I gain weight and lost it again in inevitable cycles.
Our body is made up of muscle mass and fat. If you're skinny or Ectomorph It's really a difficult task to get mass, but not impossible. While the majority of the population is busy losing weight. When nothing seems to work for them, they turn to weight gainers or mass gainers. Desi Gym Instructor also have a real fondness for mass gainers and they recommend it without thinking and without any knowledge. However my friends, let me tell you that gainers are an complete waste of money and are just bags full of empty calories. Even if you gain a few kilos It is fat not muscle.
Everyday I receive lot of messages where people ask me which gainer to buy. Which one is the good gainer. My only answer is "Buying gainers is just time and money wastage, nothing else". So my dear friends and readers stop wasting your hard-earned money On Mass Gainers.
What Are Mass Gainers:
Mass gainers or weight gainer are one of the oldest supplements in the market. Almost all the supplement companies make these mass gainers. They marketed under names like- "Mass-Gainers", "Extreme mass gainers" and "weight gainers" "Super Gainer" etc. These companies claim to help people to put on muscle in a short period of time. Since these gainer's per serving cost is less than that of whey protein, few people choose them over the whey protein. A single scoop of a gainer can contain anywhere between 1000-2000 calories with the amount of 30-50 grams of protein and 250-400 grams of carbs. Check our Article: SCIENCE BEHIND FAT LOSS
Gainers and It's Quality of Calories:
There is no doubt that these mass-gainers are an easy source of massive calories, but we need to understand that where do these calories actually come from? If you look at the label of these mass gainer. You will see that the primary ingredient is Maltodextrin. This Malto is nothing but a polysaccharide sugar with the glycemic index (GI) of 100-130, which is in fact, higher than table sugar. Due to this high Glycemic Index, our blood glucose levels will spike and so will insulin and that's not good for our health. Not only this but these weight gainers also contain added corn syrup sugar and various other added flavors to increase per serving calories. All of these are high Glycemic Index (GI) foods. so these are the major cause of insulin spikes in the body. It may give you instant energy, but that won't stay longer, just a empty one.
What are you gaining:
So even if you gain a few kilos of weight, what exactly have you gained, is it Lean muscle or a loaf of fat. In most of the cases, it's just a layer of pure fat around the belly. After the regular use, you will notice that you look worse than before as you hold more fat than muscle. You will look like an overweight guy/girl who hit the gym, you don't really need that many extra calories in a single serving to gain fat. Since you cannot metabolize the extra calories that you are consuming, it is all stored in the form of fat. This is what happens in most of the cases.
In you're really concerned about consuming extra calories and you want those calories to come with quality stuff which can really helps you to gain weight not just fat. You can make your weight gainer shakes at home. Pick some fruits like banana and berries, add peanut butter, oats, milk, eggs or whey protein and blend it in a mixer. Your homemade shake is ready to go with approximately the same amount of calories but with better macros, no added fillers and shooting levels of sugar. For more quality you can also add some seeds like flaxseeds, chia seeds and hempseeds etc. Check our Article: SEEDS & IT'S BENEFITS
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