Muscle mass rebuilding supplements?

My ability to build and strengthen muscles has gone up and down repeatedly over the past 5 months. Sometimes, I can feel them finally strengthening. Then a few days later, it goes backwards, and it's like they hadn't ever strengthened.

I don't push it – I am not stressing or pushing my muscles. Mostly yoga and swimming. One major correlation I've found is when my gut feels good (i.e. no GI issues), I am stronger. Glutamine also seems to help, though not always.

Does anybody have suggestions for food or supplements or any other methods that can help enable my body to rebuild muscle mass? Just exercising patiently and regularly does not seem to do the trick.

I am on antibiotics. I also eat meat, though not a ton.

I was finally able to accomplished what your trying to do, this is what I'm doing, from my post titled:

"Just worked out with the heaviest weights in 15-20 yrs, twice this week, normal soreness, no pain" -

www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=3837863


["....I'm using two plant based protein powders that are "anti-everything". Both from a.......walmart store! Plant based proteins are usually quite expensive. I compared them with more vitamin store type brands and are just as good, but obviously cost less per protein gram:

1) Purley Inspireded Organic Protien, 100% plant based non - GMO (and not soy or gluten). about $19 for 18 20g servings.

2) Another one in a zip bag; Muscletech six star protien smoothie, similar ingreadiants to above, $10 for 11 15g servings. Both have digestive enzymes and probiotics in them, which might be helping with the "zero gas" effect.

I also use creatine powder.

I'm sure the above is less online.

I can tell a slight difference with or with out these, so they do help. Plus I dont want a lot of meat protein in me all the time. Ive used egg protien powder in the past, that was still better on the gut than milk based or Whey protien but costly...."]

Many protein powders can have inflammatory effects on many people, thats why I used the ones above and I have had good results.

Post Edited (astroman) : 5/14/2017 7:00:25 PM (GMT-6)

Try using Taurine and Creatine mixed together. This is what a lot of the muscle heads use.