BCAA Review

[WillBrink]

Absolutely, the article does state that leucine only does any good when used correctly in combination with protein.

I remain skeptical that's a thing and no studies to date have adjusted for all the possible confounders and variables to show it as far as I know.

[WillBrink]

For the non scientists, as I have been saying a while now. Worth reading as it's not a third party write up, but written by primary researchers in the field:

"Under very similar lab conditions to the latter whey study, we gave a similar group of male subjects 5.6g of BCAAs following a session of lifting weights – the equivalent to 20g of whey. The resulting protein synthesis response was only about 22% – or about half what would be achieved with the equivalent dose of whey."

Full article:

https://theconversation.com/bcaa-sup...-muscles-84411