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+ 4 Hormones in the body and getting the most out of the day

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ok, so a lot of people here are knowledgeable on Anabolics and training. but at the same time many don't understand or are scrambling helpless in the dark when it comes to hormones and diet.

If you can understand how the body works, producing hormones through out the day, you can build the perfect diet and make it work for you.

i will be breaking down the day like this:

-Waking/ Breakfast

-Mid day

-After noon

-Night/sleep

So let get the day rolling. When you wake up your body has three (3) curtail hormones active. The first to spike is cortisol. Cortisol, beyond controlling stress, triggers a breakdown of tryglisorides into free fatty-acids. Allowing the metabolism to start a process known as lipolysis. UMMMM ok? so why to i care. well at the same time your insulin levels are low, but very sensitive. so if you dont fuck with these hormones you can force your body to burn more fat. so dont eat ASAP when you wake up. give your self roughly 1-2hrs to allow cortistol levels to drop. this may mean you have to wake up a tad early or what not but it is worth it. it is hard to not eat tho, since at this time gherlin is realesed which make you hungry so some things are ok, such as protein. but carbs, even low -GI carbs will spike your insulin levels and stop cortisol from doing its job, then you also end up messing up another important thing GH. see once your Cortisol drops your Growth levels Spike about 1-2hrs after waking. this would be the ideal time to eat your first meal. Also what does this mean when you are pre contest or really trying to get in those single digits? well it means do some cardio. your body is already in a fat burning mode so do cardio and accelerate fat burning. normally in precontest or in the summer, i will take MCT oil or any quick acting fat before cardio just to help my body heat up and burn extra, then take Green Coffee bean before my first meal. I dont want to get into supps in this article too much, i will save that for another day.

Mid day 11-3ish

There really isnt anything special or interesting going on at this time. Your body is still sensitive to insulin but there isnt anything you can do to really "work" with your hormones, because there arent many right now. here is where i like to get the majority of my clean carbs in (low-GI).

After noon 4-7pm

At this time your body is pumping with hormones. that help build muscle such as testosterone. but you are the least sensitive to insulin at this time. Well insulin is a growth factor? right? well wouldn't i want to be sensitive?
YES!! but to make your body sensitive you must induce Glut response and break down muscle fiber, thus depleting your glycogen stores. therefore this is the best time to workout. when you cause this type of response you are allowing your body to become sensitive. but it is not like normal insulin sensitivity. the carbs you take in will directly be stored in the muscle not the fat cells. this time is also ideal to eat a good hardy meal because you have a lot of test in your body and it is being use to build and create new muscle. so feed the machine!! so lets say you workout at in this time frame you would want a good meal before training, with little to no carbs, that way you dont spike insulin and interfere with Glut response during your workout. right after you also want a good quick protein shake that your muscles can use right away. the best type to use would be a isolate or a hydrolyzed whey. they are the most bio available and can be used the quickest. DO NOT EAT CARBS within the few minutes after training. it will cause your growth levels to drop and your body wont use them the way you want. so pretty much all those PWO carb/protein shakes are retarded. im not 100 percent sure why this happens if anyone can chime in pls do. 30min -hr after your last set is when you want to take in a good amount of carbs. but you want quick acting carbs HIGH GI carbs. they will spike your insulin levels and re-fill your glycogen stores allowing you to grow and get the most out of your insulin.

Night time/sleep
at this time 7pm-?. you begin to produces growth hormone and continue to do so until the morning which is where it spikes. at this time you want to take advantage of this fact. if you worked out around 4-7/8ish only have the high GI carb meal and limit your carbs after that. by eating low-GI carbs right before bed you are interfereing with the growth hormones in your body by keeping your insulin levels elevated for a longer period of time. Low GI carbs keep insulin elevated for a long time but do not cause it to spike. this is why HIGH HI carbs are best right after your workout, they spike and drop quick. thus not interfering with the hormones being produced at night.

SOOOOOO thats about it. i know some may disagree with what i said in some parts. but you can use the knowledge of when hormones spike and when they are the most potent in the body to adjust your own routine. of course we cant all work out at 4-7 but you can plan your meals accordingly to what is going on with your hormones to get the most out of your day.

BigLuke's picture

Interesting read. I'm trying to learn a little more about the effect of cortisol during pct.

Kasinova's picture

Hey, does this still hold true if you have a really irregular sleep cycle? Or is it all dependent on when you wake up, or whatever time zone your body is most accustomed to?

Deadlifter85's picture

The books Protein Power and The Paleo Solution talk extensively about this topic. They are excellent reads and changed my life. Id highlynreccommend reading them if you are interested in eating to control hormones. It is a very powerful thing and I base my training and eating around natural hormonal production.

JBsuperman's picture

These books sound interesting, I will have to look for them.

GearBelly's picture

Good post interesting

kodiakGRRL's picture

this was pretty interesting .. someone give the man a point for me

snuka2012's picture

I thought it was an interesting post as well, but it seems to be posted in off topic so you can't give a point. Maybe it should be moved under a training, nutrition forum.