Exercise Physiologist
In the first instance it may be worth checking with your medical practitioner to rule our any pathology/ies that may be impacting on your ability to gain weight such as overactive thyroid.
Moving on to the training side of things, there has been some good research advocating leucine as the amino acid of choice. This helps to stimulate a post-training pathway (MTOR) that leads to protein resynthesis. Rather than focusing purely on caloric intake, it is important to also consider the timing & type of calories consumed, especially relative to your resistance training sessions. Of course this is assuming that you are performing resistance training which is essential in increasing the amount of lean muscle mass.
Good luck,
Brad
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to your account or now (it's free).I am 30yr old female i can relate to yr question very well as do i suffer from the same problem,I have recently been told it may be OVER WORKED THYROIDS as well as a fast metasolisem,
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Having worked with professional athletes I can give you some tips on how to put on weight using food first. The most important thing to remember is that if your current diet is not adequate enough to meet your needs for muscle growth, taking a supplement will not work.
Below are my five tips on how to put on more weight:
Tip 1 - Increasing energy intake
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Hi, In addition to Chris' great comments, I would agree that it would be worth going to your GP and getting your thyroid hormones tested as this may be having an impact. Hyperthyroidism (when your body over produces thyroid hormones) can increase your metabolism, meaning that you burn food very quickly.
Hope this helps!
Melanie
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