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Weight Gainers are designed for those
people who require a substantial increase in their daily calorie levels in
order to assist them in gaining weight. It is interesting to note that
those people with a very fast metabolism (those that require more macro
nutrients as their bodies are far more efficient at metabolising them) and
those people with very substantial physical jobs or work loads or even
training schedules that are burning up essential calories, are of course
primary candidates to make good use of an appropriate weight gainer
supplement.
In order to gain weight, it is simple
physiology, that one must be in a positive calorie influx, as appossed, to
a negative calorie balance. In other words you simply need more energy
coming in than you are burning up. Your body will then have to do
something with the excess energy - namely store it throughout the system.
This can lead to increased storage of muscle glycogen, muscle proteins,
intracellular fats etc - all leading to gains in mass.
Weight Gainers also make excellent high
calorie post workout recovery drinks. Excellent choices for consuming a
liquid nutritional support supplement in your unique window of high
absorption opportunity post exercise to really kick start muscle repair,
growth and system recovery.
To constitute a weight gainer, the drink
is normally similar in essence to a Meal Replacement Powder, yet higher in
calories and they do not necessarily have to contain vitamins and
minerals, although they may. They do contain combinations of the major
macro nutrients - protein, carbohydrates and fats. To which balance and
quantity the elements are contained depends grossly upon the manufacturer
and often the manufacturers science and beliefs as to what is effective
for one to gain weight substantially. In other words some products will be
higher in protein and moderate in carbohydrates, and some will be lower in
protein and heavily weighted towards insulin stimulating carbohydrates,
and certain products even highly geared towards a high fat content. It is
not that one science is correct over another, rather, the human body is so
unique and individualised, that one product will work better for one
person than a different product.
You will normally find that the taste
and mixability of weight gainers vary greatly from manufacturer to
manufacturer. This is less to do with quality but rather the result one is
looking for. Some people like a heavy, thick, milkshake type of weight
gain that tastes filling, and is heavy on the stomach giving the fullest
satisfying affect such as when consuming a large hearty meal. Some people,
those naturally thin people, with a fast metabolsim and no appetite, may
prefer a high calorie weight gainer that is very light and liquid like,
that tastes more like flavoured water and doesn't sit in the stomach or
make one feel they have just consumed a meal. Again, there is no relevance
or bearing on this as to which is the better product, only that they are
different for different persons taste.
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