Ranking Supplements: Whey Protein vs BCAAs vs CLA To Lose Fat And Gain Muscle

How Would You Rank The Importance Of Whey Protein, BCAA, And CLA For Females Who Want To Lose Fat And Gain Muscle?

On today’s episode of Live Lean TV, we’re answering a viewer question who asked, how would you rank the importance of whey protein, BCAA, and CLA for a female that wants to lose fat and gain muscle?

Today’s viewer question is from #AskLiveLeanTV Ep. 022.

Here’s today’s viewer question:

Next question on Twitter from @Akiko0102:

How would you rank the importance of whey protein, BCAA, and CLA for a female that wants to lose fat and gain muscle?

Ranking Supplements: Whey Protein vs BCAAs vs CLA To Lose Fat And Gain Muscle

Jess: I would say whey protein is the highest in importance.

If you can only afford one of these three supplements, I’d recommend getting whey protein only.

BCAAs are important for gaining muscle, especially if you are a hard gainer.

However, BCAAs are also in whey protein naturally, so if you are also taking a BCAA supplement, it goes above and beyond what you’re already getting from whey protein.

I would ditch CLA since I don’t think it’s all that important.

If you’re looking for supplements that you don’t need to take or spend money on, you could get rid of CLA.

In some cases, CLA may help with fat loss, however the most important thing for fat loss is you’re in a slight caloric deficit and you’re doing your workouts.

Brad: Yeah, it sounds like what you want is a body recomp.

If this is the case, whey protein is definitely important, and the BCAAs can be important as well because, as you said, you’re going to be in a slight calorie deficit.

Therefore you want to make sure that you’re actually maintaining and protecting your muscle.

Jess: And not burning into your muscle.

Brad: That’s what the essential amino acids can do.

They will create an ozone layer over your muscles to help protect them when you’re in that slight calorie deficit.

I would go with whey protein and BCAAs, and then I would toss CLA out, if you don’t have it in your budget.

Jess: In the order you listed them in the question, that’s the order of importance.