Weight gainer

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Weight gainers are dietary supplements that (mainly in bodybuilding ) are supposed to help people gain weight.

properties

Weight gainers are suitable for people of the ectomorphic (slim) type or hard gainers who have little body fat, but have problems building weight due to their fast metabolism . Compared to normal food, the composition is rich in energy and consists - depending on the formulation - predominantly of carbohydrates and a lower proportion of proteins as well as fats , vitamins and trace elements . The excess energy is stored partly as glycogen and partly as neutral fat . The high energy content in individual, high-energy weight gainer preparations can lead to an increased build-up of fatty tissue if consumed regularly . Incorrectly, the resulting weight increase is by some athletes in weight training with an increase in muscle Gainer Weight-intake placed in sequence in the connection.

Due to the high carbohydrate content, weight gainers are sometimes used to (re) build up short-term energy stores. Consuming these products without exercising leads to an increase in fat tissue. If the carbohydrate stores in the muscles and in the liver are emptied during training, proteins and fats are also used for energy production in parallel to gluconeogenesis . In the course of weight gain, the carbohydrate stores can be refilled by weight gainers in addition to gluconeogenesis. Without training, excess energy from a high-energy diet (also with the help of weight gainers) is used to build up adipose tissue.

Unproven health claims have been prohibited in the European Union since 2007 ( Health Claims Regulation ).

literature

• Lee Gold: Eat Up !: The Healthy Weight Gain Cookbook. Lothian, 2002. ISBN 9780734403957 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kimberly Mueller, Josh Hingst: The Athlete's Guide to Sports Supplements. Human Kinetics, 2013. ISBN 978-0736093699 .
2. ↑ Heather Hedrick Fink, Lisa A. Burgoon, Alan E. Mikesky: Practical Applications In Sports Nutrition. 2nd edition, Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2008. ISBN 978-0763754945 .
3. ↑ Jeremy M. Berg, John L. Tymoczko, Lubert Stryer : Biochemistry. 5th edition. Freeman, New York 2002, ISBN 0-7167-4684-0 , available online from the NCBI Bookshelf.
4. ↑ Robert Schmidt: Physiology of humans. MIT pathophysiology (Springer textbook) . 29th edition. Springer, 2014, ISBN 978-3-540-21882-1 .

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