What is the best vitamin to take to build your body?

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I wouldn't think there is any vitamin to take to Build Muscle, But some friends of mine and myself drink whey protein drinks and they are supposed to build muscle,And I will say that in just a week I saw results but you have to drink them everyday, and they also make you want to work out longer, I guess because they give you energy.. eat a lot of high protein foods..and I also heard that eating raw eggs will do the trick but that is gross and could possibly make you sick...so good luck, I'm not a body builder but I just told you what i know and what i have heard.

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I don't think that there are any vitamin that can increase muscle mass either,but there are vitamins that can help you digest more protein, carbohydrates, and fat which can help your uptake of more of those nutrients to help build bigger muscle and help you to recover. I take these vitamins call The Greatest Vitamin in the World which contains whole food vitamins (not synthetic), chelated minerals(most abscorbic), probiotics (critical for the body's health), and enzymes (critical in digesting food) all jam pack in one single capsule that you can take everyday to help stay strong and lean. I also do weight training and I use protein powders along with these incredible vitamins to help me build bigger muscles and my results are amazing. These vitamin nutritionally support the entire body in all areas of the body.

a friend of mine has used a supplement named "Branched Chain Amino Acids" and I saw the results.

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There isn't a single vitamin that will help you build muscle. The creation of new muscle mass takes a while and it is a fairly long chemical chain to get from food to muscle. I personally use Animal Pak for all my vitamin needs. They have every possible vitamin and mineral your body can need in them and they come in a handy little pack. As far as the above mentioned "Branched Chain Amino Acids", they are more commonly referred to as BCAA's and are also quite crucial in building muscle.

You can't just increase one element in the muscle building chain. You can increase your protein, but if you don't increase your amino acids, you aren't going to be able to process all of the new protein you're taking in. If you don't take the correct vitamins, you won't be able to produce the essential amino acids you need to break down all the protein you are taking in. If you don't supplement yourself correctly with some of the non-essential amino acids such as glutamine, you will lose all the muscle you put on in only a few days.

The most basic, old school stack for packing on lean pounds of muscle is very simple. A multivitamin (I use Animal Pak), BCAA's (VERY inexpensive), creatine (I use creatine ethyl ester), glutamine (cheap...), and a decent protein shake (I use Optimum Nutrition whey).

Hope that helps out.

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