Co-Infected and looking to improve muscle mass and overall health.

[redrobot]

-Hi all, I've been co-infected [HIV & HCV] since 1995 and even though my body weight hasn't decreased that much over the years [even when i was doing heroin and smoking like a chimney] my muscle mass has decreased. I lost my job and being really inactive for the past 3 years hasn't help at all.

-For the past 3/4 months I've been trying hard to improve my diet, my overall health and gain a bit of muscle mass. I don't wanna get really buff just improve a little bit.

-My HIV status is UD and HCV/Liver has mild scaring [has been like that for the past 6 years]. Hopefully my Hep.C doctor will start my Hep treatment early next year. New meds makes a cure really promising.

-I've started doing light exercise but I want to step things up a little bit. I've been looking into Whey Protein to help things along. Done a bit a research [here and other sites] and it seems to be the safest option [if you like]. Same articles I've seen in the last few days that suggest Whey Protein actually improves the overall health of HIV and HCV patients.

http://www.usdec.org/files/PDFs/FoodAid/WheyHIVAIDS.pdf

http://www.hepatitiscentral.com/mt/archives/2010/07/why_whey_for_he.html

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3298345/

I'm no expert in any of this .... do you guys think Whey Protein [+ exercise] would help improve my muscle mass ??

I don't wanna take too much of the stuff, maybe 20/30g once a day in a homemade shake. When's the best time to take the protein, morning or after exercises ??

I'd appreciate your input on this.
Thanks in advance.

[mrtoad]

the time to take protein should be 30 minutes following execise, for muscle

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