Branched-chain amino acids and muscle protein synthesis in humans: myth or reality?

[CMB]

This will be my last post in this thread.

The idea behind BCAA supplementation is to help retain a positive nitrogen balance and replace used BCAAs lost through exercise. This, in theory, promotes an anabolic environment as well as enhancing performance.

On a side note, I don't enjoy pulling up conflicting evidence on issues similar to these as we can go back and forth all day finding studies that both support and disprove certain supplements. Indeed, supplement studies are notoriously all over the spectrum which just makes the truth unclear.

The link I provided is a study pertaining to bodybuilding and relevant to this board

https://www.nutritionexpress.com/art...icle.aspx?id=7

Cheers!

[tarmyg]

This will be my last post in this thread.

The idea behind BCAA supplementation is to help retain a positive nitrogen balance and replace used BCAAs lost through exercise. This, in theory, promotes an anabolic environment as well as enhancing performance.

On a side note, I don't enjoy pulling up conflicting evidence on issues similar to these as we can go back and forth all day finding studies that both support and disprove certain supplements. Indeed, supplement studies are notoriously all over the spectrum which just makes the truth unclear.

The link I provided is a study pertaining to bodybuilding and relevant to this board

https://www.nutritionexpress.com/art...icle.aspx?id=7

Cheers!

That is not a study but an article written at, out of all places, a place selling supplements. I mean, really? The idea as you wrote above has been shown to not hold much water. It can of course not be proven wrong as that is impossible but all evidence at this time points to it not being helpful.