BCAA branched amino acids, action - Everything You Need to Know

Wojciech Wiśniewski
September 08, 2025
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BCAA branched amino acids, action

BCAA-branched amino acids are an important supplement in every athlete's diet. They've found particular use among athletes. Now branched amino acid is an ingredient in many other nutrients, including protein mixtures.

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1. BCAA

These are the three exogenous amino acids that athletes should supply to the body with food or in the form of a dietary supplement. The human body is unable to produce them on its own. The BCAA is made up of: leucine, isolaucine and valine. 2. What makes them so important? These triamino acids and branches inhibit muscle catabolism, have anabolic effects, increase synthetic protein production, and the natural production of popular hormones that have a positive effect on the formation of muscle tissue, the body is not able to produce these hormones itself.

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