Bigger Leaner Stronger: The Simple Science of Building the Ultimate Male Body

by Michael Matthews

Anabolism is a metabolic process in an organism by which energy is used to make more complex substances (such as tissue) from simpler ones (such as proteins).

Catabolism is the metabolic process by which more complex substances (such as proteins) are broken down into simpler ones (such as amino acids), together with the release of energy.

Insulin is a hormone made in the pancreas and released into the blood when you eat food.

Insulin causes muscles, organs, and fat tissue to absorb and use or store the nutrients from food.

Saturated fat is a type of fat that’s solid at room temperature and found in many animal and some plant sources, including meat, cream, cheese, butter, lard, coconut oil, cottonseed oil, and palm kernel oil. Unsaturated Fat Unsaturated fat is a type of fat that’s liquid at room temperature and found in many plant and some animal sources, including avocado, nuts, vegetable oils, and fish.

trans fatty acid is a type of unsaturated fatty acid that’s uncommon in nature and usually created artificially.