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Most people find time for the priorities in their lives and for fun things that they enjoy, but when these take over their lives, they find little or no space for recreation, activities, exercise. Studies show that physical activity is a significant part of a balanced and healthy lifestyle. Protein plays a major role in building and maintaining muscle mass.
• Physical activity reduces the risk of developing coronary heart disease. It improves the mental health, and reduces the stress, anxiety, and depression and the risk of obesity. • Studies have shown that soy protein, a high quality protein supports formation of lean body mass. • Soy protein enhances muscle recovery and helps reduce muscle inflammation that frequently occurs with intensive training programs. • Studies have shown that athletes consuming soy protein will reduce body fat and increase lean body mass. • Nutritionists and coaches recommend healthful diets with 3 meals and several snacks over the day. More recently supplements such as energy bars with soy protein are used to augment protein and nutrient intakes. • Soy protein is a high quality complete protein and contains all of the essential or indispensable amino acids in quantities required to support protein synthesis in the human body including formation and repair of lean muscles. • Soy protein contains higher levels of the conditionally essential amino acids, arginine and glutamine. These amino acids may be needed during physiological stress such as training. Arginine promotes anabolic (building) activity of muscle that results in muscle formation. • The soy protein branched chain amino acids (BCAA)-leucine, isoleucine and valine-are used as an energy source during exercise. • Soy protein containing natural occurring isoflavones is an excellent source of antioxidants for enhancing human health. This antioxidant capability can help in reducing muscle soreness and fatigue following exercise, therefore speeding up muscle recovery and ultimately enhancing muscle performance. • Soy protein promotes cardiovascular health by lowering total and LDL cholesterol and improving vascular wall flexibility. • 'Reduced' or 'Low' fat foods are not necessarily low calorie foods. They may contain extra amount of other ingredients i.e., sugar and carbohydrates. You always need to check the calorie content.
• A 30 minutes of moderate physical activity per day is recommended to achieve a good health. |