Myostatin Inhibitors

Myostatin Inhibitors

What is it?

Myostatin is a member of a superfamily of related compounds known as  “transforming growth factors beta.” They are intimately related to tissue growth and differentiation, as well as many other functions. What scientists discovered was by knocking out the gene that codes for myostatin (the famed “myostatin gene”), animals would grow up hugely muscular. One needs only to see pictures of that ridiculously muscular mouse in the ads to know what I mean.

What is it supposed to do?

Scientists have been looking at these growth factors, what regulates them, what genes code for them, etc. since it may have applications to grow live-stock with greater amounts of meat and less fat, or combating wasting syndromes in humans, such as AIDS, cancer, and muscular dystrophy. For example, high levels of myostatin  have been associated with muscle wasting in HIV-infected men compared to healthy normal men. However, this simple association does not in anyway prove  myostatin directly contributes to muscle wasting, per se. It may simply be an intermediate indicator vs. a direct cause.

Relating to bodybuilders and other athletes, one theory is that the reason some people put on muscle so much easier than others is that they have a genetic propensity for making less myostatin due to a mutation in the gene. Conversely, the reason some people find it almost impossible to add muscle might be that they are genetically set up to have high levels of myostatin and, therefore, their efforts in the gym are being blocked.

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Glutamine

Glutamine

What is it?

The ‘non-essential’ amino acid glutamine has been getting a great deal of attention over the past few years in sport nutrition publications and scientific journals and for good reason. Though it might not be considered “essential,” glutamine appears to have many potential benefits for people interested in gaining new muscle and/or preserving that hard earned muscle.

What is it supposed to do?

Glutamine is required for countless functions in the human body from immune system function, to liver function, to gastrointestinal integrity, to name only a few. Supplement companies have taken to adding glutamine to various products and athletes have taken to adding glutamine to their diet.

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Branch chain amino acids (BCAA)

BCAA’s

What is it?

In the world of amino acids, the structural “building blocks” of proteins, there are several classes and types of aminos. For example, we have the essential amino acids, the non-essential amino acids, the conditionally essential amino acids, and the branch chain amino acids (BCAA).

The essential amino acids are deemed as such because the body cannot manufacture them and they must be supplied by the diet. The non-essential amino acids can be made from the essential amino acids, and thus don’t have to be supplied by the diet for survival, though many non-essential amino acids play essential roles in health and metabolism in their own right.

What is it supposed to do?

The conditionally essential amino acids, so named because during certain periods, such as infancy or certain metabolic states, can be considered essential for that period of time. The branch chain amino acids (so named because they branch off another chain of atoms rather than form a straight line as other amino acids do) are leucine, valine and iso-leucine.

The BCAA’s are the amino acids that are primarily used (oxidized) during exercise and make up to one third of the amino acids in muscle tissue. It has been known for a long time that BCAA’s play a critical role in the turn over of lean body tissues (muscle) and is muscle sparing (i.e. anti-catabolic) in a variety of muscles wasting states. Of the three BCAA, L-leucine appears to be the most important to preserve hard earned muscle mass; intense exercise and certain disease states have been shown to eat up a great deal of L-leucine.

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Tongkat Ali/Long Jack

Tongkat Ali/Long Jack

What is it?

Tongkat Ali (Eurycoma longifolia Jack) also known as Long Jack, is an herb found in Indonesia. It contains compounds known as “quassinoids” such as eurycomalacton, eurycomanon, and eurycomanol as well as others.

What is it supposed to do?

Tongkat Ali (TA) is sold as a male sexual enhancer, muscle builder, and testosterone booster. It has a long history in Indonesia as a male sexual enhancer, with it being sold as a testosterone booster/muscle builder a more recent development.

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