Do THIS To Reverse Muscle Wasting As You Age
The REAL REASON You're Losing Muscle Mass as You Age and How to Stop It and Even Reverse It
The average person loses 30% of their muscle mass by age 60. But thanks to a breakthrough, you can stay strong and independent as you age — and even have more muscle than you did when you were younger!
Health Secret:
Proteins form your muscles, bones, skin, and hair. They form the connective tissue that holds you together. They even make up the “messengers” in your body… including your hormones, your immune cells, your enzymes, and your brain chemicals.
Think about what that means. If you don't have enough protein, you lose muscle mass. Your hair gets brittle, and your skin sags. Your bones become weaker. Your immune system becomes sluggish.
But that's not all. Your sex drive suffers. You become anxious or depressed. You become more likely to fall and suffer a hip fracture… and less likely to recover from one.
I'm sure you can see why proteins are so important… and why not having enough can be bad for your health.
So where do all these important proteins come from? Most people think they come from the diet. But that's not entirely accurate. The truth is that your body makes proteins. But your diet is important because it supplies amino acids, which are the building blocks that create proteins.
How It Works :
Let's say you're eating a protein source like meat or fish. This meat or fish goes into your stomach and begins to be digested. Your digestive system then breaks down the protein into amino acids.
Those amino acids then go through your small intestine and into your bloodstream. And from there, they are distributed throughout the body. The body then takes those amino acids and uses them to make whatever proteins it needs. Some of the amino acids are made into muscle. Some of them are made into organ cells. Some of them are made into hormones. And so on.
The Dietary Protein Trap :
However, not all the amino acids get turned into proteins. Some of them are turned into glucose and are burned for energy.
This is a remnant of our caveman days. When we were cavemen, food was scarce. So we needed to be able to get energy regardless of what food we ate.
Berries? No problem. They contain carbs that are burned for energy. Nuts? They are also burned for energy. Freshly killed squirrel? Some of the protein in the meat is turned into lean body mass… and the rest of it is turned into glucose for energy.
How To Tell :
So how can you tell if your body is using the protein for muscle or if it's turning it into excess glucose? Scientists have answered this question.
You see, amino acids contain nitrogen. And when amino acids are turned into proteins, the nitrogen remains in your body as part of the protein. But when amino acids are converted into sugar, the nitrogen is released and passes through to your urine.
So if you want to know if your food is being turned into protein or sugar, all you have to do is measure the amount of nitrogen in your urine!
This measurement is called Protein Utilization. Here's how it works:
If a dietary protein has a Protein Utilization of 100%, it means that there is no nitrogen in your urine and that the body is using 100% of the amino acids in that food to build body protein. That's great!
On the other hand, if a protein source has a Protein Utilization of 10% that means your body is only using 10% of the amino acids to make body protein. That means your body is turning 90% of those amino acids into sugar. Not good!
So what's the best source of dietary protein, with the highest Protein Utilization? Scientists found that it's breast milk, with a Protein Utilization of 49%. That makes sense, because babies need an efficient source of dietary protein. But we're not babies, so what's the next best source of protein?
The next best source of protein is whole eggs. Whole eggs have a Protein Utilization of 47%. But it has to be the whole egg. If you eat egg whites like many so-called health experts tell you to do, you will only get a Protein Utilization of 17%. Why? Egg yolks contain the essential amino acid methionine. Take out the yolk, and you seriously limit the egg's protein-building value.
After whole eggs come meat, poultry, and fish. They're all equal, with a Protein Utilization of 32%. But it really goes downhill from there.
The Truth About Protein Shakes
You know all those expensive protein powders? They're supposed to be so great at building muscle. But if they're your go-to source of protein, you may be disappointed. Protein powders have a Protein Utilization of just 17%. This includes protein powders made from soy, dairy, and even eggs. A Protein Utilization of 17% means that 83% of the protein is turned into sugar.
And finally, how about spirulina, a popular protein supplement made from algae? Depending on the brand, spirulina has a Protein Utilization from 0% to 6%. It's practically worthless as a protein source.
The Right Combination :
Let me explain how this works. You already know that proteins are made up of amino acids. Some of these amino acids are made up by your body all on its own. But there are 8 amino acids you have to get from your diet. These 8 are called the essential amino acids.
You’d think that if you take all 8 essential amino acids, your body would turn all of them to protein, right? That’s what I always thought, because that’s what I learned in medical school. But like many things I learned in school, there’s more to the story.
It turns out that we can’t just take those 8 amino acids; we also need to get them in the right balance. Because otherwise, we may end up with too much of one amino acid and not enough of another.
To illustrate this concept, imagine you owned a bicycle factory. And imagine you had plenty of handlebars and seats and frames, but you only had one pair of tires. Well, it doesn’t matter how many of the other parts you have; if you only have one pair of tires, you can only make one bicycle! The rest of the parts go to waste.
That’s the same thing that happens when you take amino acids in the wrong balance. Remember earlier when I mentioned that when you eat meat, your body only gets 32% of the protein? The reason is that the amino acids in meat are not in total balance. So the extra aminos get turned into sugar.
Fortunately, there is a solution to the problem: taking the 8 amino acids in the exact right balance. How do we know it's the right balance?
Because when we tested the product, it had a Protein Utilization of 99%!
That's right 99%! That means that 99% of the amino acids in the product are used by your body to make proteins, and only 1% are wasted. The results were so great that we decided to create a product called Advanced Amino Formula.
I already told you about what happened when Robert took these aminos. In just a few weeks, he healed his hamstring injury… boosted his strength and overall health… and put on 12 pounds of lean body mass!
He was so excited by the results that he started giving it to all his patients. And they got great results, too. They got more muscle. They got stronger nails and shinier hair. They reported an overall sense of greater well-being.
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