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Influence of Branched-Chain Amino Acid Supplementation on Urinary Protein Metabolite Concentrations after Swimming

Fu-Chun Tang, PhD

Graduate Institute of Nutritional Sciences and Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, TAIWAN, ROC


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Fig. 1. Experimental Diagram. HRRmax, maximum heart rate reserved. No meat consumption on day 12–15. *Fasting blood sample. **Placebo group: 12 g of glucose/day. BCAA group: 12 g of BCAAs/day (BCAAs: branched-chain amino acids; leucine 54%, isoleucine 19%, valine 27%). ***Carbohydrate 58.5%, protein 14.4%, lipid 27.1%; ~11 kcal/kg body weight.

 

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Fig. 2. Urinary metabolite concentrations as the functions of branched-chain amino acid supplementation and/or swimming. See legend for Fig. 1 and footnote for Table 1. Filled symbol, bold error bar and letters represent BCAA group. Urine 0: day 0 (baseline); Urine 1: day 7; Urine 2: day 14; Urine 3: day 15 (competitive day); Urine 4: day 15 (after breast stroke); Urine 5: day 15 (after crawl stroke); Urine 6: day 16 (recovery).

 





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