[quote]WestCoast7 wrote:
BulletproofTiger wrote:
WestCoast7 wrote:
Chi-Towns-Finest wrote:
I rip bad ass when I eat a lot of veggies.
You should give enzymes a shot for sure then. Ripping nostral blowing farts is a result of undigested meat and veggies sitting around and being broken down by bacteria. The by product of this bacterial interaction is gas. By ingesting enzymes, you will not only help your body break down those foods, but you will also be able to absorb the nutrients from them, rather than having them sit around and produce nasty gas.
I know I sound like an extreme advocate for enzymes, but once you go from the terrible bloating/gas/indigestion I had from massive amounts of protein and veggies, to no digestive problems at all, you will see why I think people should try 'em.
***Here’s my logic. Members of this community like to build above average levels of muscle. In order to build above average amounts of muscle, we must eat above average amounts of protein and veggies. By adding above avergae amounts of enzymes, we allow our bodies to digest these above average amounts of food, to assist in building above average amounts of muscle. Simple. If your adding more construction material (food) why not add more construction workers (enzymes) to assist in the construction?
Our bodies should be able to handle above maintenance levels of calories. Digestion and muscle protein synthesis are SEPARATE processes. Regardless of whether you are simply gaining fat or adding muscle, your body should be digesting the food. If you have a compromised digestive system, then something else is going on, other than just a little stress put on your system from having to process excess cals. That additional stress is negligible compared to the additional stress from other sources (inadequately functioning organs, and/or/due to environmental toxins and chemicals).
Digestive enzymes can/may help, but it’s a bandaid not a solution.
**edit, but by all means, use the digestive enzymes if they help
I get what your saying (and I didn’t say that protein synthesis and digestion are the same), but think about most of the supplements we already take and their actions. We don’t just consume extra protein, we also add extra amino acids among other things to help process it, why not do the same with food?
I’m not saying that digestive enzymes are an absolute must, but I would bet that most people who consume 1.5-2 grams of protein per lb of body weight have either gas/bloating/indigestion problems, so why not assist with the process of digestion rather than wasting the nutrients we are ingesting (because gas and bloating is a sign of that happening).
I know that I do not have a compromised digestive system (straight from the DRs mouth), and I am sure that most of the people in this community who get gas/bloating from consuming above average amounts of protein or veggies don’t either, so I’m not buying your line about organs (agree to disagree). We consume extra protein to help our muscles build, we consume extra supplements to help with that synthesis, we consume extra food to use to build, why not consume extra enzymes to help digest it?[/quote]
As long as we agree on the main point , which is that if you can identify a need for digestive enzymes, then go ahead and take them because they will most likely help, perhaps considerably. I do feel though, that if all you ate was meat and veggies (hopefully grass fed and or organic respectively) as the majority of your diet, then you would not likely have any digestion problems.
Best,
BT