Hi Guys, after creatine and L-glutamine, this topic is on BCAA. What is BCAA? It's a combination of amino acids in the ratio 2:1:1, abbreviated Branched Chain Amino Acids. Three types of amino acids make it to BCAA - Leucine, Isoleucine and Valine. Each serving of 5mg contains 2.5gm of Leucine, 1.25gm isoleucine and 1.25gm valine. Why is BCAA used? Its very simple, when ever the muscle or protein breakdown occurs, repair and recovery is most important and none other BCAA does it better. These amino acids play a vital role in protein synthesis, in other words, building muscle. How does it work? When the body is in catabolic state, body will use fat and muscle tissues as source of energy. This results in muscle loss. Ideally, muscle building must be higher than that of muscle loss. BCAA increases the rate of protein synthesis (muscle building) and helps in repairing muscle break which takes place diuring intensive workout routines. Now, let's see how BCAA helps