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Strong Support
Insulin helps stop your body from breaking down muscle, even if you have a lot more of certain amino acids in your blood than usual — it works no matter what.
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Insulin does not stimulate muscle protein synthesis during increased plasma branched-chain amino acids alone but still decreases whole body proteolysis in humans
Randomized Controlled Trial
Human
2016 Oct 1Even when people had much higher levels of certain amino acids in their blood, insulin still stopped their bodies from breaking down muscle — proving it works on its own, not because of those amino acids.
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