Description
- Stimulates muscle growth
- Accelerate muscle recovery
- Increase energy
- Improves protein absorption
- Reduce muscle fatigue
These amino acids are essential for building and maintaining muscle mass. BCAAs make up a third of muscle protein and consist of three essential amino acids - leucine, isoleucine and valine. They are very important because our body is not able to produce them on its own, so we have to ingest them through food and supplements. Of these three amino acids, leucine has the greatest physiological advantage for protein synthesis, while isoleucine improves glucose absorption in cells. Valine accelerates muscle recovery, regenerates tissue and restores nitrogen balance.
This is a very important supplement for all athletes, because BCAAs pass through the liver and go directly into the bloodstream, which enables rapid absorption in the muscles. The use of BCAAs can also reduce the level of lactic acid in the muscles after training, reduces muscle fatigue and helps in the absorption of other amino acids. They also help the body absorb proteins. Deficiency of one of these amino acids causes loss of muscle mass. Cortisol (a stress hormone) level decreases with BCAA intake immediately after training, and high levels of cortisol lead to muscle loss.
These BCAAs have both anabolic and anticatabolic properties due to their ability to greatly increase protein synthesis, and to release hormones such as growth hormone (GH) and insulin, and contain a healthy relationship between testosterone and cortisol. BCAAs prevent protein breakdown and muscle loss especially during periods when we are consuming small amounts of calories. You can use BCAAs before or during training, because muscles use BCAAs as energy during training. A study conducted at the University of North Carolina showed that for people who use BCAAs, the risk of obesity is reduced by 3-30%. Based on the results of this research, we can conclude that regular branched-chain amino acid supplementation also helps control body weight and prevent obesity.Usage: Mix one scoop (7g) with 300-500ml of water before, during or after training.
You can see the complete table of nutritional values HERE
