To lead a healthy lifestyle has become very fashionable. It's fashionable to make photoshoots in the gym, post pictures on social networks about how "I practiced a lot and was very tired". In the same social networks, there is a very active promotion of various types of sports nutrition and anabolic steroids. If anabolic drugs are legally banned, then there is a discharge of sports nutrition, which is not officially banned, but has a similar effect on the body. These are peptides. Today we will consider the importance of peptides for muscle growth.
Peptides - what is it?
Peptides are natural or synthetic substances consisting of amino acids. Variation of compounds is huge, so you can choose a drug for the regulation of any function of the body. Most often peptides are used by athletes for muscle growth and fat burning . Peptides in powerlifting are used as an alternative to steroids. Unlike the latter, peptides are not prohibited by law, they are very difficult to identify in doping tests, since these substances have a small half-life and are removed from the body fairly quickly. And at the same time, these supplements help to increase sports performance, when the body, it would seem, has already done everything that could.
These are not all the positive aspects of using peptides for athletes. First, they can be freely ordered and bought without worrying about criminal prosecution. Secondly, the course of such drugs is much cheaper (several times) the course of anabolic steroids.
After introduction into the body, peptides provoke the production of certain hormones responsible for certain functions of the body. The production of hormones can begin immediately after the administration of the drug, having a maximum at this time. Also there is a kind of peptides that organize the release of hormones into the blood not at a time, but strengthen the peak phases of the activity of the organism itself.
For example, the use of such a substance to increase the concentration of growth hormone can be considered. In the first case, the maximum amount of the hormone in the blood plasma is reached after the administration of the drug, usually within 20 minutes. In the second case, the drug does not knock down the daily cycles of hormone formation, only corrects them. Therefore, the maximum amount will be recorded at night, about an hour after falling asleep.
Therefore, the importance of peptides for the athletes performing is colossal: it is relatively cheap, not monitored on doping control and gives tremendous results when the body has reached its natural maximum. The question is, is it worth using peptides to people who are not involved in a big sport.
Sports nutrition: peptides
Such a substance as peptides has many positive properties and qualities that are actively promoted and introduced into the consciousness of the population. However, absolutely nothing is said about harm and side effects. When deciding to start using sports peptides, you should clearly realize that there are contraindications and side effects in any substance, even in St. John's wort and valerian. Therefore, it is best to consult a doctor before taking such medications and preparing a course. It is with the doctor, not the coach.
It should be taken into account that of the 20 known amino acids it is possible to synthesize a huge number of preparations, each of which will have a different effect on the body. For example, there are peptides for strength, for better recovery, for greater endurance, for fat burning and weight loss. Of course, peptides for women should be different than for men. Because improperly selected sports nutrition can provoke men to throw out estrogen (a female sex hormone) - this is fraught with gynecomastia. And in women, an excess of testosterone leads to excessive growth of hair, a decrease in the tone of the voice and other unpleasant things.
In general, peptides are used in iron sport.
The production of hormones by the body is a very subtle and poorly known direction of medicine, and even an experienced specialist is not immune from the mistakes and undesirable consequences of the use of peptides. In addition, all people are completely different, and what goes well with one can cause serious trouble for another.