Episode Highlights With Angelo
- What essential amino acids are and important things to know about them
- Why protein is fundamentally different than the other two macronutrients
- What happens when we don't have the right building blocks when raw materials in the body need to be replaced
- We are made up of proteins — the half that isn’t water is made up of proteins
- Essential amino acids are the amino acids that it can’t synthesize
- The body can convert essential amino acids into non-essential if needed but not vice versa
- What a meta-analysis showed last year on how much more beneficial EAA are than either dietary protein or even protein powder
- The results of EAA in aging women and being able to add muscle in a few months just by taking essential amino acids
- Why EAA can still be beneficial even if you are eating a high-protein diet
- How to overcome the anabolic muscle loss from aging
- The way to lose more weight from fat and maintain as much muscle as possible
- How this relates to aging and how EAA can slow aging
- We don't digest protein as well as we age, and as we age, we aren't as sensitive to new protein synthesis
- For someone who is 60, 3g of EAA will have 6x the impact of 20 grams of whey protein
- Surprisingly, there are a lot of women-specific studies on essential amino acids and what they say
- Why these amino acids might be especially impactful during perimenopause and menopause in women
- Stress has a very negative impact on protein synthesis and so does sleep!
- What diet-induced thermogenesis is and how this is positive
- The more muscle you have, the better metabolic health you will have
- Muscle absorbs glucose when we consume it, so the more muscle, the more carbohydrates we can use in a healthy way
- Neurotransmitters are amino acids or metabolites of amino acids, so essential amino acids can have a beneficial effect on mood and mental health
- The particular benefit of leucine and how it can help recovery and fatigue
- The upper limits for essential amino acids (it’s really high)
- Adhering to a health regimen is more important than trying to perfect one
- Tips for improving lean muscle with age
- How to use EAA in a short-term weight loss phase or for recovery
- The ideal way to use EAA related to exercise for the most effect
- A formula for figuring out the right ratio of the essential amino acids
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