HMB and l-leucine

would taking 5g of l-leucine have the same effect of taking 5g of HMB???

http://forums.steroid.com/supplements/114853-hmb-information.html

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Originally Posted by davieric

http://forums.steroid.com/showthread.php?t=114853

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"HMB is a metabolite of leucine" so basically leucine will break down into HMB??? so yes it will have the same effect?