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Taking leucine — a protein building block — might turn on muscle-building signals in your muscles, but if you're already training and eating enough protein, it won't actually make you stronger, bigger, or recover faster.
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This study looked at whether taking extra leucine helps fit, young adults build more muscle, get stronger, or recover faster — and found it doesn’t. That matches the claim that even though leucine triggers muscle signals, it doesn’t actually make a difference in real life for people who already eat enough protein.
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