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Sports Nutrition

Sports Nutrition

When trying to improve your athletic performance and overall endurance, sports nutrition plays an important role. Learn nutrition and diet tips for athletes and fitness enthusiasts of all ages, here.

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Sports Nutrition

Lift Me Up: The Many Benefits of BCAAs to the Muscles

Aside from whey protein, one other popular supplement among bodybuilders and athletes are BCAA supplements. Amino acids, or more precisely branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs), are commonly used as dietary supplements by many athletes and people who perform regular and moderate physical activity, regardless of exercise level. What are the benefits of BCAAs? BCAAs are first proven […]

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Fact Checked by Bianchi Mendoza, R.N. • 4 weeks ago

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Stephanie Nicole Nera, RPh, PharmD