Eat To Grow: Anabolic Tsunami

After you train, high blood insulin levels increase protein synthesis in your muscles up to 50 percent, and when an abundance of amino acids is available, muscle-building rates can increase a whopping 150 percent above normal. That’s a huge increase in protein synthesis, and the discovery has supplement companies scrambling to produce the ultimate postworkout anabolic elixir with fast carbs and fast proteins, such as hydrolyzed whey.

Other ingredients to look for include arginine, for more glycogen uptake by the muscle cells, methoxyisoflavone, for an increased anabolic kick, and glutamine peptides, for optimal muscle recovery.