EAA's vs BCAA's

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[BeastinTheEast]

Don't quote me on this cause i'm not really 100% on it but i believe leucine can cause insulin spike due to gluconeogenesis in the GI track. It does play an important role too, the tricky part is knowing how much actually gets to your muscle and how much is converted into glucose.

Once again not 100% on the subject but maybe someone can help clarify?

On an empty stomach would really steer me towards glucose conversion since you're hungry, it seems the body would more than likely just convert it to glucose for energy???

 

[gymrat827]

A buddy of mine was telling me that EAA's are superior to BCAA's for building muscle and boosting protein synthesis, especially leucine.

I have never looked in to this and have always used BCAA's post workout, but he was telling me about some study that showed pre workout supplementation with EAA's (rather than BCAA's) increased protein synthesis rates by up to 600%. That sounds questionable to me because that's absolutely insane and if it were true, seems like you'd read about it everywhere.

But anyways, his protocol is 5g EAA's pre and post workout with 10g leucine pre and post workout on an empty stomach (or emptier) to avoid metabolic competition between the amino acids.

Is there any real advantage to using EAA's over BCAA's, and does leucine play any substantial role in muscular development, sufficient to buy it and use it on a regular basis?

stick with bcaa

 

[TheDarkHalf]

I feel like I get more bang for my buck with BCAAs