morning protein...

[markshark]

i see a lot of guys that like egg whites in the morning, but i was just curious, wouldnt u want a fast acting protein in the morning rather than a slow-acting like casein? id figure whey would be the best along with some vitamin C to battle cortisol because of the all-night catabolism spree. just wondering opinions on this

 

[Lifterforlife]

I usually have a protein shake, drinking it while I make breakfast. Actually, eggwhites are pretty quick digesting. I have a blend of protein with my breakfast, as my whey shake is purely anabolic, and then follow it up with anabolic/anticatabolic proteins.

 

[Lifterforlife]

Noone has added to this post, so I wanted to add a bit. It really depends on your goals, if fat burning or bulking. If you are fat burning though, the muscles use glycogen when active but when at rest or inactive the muscles/body prefer the fat substrate for fuel. Fats that come from our fat storage. It is a scientific fact that when muscles are being used, they use glycogen storage, but when at rest they use fats. If we go to bed with low muscle glycogen storage and the muscles are inactive, what will the body use as the fuel of choice? Fats, of course. When we are sleeping our insulin levels are low, our GH increases, therefore fat utilization increases. When the next morning comes our bodies will still be utilizing fat as the fuel of choice because glycogen stores are low. Instead of eating a high carb - high glycemic index breakfast that will replenish the muscle glycogen stores, why not eat a low carb - low glycemic index meal? Our muscles will be forced to continue burning fat for fuel to preserve the storage.

 

[muchmass]

Noone has added to this post, so I wanted to add a bit. It really depends on your goals, if fat burning or bulking. If you are fat burning though, the muscles use glycogen when active but when at rest or inactive the muscles/body prefer the fat substrate for fuel. Fats that come from our fat storage. It is a scientific fact that when muscles are being used, they use glycogen storage, but when at rest they use fats. If we go to bed with low muscle glycogen storage and the muscles are inactive, what will the body use as the fuel of choice? Fats, of course. When we are sleeping our insulin levels are low, our GH increases, therefore fat utilization increases. When the next morning comes our bodies will still be utilizing fat as the fuel of choice because glycogen stores are low. Instead of eating a high carb - high glycemic index breakfast that will replenish the muscle glycogen stores, why not eat a low carb - low glycemic index meal? Our muscles will be forced to continue burning fat for fuel to preserve the storage.

You must spread some Karma around before giving it to Lifterforlife again.

Good post!