As far as muscle building goes, what are the differences between Whey protein powder, creatine, and casein? Could/should I use all three?
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Creatine is a chemical compound that will increase your strenght in high intensity exercice and will you increase your muscle mass. But you shouldn’t take it without looking out the side effect. Not all of them are well know and some can be limited with the right dosage, but you should really make a good research on the subject if you really want to use that, because this could be damaging to your health. If you use too high dosage you have risk of harming your kindey, there is chance that this could affect yound and older people more, and if you have problem with your kidney, blood pressure or liver you shouldn’t use it.
You need protein to build up muscle, and so protein powder give you just that. That said, you can eat protein and for most people protein powder is completely useless. You need to use an intake of protein proportional to your training regiment. If you just do a little bit of exercise, but eat a lot of protein powder that won’t make you have big muscle. Personally, I think you should improve your training regiment and your eating habit first and then if you want to push further your muscle growth, look at protein powder as you increase the intensity of your training. But like I said, it’s not really that necessary for most people.
There is two main type of proteins. Whey and Casein. Whey are digested quicly and Casein slowly. Casein is often use before going to bed, so that your body slowly digest the casein and use it to repair and growth your muscle during the night. It seem to be the best way to use protein. But like I said, if you eat rich protein food, and have a normal level of training, that wouldn’t matter anyway. A lot of people are using whey protein after their workout and that’s won’t really give you an advantage.
In my opinion, people often use those product as a shorcut, but good eating habit and training is what is important. Protein will only be usefull if you really want to beef up, but if you want that you should focus on your training and eating habit first, protein will fix your gaps. As for creatine, well use at your own risk, you should know what you get yourself into.
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