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What are BCAAs? How can they be beneficial for losing fat? How to use them? Nutrimuscle answers your questions.
Table of contents:
- How to lose fat with BCAAs?
- What are BCAAs?
- BCAAs help burn fat
- How to use BCAAs properly?
How to lose fat with BCAAs?
When you start a diet, the priority is often to lose weight. To eliminate excess pounds, the strategy used is generally a calorie restriction combined with cardio-type physical activity. While this can indeed help you lose weight, the risk is that you will eliminate more muscle and lean mass than fat. Result: you will indeed have lost weight on the scale, but in front of your mirror, your excess fat will not have really disappeared.
Why is that? To put it simply, if you reduce your caloric intake, you risk causing a change in your metabolism. Your body will adapt by consuming less and storing more, which can paradoxically result in weight gain. If your energy intake is insufficient and you also practice intense sporting activity, you will quickly find yourself in a "catabolic" state. Your muscle fibers will then be broken down to produce energy.
To avoid this disastrous situation during your training and to optimize your cutting, BCAA supplementation is an excellent solution.
What are BCAAs?
BCAAs (Branched Chain Amino Acids) are essential amino acids: they cannot be synthesized by our own body, so they must be provided through diet or supplementation.
BCAAs are essential in bodybuilding because they provide the body with energy to maintain the level of ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate) present in muscle fibers, allowing muscle contraction during exercise.
BCAAs also help to better resist fatigue. During physical effort, the level of Tryptophan entering the brain increases, triggering the formation of serotonin which increases physiological and psychological fatigue. An additional intake of BCAAs helps to limit the entry of Tryptophan into the brain and therefore reduce fatigue.
So BCAAs help improve your workout performance. On top of that, they can also help you burn fat.
BCAAs help burn fat
Taking BCAAs helps to strengthen your muscle integrity and keep your metabolism high. This will help you both maintain your muscle mass and avoid fat gain.
Leucine, an amino acid present in BCAAs, helps stimulate anabolism, increase energy expenditure and burn more fat. Indeed, by taking BCAAs during training, the body will mobilize fat as an energy source instead of drawing on amino acid reserves present in the muscles.
Researchers have been very interested in this link between BCAAs and fat loss. A recent study (1) showed that BCAA supplementation in trained individuals performing resistance exercise and a low-calorie diet helped maintain lean mass, preserve muscle while reducing fat mass.
Additionally, the great thing about BCAAs is that they specifically target abdominal fat, which is usually the one you want to eliminate first.
How to use BCAAs properly?
We recommend taking your BCAAs with your meals, in combination with foods rich in animal protein or in your protein shake. This will make more amino acids available in your body, improving your muscle rebuilding and recovery after a workout.
We advise you to take your BCAA around training to increase your energy, reduce your fatigue and better oxidize your fats. Our mixing advice for supplementation during training:
- 10g of BCAA Nutrimuscle
- 20g of Nutri-Fibres Nutrimuscle
- 20g of Peptopro Nutrimuscle
If you are under 35, we advise you to take Nutrimuscle Résistance BCAA (2 measures of Leucine, 2 measures of Valine, 1 measure of Isoleucine) because the assimilation of Valine is less good when you are young.
If you are over 35, we advise you to take Nutrimuscle BCAA Builders (4 measures of Leucine, 1 measure of Valine, 1 measure of Isoleucine) because the assimilation of Leucine decreases from the age of 35.
