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Branched-chain amino acids and muscle protein synthesis in humans: myth or reality?
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Many discussions highlight findings from the publication, such as the claim that BCAAs alone do not promote muscle growth, with users emphasizing phrases like 'save your money' and 'BCAAs = useless'. The choice of words and tone reveals a mix of skepticism and urgency to inform others, reflecting the communal desire for evidence-based practices in nutrition and fitness.
The majority of discussions indicate a strong consensus that BCAAs do not effectively stimulate muscle protein synthesis.
Many participants express high interest, often referencing scientific findings and meta-analyses related to the topic.
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Participants perceive significant implications of this research, particularly regarding the fitness industry and supplement recommendations.
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- BCAAs (branched-chain amino acids) include leucine, valine, and isoleucine, and there is a multimillion-dollar supplement industry promoting their effectiveness in stimulating muscle protein synthesis.
- Research suggests that the claimed anabolic response from BCAAs alone is overstated, as the theoretical increase in muscle protein synthesis is based on flawed assumptions about protein breakdown and synthesis.
- No strong evidence exists showing that BCAAs alone enhance muscle protein synthesis in humans; in fact, intravenous studies have indicated that BCAAs may reduce both muscle protein synthesis and breakdown, leading to a catabolic state.
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Most liked on X and BlueskyBCAA’s just don’t work. Period (so quit wasting your money on them): https://t.co/a71KSpg046 I realize this might sound jaded coming from a guy owning a supplement company that sells a far superior alternative (EAA’s)...
BCAAが筋タンパク質合成を促進するか? https://t.co/iSWfZm7diK こちらのレビューでは、BCAA単体摂取だと必須アミノ酸バランスの不均衡により筋タンパク質合成を促進するどころか減少させると結論づけられています。 筋タンパク質合成を高める為には全EAAを利用できる状態が必要とのことです。 https://t.co/N0yTf9eEKa
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"The availability of the other EAAs will rapidly become rate limiting for accelerated protein synthesis." "We conclude that dietary BCAA supplements alone do not promote muscle anabolism." https://t.co/houWCoyvB9
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Branched-chain amino acids and muscle protein synthesis in humans: myth or reality? Dale Fink Jr. NP, SM Robert R. Wolfe Additional article information Associated Data Availability Statement ⭐️The branched chain amino acids (BCAAs) are leucine, valine and isoleucine. A https://t.co/mCLcm0VyQO
Esse é só mais um dos inúmeros suplementos que prometem muito e entregam pouco ou nada! Se a área que vou atuar é nutrição esportiva, não poderia deixar de trazer pra vocês. DOI: 10.1093/jn/xaa414 DOI: 10.1186/s12970-017-0184-9
A recent meta-analysis shows this: It was revealed that there were ZERO human studies in which BCAAs alone were responsible for more efficient protein synthesis OR improved athletic performance Linked here: https://t.co/4RmEIy20c5
RT @mackinprof: BCAA = useless - need more evidence? Read here from protein khan Dr. Robert R. Wolfe: https://t.co/CyUuCpr9qA https://t.co/…
@REV_Insulin_Res The studies that support my argument - https://t.co/92AzubIYAE https://t.co/dLrOhZLJnP https://t.co/Eb4dHB5IVG https://t.co/vKeYQBlOgB
@iTrismegistus @MichaelKantro Liquid dinner?
