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Episode 29: Appetite, energy, wakefulness and stress resilience are dietarily linked to Branch-Chain Amino Acids you drink in post-workout shakes.
Doc Williams explains why you should drink your protein shake, even if you skip the gym.
Orexin is the root word in “anorexia”, meaning no appetite. Thus, orexin governs appetite and can be stimulated/satisfied by consuming Branch Chain Amino Acids found in post-workout protein shakes.
Orexin also causes you to wake up as well as your response to life-threatening trauma; the gusto to face the day.
The Mindshift Method is an integrative health concept, so the course teaches the link between orexin and diet, energy, response to stress, hormone replacement therapy, mixed martial arts conditioning and muscle mass:
