Nutrition -HMB

Question 1

What is HMB?

Answer 1

β-Hydroxy β-Methylbutyrate - a metabolite of BCAA - leucine

Question 2

What is the role of HMB?

Answer 2

It is needed by the body to protect and repair muscle tissue
- it’s thought to do this by slowing muscle protein breakdown and speeding protein synthesis, and also by preserving the structural integrity of your muscle cells

Question 3

What is HMB’s role of lean muscle mass and strength?

Answer 3

Suggestions of increasing LMM and strength while suppressing muscle damage

Question 4

What is HMB’s function with anticatabolism?

Answer 4

Minimises protein breakdown and cellular damage with HI

Question 5

What challenges arise with evidence of HMB supplementation?

Answer 5

An explanation of plausible mechanism of action
Supplementation with resistance exercises
Common dosages

Question 6

What are the considerations required for HMB’s mechanism?

Answer 6

What happens with exercise?
Do we need exercise to see a result or is supplementation alone beneficial?
What are the long and short term effects?

Question 7

How much endogenous synthesis occurs each day of HMB?

Answer 7

0.2-0.4g/kg