Article information J Int Soc Sports Nutr. 2017; 14: 30. Published online 2017 Aug 22. doi: 10.1186/s12970-017-0184-9 PMCID: PMC5568273 PMID: 28852372 Robert R. Wolfe University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Corresponding author. Received 2017 Feb 17; Accepted
@yszkygg @theWilQ ogolnie bcaa napewno nie zaszkodzi ale tu masz badania https://t.co/ZaPhVCRkD8
...was found much lower compared to MPS response upon ingestion of whey which suggests tht whole protein sources having all EAAs score over BCAAs even in triggering MPS. Hence concluded, BCAAs alone are not enough for growth/maintenance of muscle mass. https://t.co/0wCmEqvY5m
@kammarstrateg Den här artikeln satte sista spiken i BCAA/EAA-debatten. BCAA är inte tillräckligt för att optimalt stimulera muskelproteinsyntesen, du behöver fler essentiella aminosyror än bara de grenade (leucin, isoleucin och valin). https://t.co/vcHxezyLTh
BCAAs to get jacked? Well ... https://t.co/xabwAeyaMv and https://t.co/u41cdA5CV2 #fitness #training #lifting https://t.co/atsNEgLTjC
@10mill10ar Studier viser at så lenge man får tilstrekkelig med protein i spisevinduet vil det ikke påvirke kroppen negativt. Noen anbefaler BCAA-tilskudd, vær obs da det kan bryte fasten og gir bare 3/9 EAA for en optimal proteinsyntese og virker mot sin hensikt (https://t.co/ac7cVDO4VY)
Suplementacion con BCAAS La síntesis proteica aumentó en un 22% a diferencia de los que no tomaron nada,sin embargo, fue 50% menos la síntesis proteica que los que se suplementario con alguna fuente de proteína que contenía la misma cantidad de bcaas.
RT @mackinprof: @DrMaxGowland Leucine is key the other BCAA compete with all the same receptors for uptake and entry into cells. Best to ea…
RT @mackinprof: @DrMaxGowland Leucine is key the other BCAA compete with all the same receptors for uptake and entry into cells. Best to ea…
@DrMaxGowland Leucine is key the other BCAA compete with all the same receptors for uptake and entry into cells. Best to eat Leu on top of protein or EAA blend, but BCAA can't (especially when alone) support protein synthesis: https://t.co/t8cLNtCGG3
RT @Jeukendrup: FREE download: BCAA and MPS in humans: Myth or reality? - Robert Wolfe https://t.co/hYufjhDr5O https://t.co/aIQ2bDPdxI
RT @Jeukendrup: FREE download: BCAA and MPS in humans: Myth or reality? - Robert Wolfe https://t.co/hYufjhDr5O https://t.co/aIQ2bDPdxI
Sporcularda dallı zincirli aminoasit(BCAA) takviyesi kullanımı popüler iken güncel literatür özellikle kas protein sentezi için BCAA takviyesi kullanımını önermiyor. Basitçe, bu takviye ile kas kütlesinde anlamlı artış sağlayan bir çalışma mevcut değil. https://t.co/u1aY0B8nSs
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RT @drcodyhaun: "The availability of the other EAAs will rapidly become rate limiting for accelerated protein synthesis." "We conclude tha…
RT @Jeukendrup: FREE download: BCAA and MPS in humans: Myth or reality? - Robert Wolfe https://t.co/hYufjhDr5O https://t.co/A8jQJRZngU
RT @Jeukendrup: FREE download: BCAA and MPS in humans: Myth or reality? - Robert Wolfe https://t.co/hYufjhDr5O https://t.co/A8jQJRZngU
RT @Jeukendrup: FREE download: BCAA and MPS in humans: Myth or reality? - Robert Wolfe https://t.co/hYufjhDr5O https://t.co/A8jQJRZngU
RT @Jeukendrup: FREE download: BCAA and MPS in humans: Myth or reality? - Robert Wolfe https://t.co/hYufjhDr5O https://t.co/A8jQJRZngU
