[Rataxes]

Violet, why do you insist upon saying there's a difference between "constructed by proteins" and "built-up"? A muscle cannot grow to become either larger or stronger unless additional muscle tissue is being created, tissue that can only be created with protein amino acids as building blocks. This process of the body constructing muscle tissue from proteins is what happens both in growing children and in weight lifters. What you say about proteins being used to "repair" muscles is in a sense true since the decomposition and reconstruction of our muscles is a continuous process, and the primary use of proteins is in this process, but they are also used by the body to create additional muscle tissue when the body sees it fit to expand upon it's muscle mass.

[ 02-26-2005, 08:15 PM: Message edited by: Rataxes ]