Oh don't worry about long posts, that's my thing!,lol
Taking supplements at night does have its advantages when you think about whats it's doing while your sleep. Understanding that our body is repairing/recovering itself seems pretty cool, Simply put, it's like going to the all night repair shop,lol.
If your talking about the powder formulas, the process to stimulate muscle protein synthesis begans immediately after your workout. It makes sense for daily consumption am/pm, it's pretty hard to go to sleep after a workout considering all the adrenaline going on,lol
(05-01-2014, 06:12 PM)ELLACRAIG Wrote: So ... are you better and have more powerful effects by taking the isolated aminos on their own (in a lower dosage) or taking the protein powder at night with a much higher dosage but all the others included
Estimating the daily requirement for the indispensable amino acids has proven to be difficult; these numbers have undergone considerable revision over the last 20 years.
http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential_amino_acid (Check out the chart of recommended daily amounts)
Taking sublingually at night works with your GH-growth hormone, I take (Arginine 2000mg total) am/pm. The secretion of growth hormone (GH) in the pituitary is regulated by the neurosecretory nuclei of the hypothalamus.
http://www.sleepfoundation.org/article/h...-you-sleep
Quote:Essential amino acids are "essential" not because they are more important for protein synthesis or general homeostasis than the others, but because the body does not synthesize them.
The distinction between essential and non-essential amino acids is somewhat unclear, as some amino acids can be produced from others. The sulfur-containing amino acids, methionine and homocysteine, can be converted into each other but neither can be synthesized de novo in humans. Likewise, cysteine can be made from homocysteine but cannot be synthesized on its own. So, for convenience, sulfur-containing amino acids are sometimes considered a single pool of nutritionally equivalent amino acids as are the aromatic amino acid pair, phenylalanine and tyrosine. Likewise arginine, ornithine, and citrulline, which are interconvertible by the urea cycle, are considered a single group.
http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential_amino_acid
Myself, I'm lazy, so give me the frikken pill,lol......but we haven't even mentioned Brached Chained Amnio Acids, so I'll shut up for now, lol