RT @Jeukendrup: FREE download: BCAA and MPS in humans: Myth or reality? - Robert Wolfe https://t.co/hYufjhDr5O https://t.co/A8jQJRZngU
RT @Jeukendrup: FREE download: BCAA and MPS in humans: Myth or reality? - Robert Wolfe https://t.co/hYufjhDr5O https://t.co/A8jQJRZngU
RT @Jeukendrup: FREE download: BCAA and MPS in humans: Myth or reality? - Robert Wolfe https://t.co/hYufjhDr5O https://t.co/A8jQJRZngU
RT @Jeukendrup: FREE download: BCAA and MPS in humans: Myth or reality? - Robert Wolfe https://t.co/hYufjhDr5O https://t.co/A8jQJRZngU
FREE download: BCAA and MPS in humans: Myth or reality? - Robert Wolfe https://t.co/hYufjhDr5O https://t.co/A8jQJRZngU
RT @drcodyhaun: "The availability of the other EAAs will rapidly become rate limiting for accelerated protein synthesis." "We conclude tha…
RT @drcodyhaun: "The availability of the other EAAs will rapidly become rate limiting for accelerated protein synthesis." "We conclude tha…
RT @drcodyhaun: "The availability of the other EAAs will rapidly become rate limiting for accelerated protein synthesis." "We conclude tha…
RT @drcodyhaun: "The availability of the other EAAs will rapidly become rate limiting for accelerated protein synthesis." "We conclude tha…
RT @drcodyhaun: "The availability of the other EAAs will rapidly become rate limiting for accelerated protein synthesis." "We conclude tha…
RT @drcodyhaun: "The availability of the other EAAs will rapidly become rate limiting for accelerated protein synthesis." "We conclude tha…
RT @drcodyhaun: "The availability of the other EAAs will rapidly become rate limiting for accelerated protein synthesis." "We conclude tha…
RT @drcodyhaun: "The availability of the other EAAs will rapidly become rate limiting for accelerated protein synthesis." "We conclude tha…
RT @drcodyhaun: "The availability of the other EAAs will rapidly become rate limiting for accelerated protein synthesis." "We conclude tha…
RT @drcodyhaun: "The availability of the other EAAs will rapidly become rate limiting for accelerated protein synthesis." "We conclude tha…
RT @drcodyhaun: "The availability of the other EAAs will rapidly become rate limiting for accelerated protein synthesis." "We conclude tha…
RT @drcodyhaun: "The availability of the other EAAs will rapidly become rate limiting for accelerated protein synthesis." "We conclude tha…
RT @drcodyhaun: "The availability of the other EAAs will rapidly become rate limiting for accelerated protein synthesis." "We conclude tha…
"The availability of the other EAAs will rapidly become rate limiting for accelerated protein synthesis." "We conclude that dietary BCAA supplements alone do not promote muscle anabolism." https://t.co/houWCoyvB9
RT @bloc_samurai: BCAAが筋タンパク質合成を促進するか? https://t.co/iSWfZm7diK こちらのレビューでは、BCAA単体摂取だと必須アミノ酸バランスの不均衡により筋タンパク質合成を促進するどころか減少させると結論づけられています。 筋タン…
RT @bloc_samurai: BCAAが筋タンパク質合成を促進するか? https://t.co/iSWfZm7diK こちらのレビューでは、BCAA単体摂取だと必須アミノ酸バランスの不均衡により筋タンパク質合成を促進するどころか減少させると結論づけられています。 筋タン…
RT @bloc_samurai: BCAAが筋タンパク質合成を促進するか? https://t.co/iSWfZm7diK こちらのレビューでは、BCAA単体摂取だと必須アミノ酸バランスの不均衡により筋タンパク質合成を促進するどころか減少させると結論づけられています。 筋タン…
RT @bloc_samurai: BCAAが筋タンパク質合成を促進するか? https://t.co/iSWfZm7diK こちらのレビューでは、BCAA単体摂取だと必須アミノ酸バランスの不均衡により筋タンパク質合成を促進するどころか減少させると結論づけられています。 筋タン…
RT @bloc_samurai: BCAAが筋タンパク質合成を促進するか? https://t.co/iSWfZm7diK こちらのレビューでは、BCAA単体摂取だと必須アミノ酸バランスの不均衡により筋タンパク質合成を促進するどころか減少させると結論づけられています。 筋タン…
RT @bloc_samurai: BCAAが筋タンパク質合成を促進するか? https://t.co/iSWfZm7diK こちらのレビューでは、BCAA単体摂取だと必須アミノ酸バランスの不均衡により筋タンパク質合成を促進するどころか減少させると結論づけられています。 筋タン…
