Two ways to slow aging and build muscle....
Today's Post: Friday, 10-23-2009
Dr Robert J Rowen's Second Opinion Health Alerts e-newsletter for today, Friday, October 23, 2009 (See http://www.doctorrowen.com/ to subscribe.)
Had this title:
Take this with Carnitine to grow muscle and increase your energy.
He apparently had already written an article I didn’t see about how taking L-Carnitine helps slow aging, increase your energy and help you build or preserve your muscles.
Since l-carnitine helps CoQ10 or ubiquinone energize your mitochondria that are the energy generators in each of your cells, it stands to reason that you would have more energy and your muscles would contract more forcefully when asked to do so which would increase your strength and how hard you could work out when strength training.
And, since your blood levels of CoQ10 or ubiquinone and the health of your mitochondria tend to drop off as you get older, this would have the effect of slowing the effects of aging on your energy and strength.
But the real news in his email was that a study has been done showing that whey protein grew muscle -- and preserved muscle in older people better than isolated amino acids or other kinds of protein. (This also slows the effects of aging since strong muscles in older people help keep them able to move on their own and help prevent them from falling or becoming frail.)
This also means that people who are strength training to build muscle thereby becoming less fat will benefit from whey.
It seems that Dr Rowen has found in his practice that whey protein also is far less allergenic than casein, the other major protein in milk; is a strong booster of your immune system; and has direct anti-inflammatory effects.
He has also found that some of the peptides in whey release glutathione which has healing and health protective effects. Peptides are amino acids in specific sequences and combinations.
I disagree that the best way to use them is to take them together.
The best time to take L-carnitine is with your CoQ10 or ubiquinone supplements or right before you exercise. That way the positive effects of L-carnitine on your mitochondria and energy levels will be far less reduced by your body trying to digest whey with its peptides and many amino acids at the same time.
The best way to ingest or take whey is right after your workout or as a food with breakfast or lunch. That way your body uses the whey as a source of protein in your diet to repair and build your muscle, helps to keep you from getting hungry between breakfast and lunch and/or between lunch and dinner.
His last comment about whey was: “Be sure that your whey supplement is "undenatured." That means it's not heated, which destroys its biological activity.”
He has a brand of this kind of whey he recommends. I’ve found that Jarrow’s whey supplement with no stevia added (& the one with stevia if you like that stuff) is one of the most easy to find in health food stores.
(I’ve not yet checked to see if it is undenatured or processed without heat. But from what I’ve read virtually all whey seems to be potent enough to be effective. )
There are other supplements that make your muscles stronger, slow aging, and release growth hormone and have other important health benefits besides.
I haven’t time to write about them in this post. But they include carnosine, a relatively expensive amino acid supplement; L-arginine; & Creatine.
Today's Post: Friday, 10-23-2009
Dr Robert J Rowen's Second Opinion Health Alerts e-newsletter for today, Friday, October 23, 2009 (See http://www.doctorrowen.com/ to subscribe.)
Had this title:
Take this with Carnitine to grow muscle and increase your energy.
He apparently had already written an article I didn’t see about how taking L-Carnitine helps slow aging, increase your energy and help you build or preserve your muscles.
Since l-carnitine helps CoQ10 or ubiquinone energize your mitochondria that are the energy generators in each of your cells, it stands to reason that you would have more energy and your muscles would contract more forcefully when asked to do so which would increase your strength and how hard you could work out when strength training.
And, since your blood levels of CoQ10 or ubiquinone and the health of your mitochondria tend to drop off as you get older, this would have the effect of slowing the effects of aging on your energy and strength.
But the real news in his email was that a study has been done showing that whey protein grew muscle -- and preserved muscle in older people better than isolated amino acids or other kinds of protein. (This also slows the effects of aging since strong muscles in older people help keep them able to move on their own and help prevent them from falling or becoming frail.)
This also means that people who are strength training to build muscle thereby becoming less fat will benefit from whey.
It seems that Dr Rowen has found in his practice that whey protein also is far less allergenic than casein, the other major protein in milk; is a strong booster of your immune system; and has direct anti-inflammatory effects.
He has also found that some of the peptides in whey release glutathione which has healing and health protective effects. Peptides are amino acids in specific sequences and combinations.
I disagree that the best way to use them is to take them together.
The best time to take L-carnitine is with your CoQ10 or ubiquinone supplements or right before you exercise. That way the positive effects of L-carnitine on your mitochondria and energy levels will be far less reduced by your body trying to digest whey with its peptides and many amino acids at the same time.
The best way to ingest or take whey is right after your workout or as a food with breakfast or lunch. That way your body uses the whey as a source of protein in your diet to repair and build your muscle, helps to keep you from getting hungry between breakfast and lunch and/or between lunch and dinner.
His last comment about whey was: “Be sure that your whey supplement is "undenatured." That means it's not heated, which destroys its biological activity.”
He has a brand of this kind of whey he recommends. I’ve found that Jarrow’s whey supplement with no stevia added (& the one with stevia if you like that stuff) is one of the most easy to find in health food stores.
(I’ve not yet checked to see if it is undenatured or processed without heat. But from what I’ve read virtually all whey seems to be potent enough to be effective. )
There are other supplements that make your muscles stronger, slow aging, and release growth hormone and have other important health benefits besides.
I haven’t time to write about them in this post. But they include carnosine, a relatively expensive amino acid supplement; L-arginine; & Creatine.
Labels: Dr Robert J Rowen, health benefits of whey, supplements that build muscle, supplements that help you succeed at fatloss, supplements that slow aging
posted by David at 2:18 PM
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