If you have read my previous articles about gaining weight, I talked a lot about building muscular weight from using proper workouts and consuming nutritional foods, but barely anything about supplements. This is because different people have different needs and ideas about consuming supplements. However, if you want to see better improvements and build bigger muscles, then you should consider the idea of supplementing your diet.

Firstly, if you want to gain muscle weight, you have to consume enough protein as protein is the basic muscle building food. The problem is that most people do not consume enough protein from their meals and many are afraid of eating too much red meat as the meats contain saturated fats which can make them fat or raise their cholesterol level.

That being the case, the alternative is to take protein supplements. There are many so called protein supplements in the market, but we will only dwell on the fundamentals which are enough to build your muscles. I am talking about whey protein and casein protein.

Whey protein has been around for ages and it is only in the last two or three decades that the value of whey protein has become more widely established, especially in the area of sports and bodybuilding nutrition. It is made up of essential and non-essential amino acids which are the building blocks for healthy bodies and its roles include repairing the body, build and repair muscles and bones, as a source of energy and the control of important processes in the body related to the human metabolism.

Commercial whey protein powders are made to be absorbed quickly into your bloodstream and thus are quickly used up by the body to repair your muscles after a bout of intensive workout. Thus most athletes and bodybuilders consume some whey protein before and after their workouts.

Casein protein works in a somewhat similar way as whey protein except that it is a slow release protein and it enters your bloodstream slowly. That is why casein protein is recommended to be consumed just before going to bed at night so that it can feed your body continuously throughout the night when you are sleeping and not eating anything.

If you are 30 years old and above, you may want to supplement your diet with testosterone and hgh human growth hormone enhancers. This is because as we age, these hormones decline correspondingly.

Why enhancer supplements? This is because hgh human growth hormone and testosterone replacement therapies are very expensive with many possible unwanted side effects and that is why they can only be administered by qualified medical doctors. Whereas the enhancers and made from usually traditional herbs which has virtually almost zero side effects and are readily available over the counter from your neighborhood drugstores. They are called enhancers because the supplement enhances our bodies to produce more of these hormones naturally.

Our bodies need testosterone and growth hormones to function properly and aids in the repairing of cellular tissues such as your muscles. Without these hormones, your muscle building effort will be greatly impeded. Furthermore, both these hormones have many more benefits including slowing down of your aging process, making you stronger, building up your immunity as well as giving you better sex drive and sexual enhancement effect amongst many other benefits.

So if you want to increase your muscle mass to put on weight, then the above are some weight gain supplements you may want to add to your diet and gym workouts to achieve your desirable weight and for optimal health and fitness.