How Long Do Amino Acids Last in the Bloodstream?

Protein can't be stored for a long period of time the same way as you can store body fat or glycogen protein is like a short-term energy source. It does stay around in your system for slightly longer than people think that and then there's also some amino acid pools in your body that retain some of the amino acids for an extended period of time. Okay very interesting and that actually reminded me of something else I meant to ask way earlier but do you know how long people often say that like amino acids from protein are not stored as energy substrates do they last in the bloodstream do they hang out in the bloodstream?

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