Myostatin Inhibitors
February 19, 2009 by About Supplements
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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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HMB
February 19, 2009 by About Supplements
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HMB
What is it?
HMB is actually a metabolite of the amino acid L-leucine. L-leucine is one of three amino acids known as the branched chain amino acids or BCAA (isoleucine and valine being the other two).
It has been known for a long time that BCAA 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 muscle wasting states. Of the three BCAA, L-leucine appears to be the most important to preserving hard earned muscle mass and intense exercise and certain disease states have been shown to eat up a great deal of L-leucine. So far so good!
Glutamine
February 19, 2009 by About Supplements
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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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GH supplements
February 19, 2009 by About Supplements
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GH supplements
What is it?
There is a long list of supplements being sold claiming to either be Human Growth Hormone (HGH or GH) or cause the release of GH. The number of nutrients claiming to be able to increase HGH levels is long. The major products in this category currently being, marketed can be broken down into three major categories however. There is:
• Homeopathic GH claiming to contain actual HGH
• Growth hormone promoting nutrients (e.g., certain amino acids, vitamins, etc.)
• Secretagogues which are short peptides that supposedly cause a release of GH.
What is it supposed to do?
The role of GH in the human body is extensive and rather complicated with many effects still being elucidated. GH is known to play an essential role in the regulation of bodyfat levels, immunity, muscle mass, wound healing, bone mass, and literally thousands of other functions both known and yet unknown. Real human GH is a peptide 191 amino acids long with a molecular weight of approx. 20,000.
It is produced by the anterior pituitary gland, located at the base the brain. The bulk of the effect accomplished by GH is performed by a related hormone (Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 or IGF-1), which is released predominantly by the liver and, to some extent, by other tissues in response to GH levels. However, some recent data suggests GH has effects separate from that of its relation to IGF-1.
It is well established that GH levels steadily decline as we age and is partially responsible for the steady loss of muscle mass, loss of skin elasticity, immune disfunction, and many other physical changes that take place in the aging human body.
GH releasing nutrients claim to release GH and thus have the positive effects associated with GH.
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Tongkat Ali/Long Jack
February 19, 2009 by About Supplements
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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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