Here’s what you need to know before you take (or don’t take) BCAAs and EAAs.
Branched Chain Amino Acids (BCAAs) get the majority of the attention in the sports supplement market. They’re right up there with creatine, pre-workout, protein powder, and meal replacement shakes as one of the more popular supp options. More recently, however, EAAs (Essential Amino Acids) have joined the amino acid club, with claims that they’re more complete and effective. If you’re supplementing with BCAAs, do you also need EAAs? Do you swap one for the other? Or do you even need either?
To learn the difference between BCAA and EAAs, the growing controversy around BCAA supplements, and the best way to get the benefits of EAAs, we dug through the research. We also spoke to Ben Esgro, MS, RD, who co-founded the supplement company Denovo Nutrition. Here’s what you need to know about BCAAs Vs. EAAs
Former BarBend Editor Nick English outlines everything you need to know about these two like supplements in this video:
Does this interfere with sleep if taken too late in the afternoon?
How does this taste? I find most pre-workouts are way too sweet these days.
I’ve always been a skeptic, but I’m starting to see the value in a good intra-workout.
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