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#076 Building Muscle with Resistance Exercise and Reassessing Protein Intake | Stuart Phillips, PhD

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Protein Is Like a Dimmer Switch

Protein is such a strong stimulus for sure, increased muscle protein sathesis. Nine of the 20 ameno acids that we have, nine of which are essential. And in particular, there are a group of a what are called branch chain amino acids that are three of the nine. The most potent, if you like, of the three branch chains is in a meno acid called lucine. Once you have sufficient lucyn there, you can turn the switch up as bright as it can go.

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