Branched-Chain Amino Acids (BCAAs) are a category of amino acids that need to be obtained through the diet (called essential amino acids), as the human body does not produce them. The BCAAs are leucine, isoleucine and valine. The most important of the three is leucine. The combination of these three essential amino acids makes up approximately one-third of the skeletal muscle in the human body. In order to get energy, the body can actually break down skeletal muscle to get these BCAAs. Therefore, by supplementing with BCAAs during or after a workout, muscles and other tissues are spared from the wrong type of muscle breakdown.
GREGORY CHANDLER, Attorney at Law
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