P R O T E I N - Part One

                                                                       So lads and ladies, what the F**k are we going to discuss today, you guessed it right….the mother of all things sacred to bodybuilders…PROTEIN! Now what the f**k is protein anyways?

Any high school graduate can blurt the definition out….a layman’s definition of protein would be, a substance that has amino acids, compounds with carbon, hydrogen ,oxygen, nitrogen and sometimes sulphur and is found in many of the shit one eats. Well they are one of the three Macro nutrients which your body needs.

Well most of us are in a quandary about how much protein should we consume in order to live a healthy life and most important to build a drool worthy physique. And the poor vegetarians are like do I have to be a savage to indulge in bodybuilding. Well non vegetarians are not savages, mind you….just not sensitive enough to be called vegetarians. You know what I mean? Everybody is entitled to an opinion. That was mine. 

What disturbs most muscle builders is, are they taking the right amount of this heavenly nectar, are they just wasting their time in the gym. As I said earlier most of their works outs are directed towards getting the most of male attention. It’s going to take more than those bulging biceps to woo a woman. I mean an intelligent woman. I guess I am heading off course.

Now back to proteins. Foods that contain all of the essential amino acids are called complete proteins. And the ones which have traces of them are called complementary proteins.

Complete proteins can be obtained from animal sources and complementary can be obtained from plants. If used in certain combinations complete protein can be obtained from plants as well. 

Protein is necessary...I have heard it from every numb nut I have encountered in my gym. But why is it necessary. Well here’s your answer dumb f**k proteins are a part of every cell, tissue and fluid in our bodies. They are the building blocks of life. Our body uses 22 different amino acids and there are a few which the body cannot make in required amounts…which we call the essential amino acids. To get them in right proportions a protein rich diet is essential.

You need it for digestion, metabolism and for the production of antibodies to fight infection. The magical substance comprises 10% of your brain, 20% of your heart, liver and skeletal muscles. It is also essential for regulating your enzymes, hormones and neurotransmitters. Your body needs 22 different types of amino acids to function properly. An adult can synthesise 13 of those within the body, these are non-essential amino acids. The rest 9 must be obtained from food sources, these are essential amino acids. It’s these essential amino acids that derive the classification of protein as either complete or incomplete (to be continued)