiblethat that would have the same effect. if you do want a supplement for reducing muscle sorenessthat my suggestion would be to check out citrulline malate instead and i’ll link that in thedescription box below for you. so everything that i’d mentioned so far are the reasonswhy i personally don’t think that bcaas supplements are worth the money for most traineesin most situations. and i say most situations

because there can be exception which i’llmention in a second here, but or almost everyone as long as you’re eating enough total dailyprotein, so between 0.8 to 1 gram of protein per pound of body weight daily, then you’relikely already getting enough branched chain amino acids to get all of the benefits thatthey offer. and not only that, but you have to weigh it off against the cost as well,because these are not a cheap supplement. it’d be one thing if they were really inexpensiveand you could just throw them into your program for the possibility that they might help,but they are fairly costly on a gram-per-gram basis, and that will add up quite a bit overthe long term. the only situations where bcaa supplements might be of use are; first off,if you’re training fasted, in that case

10 grams or so taken pre workout might behelpful in terms of reducing muscle break down. and i say might because i can’t evensay for sure if they would make a significant difference, so that’s really more of a “justin case” kind of thing. the second situation is if you’re someone who does train withlong duration, high volume workouts and you’ve find that they do improve your focus and yourenergy during your training sessions. but even there, i’d still be skeptical becausethe research is very mixed on that and even the research that supports it still only showsa small effect. so it my guess that a lot of what people report there is largely a placeboeffect, but it’s up for you to decide. if you really feel that they helped then i can’targue with that. the third situation would

be, if for some reason you’re eating a lowprotein diet. now, i’m not sure what the reason for that would be, but if you are eatingsignificantly lower than 0.8 grams of protein per pound of bodyweight daily then bcaa supplementswould likely be beneficial just to make sure that you’re getting enough to maximize proteinsynthesis. and the last situation would just be if money is not an issue at all for youand you are very serious lifter trying to squeeze up every possible ounce of musclegrowth that you can. there’s no real downside to bcaa supplementation and so you could stilljust use them in case they do provide a very small long term benefit. one last thing i’llmention here before closing this video out is, keep in mind that branched chains do haveappetite stimulating effects. so if you’re

using them during a cutting phase then thatis something to consider. and lastly, don’t fall for the idea that bcaas are calorie free,because they actually do contain calories, even higher than a typical whole food proteins,they have about six calories per gram. for some reason the fdaa doesn’t require thatcalories be listed unless it’s coming from a whole food protein, but if you are trackingcalories and macros then don’t forget to count your bcaas as well. so i hope you guysfound this advice helpful. if you appreciate this no nonsense, science based approach whenit comes to building muscle and losing fat then you can check out my body transformationblueprint by clicking here or by heading over to www.bodytransformationtruth.com using thelink in the description box. that program

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