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A Masterclass On Plant-Based Nutrition

The Rich Roll Podcast

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Why Plant-Based Proteins Are Better for Bodybuilding Than Steroids

Plant-based proteins are much higher in glutamic acid, which might be part of the reason plants are so good with low-in pressure. Leucine definitely stimulate muscle protein synthesis. Having a high IGF-1 and high leucine actually leads to premature aging and cellular death and cancer. The interesting thing about the longevity studies is we talked about taking out confounding factors. If you take out a lot of confounding factors, you're almost taking away a correlation.

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