What Is Leucine Used For?

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What Is Leucine Used For? | LIVESTRONG.COM More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Jeremy Lovell | permalink
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Leucine is a natural amino acid that is found in your body. Leucine and the branched amino acids, isoleucine and valine, make up almost one-third of your muscle protein. A report published in February 2006 in "The Journal of Nutrition" notes that during exercise, leucine breaks down faster than other amino acids. It also works to...

For further reading: http://www.livestrong.com/article/49600-leucine-used/ ^[1]

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Leucine - Scientific Review on Usage, Dosage, Side Effects | Examine.com More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Dave Grotto | permalink
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Examine.com - Independent scientific information on supplements & nutrition. Everything on Examine.com is backed with citations to published scientific studies.
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For further reading: http://examine.com/supplements/Leucine/ ^[2]

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Nutrition Express Articles - Protein More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Bob Guerrero | permalink
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For further reading: http://www.nutritionexpress.com/article%2Bindex/protein/showarticle.aspx%3Fid%3D807 ^[3]

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L Leucine - Benefits, Dosage & Side Effects - MrSupplement.com.au More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Mercia Ferla | permalink
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What is l-Leucine? L-Leucine is one of the essential Amino Acids and one of three Branched Chained Amino Acids, along with Isoleucine & Valine. There are e
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For further reading: http://www.mrsupplement.com.au/leucine ^[4]

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1. http://www.livestrong.com/article/49600-leucine-used/

2. http://examine.com/supplements/Leucine/

3. http://www.nutritionexpress.com/article%2Bindex/protein/showarticle.aspx%3Fid%3D807

4. http://www.mrsupplement.com.au/leucine