Is protein powder useful for muscle building?

Many people want to gain muscle, and for these people, protein powder is a good choice. Many people ask whether protein powder is useful for muscle building? In fact, there are different types of protein powder, and each type of protein powder has its own effect. Among them, muscle-building protein powder has a good effect on muscle building.

Muscle-building protein powder, a type of protein powder, has the main function of accelerating muscle growth and strengthening the body. It is a nutritional supplement suitable for people with thin bodies and those who want to gain muscle through bodybuilding and fitness.

Weight gain powder and muscle gain powder, commonly known as "fool powder" for muscle gain, are a type of high-calorie nutritional supplement. Its main ingredients include carbohydrates, proteins, various vitamins and trace elements. Some also contain creatine, glutamine, branched-chain amino acids, carnitine, methyl chromium, etc., which can maximize the supplement of various nutrients required for bodybuilding training. It is generally believed in China that powders with a protein content of more than 25% are muscle-building powders, and powders with a protein content of less than 25% are weight-building powders.

Whey protein is one of the most common nutritional supplements used in the fitness industry, especially for those looking to gain muscle. The muscle-building diet must be based on a basic diet (i.e. ordinary food such as rice, steamed buns, fish, beef, etc.). Only after ensuring the basic diet should you consider using nutritional supplements. All nutritional supplements must be based on protein powder. For example, if you only have 500 to 800 yuan of living expenses for nutritional supplements, then you should use the 500 yuan to buy the foods mentioned above. If you have 1,000 to 1,500 yuan to live on, then you should spend the rest on protein powder. If you have extra money after buying protein powder, you can consider using the money to buy other muscle-building nutritional supplements such as creatine, amino acids, and nitrogen pumps.

In other words, protein powder is the most basic nutritional supplement for us muscle-building enthusiasts.

13% is milk solids (including whey protein, casein, fat, cholesterol, lactose, etc.). That is to say, whey protein is a protein extracted from milk.

People who want to gain muscle need a lot of protein, about 1 kg of body weight

2.5g.

Because muscles are made up of protein, just like building a house, protein is the material. Without protein, no matter how much training you do, your muscles will not grow.

Moreover, the half hour after training is the time when various hormones in our body are secreted the most. This is also the time when our muscles synthesize the fastest. At this time, if we supplement protein through other foods, such as lean meat, fish, etc., it will take at least 2 hours for the stomach to empty, and more time will be needed for complete digestion and absorption. That is to say, if we consume other foods, we will miss the golden time for muscle building half an hour after training.

For those who want to gain muscle and lose fat (i.e. shape their body), protein powder can not only provide the protein needed for muscle gain, but also does not consume extra fat and cholesterol. Other high-protein foods (meat, eggs, milk, fish, etc.) mostly contain fat and protein that body shapers do not want to consume.

The above is a basic introduction to the muscle-building effect of protein powder. We can see that muscle-building protein powder has a good effect on muscle building, so for friends who want to build muscle, muscle-building protein powder is a good choice.