RT @bloc_samurai: BCAAが筋タンパク質合成を促進するか? https://t.co/iSWfZm7diK こちらのレビューでは、BCAA単体摂取だと必須アミノ酸バランスの不均衡により筋タンパク質合成を促進するどころか減少させると結論づけられています。 筋タン…
BCAAが筋タンパク質合成を促進するか? https://t.co/iSWfZm7diK こちらのレビューでは、BCAA単体摂取だと必須アミノ酸バランスの不均衡により筋タンパク質合成を促進するどころか減少させると結論づけられています。 筋タンパク質合成を高める為には全EAAを利用できる状態が必要とのことです。 https://t.co/N0yTf9eEKa
This review concludes that BCAAs do not stimulate muscle growth. Save your money. Consume real protein. https://t.co/OTzMARr3cY https://t.co/XVb8gltIfT
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RT @Jeukendrup: FREE download: BCAA and MPS in humans: Myth or reality? - Robert Wolfe https://t.co/hYufjhDr5O https://t.co/VqEQVAKMmI
RT @Jeukendrup: FREE download: BCAA and MPS in humans: Myth or reality? - Robert Wolfe https://t.co/hYufjhDr5O https://t.co/VqEQVAKMmI
RT @Jeukendrup: FREE download: BCAA and MPS in humans: Myth or reality? - Robert Wolfe https://t.co/hYufjhDr5O https://t.co/VqEQVAKMmI
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@deezel I've been taking BCAAs for a solid year, but couldn't actually understand where's the benefit exactly. Then I started reading scientific research and did a 3 month test on my own. Research shows there's no actual benefit from BCAA's, here's an example: https://t.co/pknu1PFki4
"We conclude that the claim that consumption of dietary BCAAs stimulates muscle protein synthesis or produces an anabolic response in human subjects is unwarranted." Branched-chain amino acids and muscle protein synthesis in humans: myth or reality? https://t.co/0vmTzswvyy
In fact, multiple studies have found that BCAA’s in isolation can *decrease* muscle protein synthesis and total protein turnover. https://t.co/X8Dqwy6viE 5/10
@yuyahiro 自分で調べてくれ。と思いつつ教えると、https://t.co/88jBrAT6ME これね。
&Before the BCAA people light me on fire: 1. You won’t die from using them 2. Here’s a link to a meta analysis of research from 1985-2017 on BCAAs. It’s open access, so have a read! https://t.co/po6mTXI4QP 3. Creatine has been researched for over 50 years and... still proven
RT @TuckerGoodrich: My my. "We conclude that the claim that consumption of dietary BCAAs stimulates muscle protein synthesis or produces a…
RT @TuckerGoodrich: My my. "We conclude that the claim that consumption of dietary BCAAs stimulates muscle protein synthesis or produces a…
RT @TuckerGoodrich: My my. "We conclude that the claim that consumption of dietary BCAAs stimulates muscle protein synthesis or produces a…
RT @TuckerGoodrich: My my. "We conclude that the claim that consumption of dietary BCAAs stimulates muscle protein synthesis or produces a…
RT @TuckerGoodrich: My my. "We conclude that the claim that consumption of dietary BCAAs stimulates muscle protein synthesis or produces a…
RT @TuckerGoodrich: My my. "We conclude that the claim that consumption of dietary BCAAs stimulates muscle protein synthesis or produces a…
RT @TuckerGoodrich: My my. "We conclude that the claim that consumption of dietary BCAAs stimulates muscle protein synthesis or produces a…
RT @TuckerGoodrich: My my. "We conclude that the claim that consumption of dietary BCAAs stimulates muscle protein synthesis or produces a…
RT @TuckerGoodrich: My my. "We conclude that the claim that consumption of dietary BCAAs stimulates muscle protein synthesis or produces a…
