BCCA REVIEW

BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACIDS

LEUCINE,ISOLEUCINE AND VALINE are the three branched chain amino acids.One of the most important thing regarding them is that they are ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS which means that human body can't make it inside the body we acquired it from our diet.

FUNCTION

1. BCCA reduce muscle fatigue
2. They are involved in speeding the muscle recovery process
3. Reduce the loss of amino acids from the muscle during exercise
4. Anabolic they help in muscle development
5. Increase the insulin level in the body and therefore are involved in supplying the muscle with glucose,amino acids for muscle development.
6. Enter the brain and reduce the levels of serotonin which is involved in stress and tiredness so reduce the muscle fatigue.

NATURAL SOURCE

Egg,chicken,fish,beans,lentils,nuts and soy protein

SUPPLEMENTS

There are a lot of BCCA supplements in the market with different brand names.More than 500 companies are manufacturing it.Remember supplements are only add on to your diet they are not the substitution to the diet 80 percent is the nutrition whether goal is muscle gain or fat loss.

Ratio of these amino acid should be 2:1:1 at least 2 for leucine 1 for valine and isoleucine.

different brands like ON,MUSCLE PHARM ,DYMATIZE etc are the tendering supplements in the market. Always  try to get AMERICAN BRANDS because they are pure and without any mixing.I will suggest to buy it in powdered form so you can consume it easily with water.

TIME TO TAKE

MORNING

on waking up when the body had spent 8 hr without any food taking BCCA at that time will prevent your body to go in catabolic state which is the muscle breakdown state.If you are consuming egg white on waking up then you can skip BCCA in the morning

PRE WORKOUT

It will increase the amino acid contents in your blood so supply the muscle amino acids to prevent muscle breakdown during workout.

DURING WORKOUT

This is the best time to consume the BCCA because during exercise your muscle fibers are stretched and a window is created for these amino acids to go inside the muscle and supply the amino acids which are the building blocks of the proteins.

As BCCA  are 1/3rd of the amino acids present in the muscle so it is necessary yo consume it through diet whether natural or by taking supplements which are fully safe

So to increase your lean muscle mass add it in your diet.Those preparing for contest take Bcca as their prime supplement because it prevent there muscle during period of extreme diet for shredding there body.