PRO

PRO is a gel supplement for health and vitality. It is a balanced protein gel that serves a wide variety of nutrition needs for a large number of people. Most people associate protein products with body builders or athletes. But, on the contrary, this balanced protein gel can be beneficial to practically everybody. In effect, it is useful for athletes who want to engage in severe muscle building, for individuals concerned with weight management, or simply for anybody who wants an in-between meal snack.

This gel supplement contains 20 grams of protein in 180 calories, and it is balanced with medium chain triglycerides and fructose to help build muscle and maintain overall body conditioning, all from an inexpensive and easily carried package that actually tastes great.

Muscle Building

Effective muscle protein synthesis requires an adequate supply of a wide variety of amino acids. And, the more aggressive the muscle building or regeneration you are engaged in, the more of a high quality protein source you will need. In this gel supplement, the protein source is whey protein concentrate containing all nine essential amino acids, plus several other nonessential amino acids. Whey protein is easy to digest and gives athletes an edge by metabolizing directly into muscle tissue. It also is an excellent source of leucine, an essential amino acid that helps build lean muscle mass while promoting fat loss.

Weight Management

In the last two decades, there has been an increasing awareness of the long—term health benefits of achieving an optimal body composition (more muscle, less fat). Each year, experts identify more and more disease conditions that are related to being significantly overweight. In an effort to thwart this serious health threat, many health professionals and government agencies are spending hundreds of millions of dollars every year to educate us about the importance of decreasing our excessive consumption of high (but empty) calorie foods, and of increasing the amount of our daily physical activity. We are squarely faced with the global issue of a population that is becoming increasingly sedentary, overfed, and undernourished.

So what do we do about this serious and problematic global health issue? Countless individuals are striving daily to find their own solution to losing those extra pounds, but the "battle of the bulge" can be a very frustrating problem for many.

Researchers across the world have been searching for that "magic formula" that will just melt away the excess fat, but most of the proposed solutions usually contain some sort of artificial stimulant or appetite suppressant such as the infamous phen—phen, or the more commonly used ingredients such as caffeine and ephedrine. These ingredients have resulted in some health related problems that are as life—threatening as the extra body fat itself. In fact, these three popular ingredients have resulted in some significant life—threatening conditions, such as heart valve damage, heart attacks, and strokes.

In reality, the achievement of an optimal body composition requires a series of proactive lifestyle choices. It requires obedience to a simple law of nature balancing the quantity and quality of calories consumed with the quantity of calories burned. In simple terms, we have to eat fewer calories, eat smarter, and move more.

What exactly does it mean to be eating smarter and fewer calories? Why all the "mumbo jumbo?" Calories are a way of measuring the energy potential of a food. Certain foods produce more energy than others when metabolized or "burned" by your cells. Food has three basic components; proteins, carbohydrates and fats, and all three of these components play an important role in sustaining your cellular activities.

In addition, your body metabolizes each of these components differently. Proteins are broken down into smaller building blocks called amino acids, carbohydrates are broken down into energy—rich simple sugars, and fats are broken down into smaller fatty acids. All of these are subsequently taken up into your body to be used as energy or to be incorporated into the appropriate cellular structures.

Because each of these smaller components can be turned into energy, they represent calories. And, in very simple terms, if you consume more calories (proteins, carbohydrates, fats) than your body needs, your body is genetically programmed to store those calories as fat for later use as a means of preparing itself for times of "famine." As you are likely aware, your body has a very efficient way of converting extra calories into stored body fat, especially if you are not getting enough activity or exercise during the day.