| Body building supplements are those substances, | | | | damaged muscle tissues. |
| which aid in building muscle mass, in addition to assisting | | | | Which are the essential bodybuilding supplements |
| in faster recovery from damage caused to the muscle | | | | which aid in building muscle mass? |
| tissues (owing to the resistance training undertaken by | | | | Some of the most important bodybuilding supplements |
| bodybuilders). It is not that these body building | | | | are - |
| supplements bring forth a chemical change in the body | | | | 1. Protein supplements: Protein supplements having a |
| or that they boost the natural levels of hormones such | | | | high biological value (BV), (such as whey having a BV |
| as testosterone or any other growth hormones. Unless | | | | of 104, egg proteins having a BV of 100, milk proteins |
| accompanied by the right kind of diet and an optimum | | | | having a BV of 91) must be taken by body builders |
| workout routine, these body building supplements can | | | | because these protein supplements greatly aid in |
| hardly trigger any positive changes, let alone help in | | | | building muscle mass. |
| building muscle mass. | | | | 2. Creatine: Although Creatine is inherently present in |
| What role do body building supplements play? | | | | the human body, yet it must be taken immediately |
| When a person is performing regular workouts, then | | | | after a workout because Creatine intermittently |
| he needs to supply his body with loads of nutrients in | | | | supplies the muscle tissues with energy to fuel the |
| order to meet his body's increasing energy demands. | | | | workouts and to support anabolism. In addition, |
| The growing and repairing muscles are at a highly | | | | Creatine aids in faster recovery of the damaged |
| active metabolic state and consequently, require higher | | | | muscle tissues and must therefore be taken |
| amounts of nutrients to allow repair, replenishment and | | | | immediately after a workout. |
| growth of the muscle tissues. Therefore, during body | | | | 3. Natural Hormone Modifiers: It is also recommended |
| building, you need to increase the intake of nutrients | | | | to take body building supplements to boost the levels |
| such as proteins and amino acids; carbohydrates; | | | | of testosterone and the other growth hormones in the |
| vitamins and minerals; essential fatty acids; and most | | | | body by taking the prescribed dose of natural |
| importantly, water. Not only do the energy demands | | | | hormone modifiers, which greatly aid in building muscle |
| increase significantly, but the need for other | | | | mass. |
| supplements that are required for building muscle mass | | | | 4. Anti-Cortisol: In order to prevent the onset of the |
| such as Creatine, anti-Cortisol, antioxidant supplements, | | | | catabolic breakdown of the muscle fibers, caused due |
| protein supplements, etc, also get escalated. | | | | to a workout, body builders must take anti-cortisol |
| Therefore, we need to supply these essential muscular | | | | supplementation soon after a workout. |
| growth supporting substances to the body through | | | | Apart from these essential bodybuilding supplements |
| dietary supplementation because we can not supply | | | | that aid in building muscle mass, there are several other |
| sufficient quantities of these substances through food | | | | supplements also such as - multivitamins, mineral |
| alone. These supplements are considered to be very | | | | formulas and antioxidants (such as polyphenols and |
| important for body building and unless supplied in the | | | | resveratrol, essential fatty acids and Vitamin C and E), |
| required quantities, they can result in nutrient | | | | without which the desired body building results cannot |
| deficiencies, or hamper the repair and recovery of | | | | be achieved. |