The Importance of Protein

[IMT staff]

Protein is by far the single most important supplement/nutrient you can consume in your quest for size and strength. Just the mere mention of it, however, gives most doctors and dieticians an anxiety attack.

Protein repairs and maintains everything in our bodies from hormones to muscles to bones. Proteins are made up of building blocks called amino acids. There are nine essential amino acids, essential meaning we have to ingest these for survival because our bodies cannot manufacture them.

Many researchers now believe we have many other amino acids that should be considered "conditionally essential," because of their significance and our inefficiency at producing them. These include:glutamine, arginine, cysteine, taurine, glycine, tyrosine and proline.

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[Mr P]

good thread, theres alot myths out there about cosuming protein one of them is "Too much protein can lead to kidney and liver problems."

 

[wtgrantham]

good thread, theres alot myths out there about cosuming protein one of them is "Too much protein can lead to kidney and liver problems."

Just finished an 8 week "bodybuilding type diet" where I was consuming almost 2 grams of protein per pound of body weight and it totally threw all of my kidney markers and cholestrol over the high marks on a blood test. They were in range before the diet. So I dont know if it will actually cause problems but it sure will increase your markers such as bun and creatinine on blood tests.