BCAA

[Iron_Gook]

Branch Chained Amino Acids... anyone take them in addition to your protein shakes? I've been taking it 3 times a day and I'm recovering from my workouts a lot faster. Love the stuff. Anyone else?

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[space mountain]

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i got some for gym in today i was thinking of it myself!

[Skarhead]

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I used to take them, it hink 24 g a day? I didnt notice anything but i think DC has his clients on em... howver, i do notice a difference recovery wise with NAC

[supasaiyan99]

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My protein has BCAA already added. Not sure if it makes a difference or not.

[mick-G]

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I get them in my protein shakes and in my mult-vit pac as well.

[trip]

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i take 10 caps of optimum 2222's per day

2 before workout with vit c

2 with mid meals

2 at dinner, 2 at bedtime all with vitamins c's

been doing it for yearsssssssss, notice a difference in everything when i don't

[T-Man007]

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This is why BCAA's are usless (biologically speaking)...

The pituitary is stimulated to release GH by another hormone circulating in the brain, called somatrocrinin. Levels of somacrinin can be incresed by increasing levels of brain neurotransmitters. Neurotransmitters are the chemicals that carry information from one nerve to another. Their activity constitues your mind, your conciouness, all your schemes and dreams. So before you mess with them you better know what you are doing.

To increase neurotransmitters, you have to get the amino acids that influence them past what is called the blood-brain barrier. That is a system designed to protect the brain. To cross the barrier, amino acids have to be carried by specific transport molecules. The transport capacity is very limited and once it is full, no more aminos get across for some time.

As I stated above, there are four different types of transporter. Each will carry only one specific class of amino acids. If there are more than one from a specific class, they will cancel one another out and neither will pass the blood-brain barrier. Thus, rendering that amino acid ineffective. The four are Large Neutral, Small Neutral, Acidic and Basic.

Large Neutral: Trytophan, Phenylalanine, Tyrosine, Methionine, Hisidine, Leucine, Isoleucine and Valine
Small Neutral: Asparagine, Glutamine, Proline and Serine.
Acidic: Latamic Acid and Aspartic Acid.
Basic: Arginine, Ornithine and Lysine.

As you can see if you want your aminos to work for you you have to take them alone. For instance a supplement of Trytophan, Glutamine, and Arginine would be a great combo. There is one unassigned amino Glycine that has been proven to release GH too, but it's much weaker. The strongest are Tryptophan, Glutimine, Arginine, Ornithine (in the form of ornithine alpha-ketogluterate) and Lysine.

I guarantee, if you drink shakes and you eat enough eggs and meat you are getting more than enough aminos.

[mick-G]

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Well, i get mine in my vit-pac so there, lol! Huh.....does that count?

[Iron_Gook]

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LMAO at mick-G...

IG