BCAA and EAA

What are BCAAs?

BCAAs, short for blocked-chain amino acids, are responsible for supplying basic nutrition to our bodies and provide many general health benefits. In essence, BCAAs are three amino acids essential to the body and derive their name from their unique chemical composition, as they are comprised of a block of elements in the form of a chain.

Benefits of BCAAs

Incorporating BCAAs into your diet can provide you with many benefits, including:

What are EAAs?

EAAs stand for Essential Amino Acids which are nine of the twenty amino acids that are essential for us. EAAs are like BCAAs; EAAs too cannot unfortunately be produced by our bodies and can only be taken in from food or supplements. The benefits of EAAs include: 

• Muscle building
• Tissue repair
• Exercise endurance

BCAA vs. EAA

The main difference between BCAAs and EAAs is that EAAs just contain more essential amino acids. In fact, the BCAAs are three of the nine essential amino acids within EAAs and both are particularly effective at promoting protein synthesis.

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