AMINO ACIDS...THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF YOUR BODY
Amino Acids...Regenerate, Recovery, Restore It All
Amino Acids are the building blocks of the body. Especially Branched Chain Amino Acids (BCAAs). BCAAs refer to 3 (leucine, isoleucine and valine) of the 9 essential amino acids. BCAAs play an important role in many aspects of our life. They promote muscle protein synthesis which can increase muscle growth over time. This increase in muscle growth will lead to an increase in your metabolism making it easier to maintain your weight. They have also been shown to prevent the onset of fatigue. This is due to their role in metabolizing glucose which is the muscle’s main fuel during exercise. By being able to more efficiently metabolize glucose during exercise the muscle is more efficient and go longer before fatigue. BCAAs also play a role in immune system and brain health.
Let’s break it down to be a little more understandable. By having elevated levels of BCAAs in your system your body will be able to use the protein in your system to help build muscle which in turn burns extra calories. For each pound of muscle you gain you burn an extra 50 calories a day doing nothing. Seems pretty insignificant right? Take those 50 extra calories and add them up over a year and that equals over 18,000 calories burned or 5 pounds! You may not think that is significant but that is just what that one extra pound of muscle burns. It does not take into account your current exercise routine or eating habits.
Another great benefit of increasing the body’s ability to use the protein in your system especially when losing weight is it will help preserve muscle. We all hear that when we lose weight we are also losing muscle. However, by being able to better use the protein in the system the body can preserve muscle during weight loss. As far as delaying fatigue BCAAs allow the glucose in the muscle to be broken down into ATP (muscles uses this for fuel) faster. It also aids in converting fatty acids to glucose again resulting in more fuel for the muscle! More fuel for the muscle equals the longer we can be active before fatigue sets in.
Now that we know how important BCAAs are in weight management and overall general wellness let’s find some ADVOCARE PRODUCTS
that contain BCAAs. One of my favorite AdvoCare amino acid supplements are CATALYST
, which was originally designed for the USA Olympic Wrestling Team for times of preserving lean muscle mass and building strength while cutting weight
. Another favorite is BIOCHARGE
. To find how to best use these BCAA products please get with your coach . These are both extremely effective and I would advise anyone who is attempting to improve fitness, lose weight, restricting calories, putting on lean muscle mass, want better focus, goes to the gym on regular or is a human being, to have one of these two as your first choice supplement in your arsenal to reach your ultimate fitness success!








