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Daily Pro Dessert is a great-tasting protein you can enjoy pretty much anytime during the day to help ensure you get the amount of protein needed in your diet*. One common time to consume this protein is before bed. Protein shakes work to build muscles and come with extra benefits when taken before bed.
Protein provides muscles with necessary nutrients and support the repair and growth of tissues after intense workout sessions*. Taking this protein shake before bed can be an excellent way to improve muscle size, strength, and even fat loss*.
Benefits Of Taking A Protein Shake Before Bed
The ‘Dietary Guidelines for Americans’ states that an individual’s daily calorie consumption should be something between 10-35% proteins. The rule of thumb recommends 0.5g protein consumption per pound-body weight. But for those into resistance exercises and strength training, they should take in more proteins to compensate for this extra tissue breakdown of muscles. Any deficits in your daily protein intake can be compensated by taking protein shakes.
1) Building and Preserving Muscles*
Taking a protein shake before bed can improve Muscle Protein Synthesis (MPS) throughout the night*. MPS is the biochemical process responsible for building muscles. Muscles will continuously go through a series of MPS and Muscle Protein Breakdown (MPB). Long hours of strength training accelerate MPB. Consuming protein before bed can help maintain a positive balance during MPB*, which is necessary for building muscles*.
Overnight, the MPS cycle may reduce significantly, giving a chance for MBP. But if you take in this protein before getting to bed*, it may improve the chance of your building and preserving muscles at rest*. Proteins are made up of amino acids (the building blocks), and intense workouts can reduce the amino acid levels in your body*. So, if you are not compensating for this deficiency with a high-protein diet, taking a protein shake before bed is the perfect alternative*.
2) Supporting Energy/Athletic Performance*
Taking protein before bed can enhance your athletic performance*. Pre-sleep protein can improve power and strength*; hence protein before bed can support your endurance during a workout*. Protein in the form of protein shake can support skeletal muscle adaptive response after training*.
Skeletal muscle adaptive response indicates enhanced stamina for resistance training and intense workouts*. Protein before bed can help the body in muscle reconditioning and repair, resulting in improved strength and muscle mass*.
3) Supporting Fat Loss*
Taking protein before bed can help with burning calories overnight*. Aside from promoting Muscle Protein Synthesis, taking a protein shake also heightens metabolic activity*, as the body requires more energy for the absorption and digestion of proteins you took before going to bed*. More energy consumption burns extra calories, which can result in accelerated fat loss*.
If you are looking forward to burning fat*, note that you should reduce the calorie intake level compared to your body’s needs*. Do not exceed these limits with a pre-sleep protein shake. The amount of calorie consumption is proportional to the individual’s height, gender, age, and body’s metabolic activity*. Furthermore, protein can suppress the hormone ghrelin, which is responsible for feeling hungry and stimulates the hormone leptin*. Leptin is a satiety hormone, helping you feel full longer, serving your best fat loss interests*.
4) Improved Sleep Quality
Consuming protein before bed can help sleep quality by introducing the amino acid tryptophan into the body*. Tryptophan stimulates the production of the sleep-inducing hormone, melatonin, and happy hormone, serotonin*.
To get maximum benefits from tryptophan, you can add some carbs in your shake.
The slow-digestion of protein overnight favors muscle protein synthesis, which can result in building muscle*. A pre-sleep protein shake can also improve sleep quality* which might just jumpstart you for the next day*.
As with all supplements, check with your doctor before beginning a supplement routine.
Here are the ingredients in our Daily Pro Dessert Cinnamon Swirl Milkshake as you can see on the label below…
