Keep Muslce & Lose Fat
Leucine
is an essential amino acid that has been suggested by researchers to be the key
to losing weight from fat while maintaining lean body muscle. On most diets, you
lose fat plus muscle. However, by losing muscle, you also lose the ability to burn calories.
Studies have shown that leucine spares muscle proteins
during weight loss, so that you only lose the fat- not the muscle. Research
shows that leucine can head straight to your muscles and initiate protein
synthesis used for muscle building. Muscle building can counteract muscle
breakdown which occurs from eating fewer calories. By keeping muscle, you lose
inches from burning fat. Muscle burns more calories than fat- thus, you keep
your metabolism up!
