Muscle milk Part 2

Physiology
There is a lot of hype made about muscle milk and what it can do- the fact is that it is simply a drink with a lots of calories. It has no anabolic properties nor is it androgenic. These high calories drinks were first devised to help individuals who were ill in hospital gain weight. And now all of a sudden, the internet is inundated with sites that sell this product; and each and every one of them has exorbitant claims about the product. One can drink all the muscle milk you want but without exercise you will end up being plump.

Muscle milk is just one of the high energy drinks around. There are many others like it. A simple analogy is a milk shake from any of the fast food stores. Muscle milk contains 32 g of protein, 12 g of carbohydrates and about 18 g of fat. This many calories can help the athlete boost his fuel supplies for a few hours during and after exercise.

Many sellers of the muscle milk have further subcategorized the contents of muscle milk as having anti oxidant properties, reversing heart disease, changing body physique, increasing libido, improving endurance, developing better skin, etc, etc- and each and everyone of these claims is scientifically unsubstantiated. Muscle milk does not selectively only increase protein or promote fat loss. The aim of the drink is to supply calories- and when you take more than what you expend, you are bound to gain weight.

There is however, some evidence that individuals who have been drinking high calories drinks have a much faster ability to repair muscle.