The Downside of Between Meal Snacks
Research shows there is a downsize to between meals snacks.
- Refractory Period: Research demonstrated Muscle Protein Synthesis is optimized when meals are consumed every 4 - 5 hours; which produce an anabolic “Muscle Building” effect.
Analogy
Muscles are like sponges. When the sponge is dry, it absorbs a greater amount of water. When the sponge is soaked with water, it absorbs nothing or next nothing.
Muscles respond the same. As with a dry sponge, muscle are most receptive to Muscle Protein Synthesis when they are “Dry” and ready to absorb amino acids rather when the muscle is “Soaked” in amino acids, unable to absorb them.
- Fat Burning Restriction: Between meal snack do not increase your fat burning metabolism; it shuts it down.
Between meals snacks increase insulin production. Insulin shut down the fat burning process.
- Increased Fat Burning: Skipping between meal snacks minimizes insulin and increases the fat burning hormones: norepinephrine, glucagon and a few others.
Kenny Croxdale