Insulin management is all the rage these days and probably with good cause.
As the world finds out more and more about how the body works, it's becoming more and more obvious that the pseudo-science that has prevailed in the fitness industry is getting more and more outdated.
As I read more and more scientific studies and more and more collated works by some knowledgeable people, I have come into a greater understanding of how hormones play a vital part in anyone's fitness goals.
Whether it's to lose fat, build muscle, get stronger or all 3 at once, it's your hormones that play the vital role in either hindering your success or getting you there with maximum efficiency.
I'll give you some of the major players and a simple run down of what they do. If you're interested in this stuff, I'd suggest you look into them in more detail and check how they work with regards to each other.
Testosterone - Builds muscle mass and strength and helps strengthen bone tissue. Increases sex drive and makes your boner harder (For men only obviously).
Oestrogen - Healthy levels are used to regulate sexual function...excess is anabolic (Builds) for fat cells.
Cortisol - The double edged sword. Catabolic (Destroys) fat and muscle tissues under different hormonal circumstances.
Insulin - The Anabolic Super Soaker. Anabolic for fat and muscle tissue.
GH - Growth Hormone - Has an amazing array of benefits. Immune health, cellular regeneration and promoting lipolysis (destruction of fat for energy) to name a few.
There are plenty of others but regulating these 5 by manipulating your macro nutrient intake (The types of nutrients your foods are made up of...namely fat, protein and carbohydrate) and the timing of that intake, will allow you to maximise and minimize the effects of these on your body. Resistance training is also a VITAL tool in manipulating these hormones.
I'm not going to expound the benefits of resistance training in this post as it would take far too long, we'll save that for another day.
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