My my. "We conclude that the claim that consumption of dietary BCAAs stimulates muscle protein synthesis or produces an anabolic response in human subjects is unwarranted." https://t.co/4gs0UjDpxQ
@charlie_lmt @CoachGjelassi @Dydou17 blague mis de côter - https://t.co/yos2ENPo02 - https://t.co/HDft3oApZ6 - https://t.co/oXCM4lHy8g - https://t.co/DzRKWVCf4s
RT @pabloojedaj: Los aminoácidos d cadena ramificada y la síntesis d proteínas musculares en los seres humanos(BCAA):MITO o realidad? https…
Badania wskazują, że suplementacja BCAA słabo hamuje katabolizm po treningu oraz słabo wspomaga rozbudowę mięśni w efekcie suplementacja jest bezpodstawna. #dietetyka #medycyna https://t.co/JwBuyL6vDm
@RNR_0 actually decreased muscle protein synthesis and accelerated the catabolic rate of lean tissue" https://t.co/SE6P6gyTac
RT @mackinprof: @IftikharKazi @ahhite @jonnettlefold @KetoCarnivore @GrassBased @BenBikmanPhD @TuitNutrition @SBakerMD @timhammerich @DrEad…
https://t.co/zRmxRA1c4s BCAA supplements decrease muscle protein synthesis and up-regulation of catabolic state. https://t.co/zRmxRA1c4s
I would love the (Bio)chemists to weigh in on this supplement craze that I see a lot of teenage boys buy into. Branched-chain amino acids and muscle protein synthesis in humans: myth or reality?https://t.co/SrUAwHrcfV
@MikeRMedici "We conclude that dietary BCAA supplements alone do not promote muscle anabolism." https://t.co/g1D9onaluR The rest is up to you.
@kiocsgoo But if you're gonna choose one, EAA is clearly better based on recent scientific evidence. https://t.co/AZ1Vlr2DF7
RT @bengreenfield: BCAA’s just don’t work. Period (so quit wasting your money on them): https://t.co/a71KSpg046 I realize this might sound…
RT @bengreenfield: BCAA’s just don’t work. Period (so quit wasting your money on them): https://t.co/a71KSpg046 I realize this might sound…
RT @bengreenfield: BCAA’s just don’t work. Period (so quit wasting your money on them): https://t.co/a71KSpg046 I realize this might sound…
RT @bengreenfield: BCAA’s just don’t work. Period (so quit wasting your money on them): https://t.co/a71KSpg046 I realize this might sound…
RT @bengreenfield: BCAA’s just don’t work. Period (so quit wasting your money on them): https://t.co/a71KSpg046 I realize this might sound…
RT @bengreenfield: BCAA’s just don’t work. Period (so quit wasting your money on them): https://t.co/a71KSpg046 I realize this might sound…
RT @bengreenfield: BCAA’s just don’t work. Period (so quit wasting your money on them): https://t.co/a71KSpg046 I realize this might sound…
RT @bengreenfield: BCAA’s just don’t work. Period (so quit wasting your money on them): https://t.co/a71KSpg046 I realize this might sound…
RT @bengreenfield: BCAA’s just don’t work. Period (so quit wasting your money on them): https://t.co/a71KSpg046 I realize this might sound…
RT @bengreenfield: BCAA’s just don’t work. Period (so quit wasting your money on them): https://t.co/a71KSpg046 I realize this might sound…
RT @bengreenfield: BCAA’s just don’t work. Period (so quit wasting your money on them): https://t.co/a71KSpg046 I realize this might sound…
RT @bengreenfield: BCAA’s just don’t work. Period (so quit wasting your money on them): https://t.co/a71KSpg046 I realize this might sound…
BCAA’s just don’t work. Period (so quit wasting your money on them): https://t.co/a71KSpg046 I realize this might sound jaded coming from a guy owning a supplement company that sells a far superior alternative (EAA’s)...
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