Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Body Building Supplements-What Do You Need?

Whether you mix up your own body building supplement, or buy one off the shelf, you need to have a decent ratio of protein, carbos and fat in the mix. Protein for muscles, carbos for energy, and fat to balance it out. Check the ingredients on any premade supplement and be sure there is a balance of all three.
If you're making your own, I usually use some combination of the following:
Protein: whey, soy, yogurt
Carbos: fresh or frozen fruit and/or vegetables
Fats: coconut milk, flax oil, canola oil

The fats I use in my body building shake have some unique properties. Coconut milk is a medium chain tryglyceride, which means it is used more as energy. Flax and canola are high in omega 3 fatty acids which helps to balance the omega 6 fats that experts say we ingest too much of.

Mix and match these ingredients and see if you come up with a few that taste good to you. After all, if it isn't good you won't stick to the plan.

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