When it comes to diet, the key to sustained weight loss, maximum muscle and strength potential is dependant on the ratio of protein, carbohydrates, and fat that is contained in the food we eat.

Low carbohydrate levels encourage your body to burn fat as an energy source and not store the excess carbohydrates as fat.

Researchers have identified a small protein in liver cells that may help convert excess dietary carbohydrates into fat stores. When quantities of carbohydrates are ingested beyond the body’s energy and nutritional needs, these carbohydrates become a flood of glucose (sugar), and the liver converts the surplus glucose to fat.

A great body is not the result of counting calories, but rather an understanding of the complex hormonal responses that are generated every time we eat.

Insulin is one such hormone. Stimulated by carbohydrates, insulin takes excess ingested carbohydrates and stores it in the body as fat. Insulin locks up stored carbohydrates, preventing its release as energy. Glucagon is a hormone that releases this stored carbohydrate in the form of glucose from the liver. Glucagon production is stimulated by dietary protein.

Protein is essential for overall health, from immune function to muscle tone and strength. The building blocks of the human body are amino acids, the building blocks of all protein. The quality and quantity of the protein is dependant on the amino acids that makeup the protein. The desirable amino acids are contained in such proteins as whey protein isolate, whey protein concentrate, soy protein isolate and milk protein caseinate. Protein Edge™ has a proprietary blend of all the top proteins to ensure the body has the amino acids necessary to build and maintain muscle and immune function.

In summary, high protein intake in ratio to low carbohydrate intake can stimulate the body’s mechanism to burn off stored body fat that otherwise would not be available to burn and contribute to greater strength and increased muscle tone.