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Ep 264 - The Hidden Truth About Steroids & the Bodybuilding Supplement Industry | Jerry Brainum |@albardo08

Escape Your Limits & LIFTS

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The Importance of HMB in Muscle Protein Synthesis

HMB is a metabolite of a branch chain amino acid, called lusine. Lusine is the key amino acid for stimulating muscle protein synthesis. HMB inhibits a protein that blocks the activity of another protein called the mammalian target of rapamycin or mTOR. The bodybuilders who use untrained people in studies are not good subjects.

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