L-leucine - <proteinogenic> - un-healthy supplement
- increased risk for Alzheimer's, common dementia
- causes B-vitamin deficiencies
- increases cancer tumor growths, particularly prostate
- interferes with normal blood sugar levels
- leucine is a BCAA - branched chain amino acid
- branched chain amino acids increase muscle pain <fibromyalgia>
- heart diseases with diabetes <cardiometabolic disease>
- heart failure
Branched chain amino acids {BCAA) to avoid:
- leucine
- valine
- isoleucine
Why do body builders take BCAA?
- firm muscles
- constant muscle look
- "big and hard" mucles
What do BCAA's do to the body?
- increases sports injuries
- limits range of motion
- chronic muscle pain
- reduced flexibility
- muscle damage
- heart damage
Why do supplements contain leucine in capsules?
- fad
- trend
- confusion
- mis-information
- fear of magnesium stearate
- propaganda
Foods with BCAA's:
- good - all natural proteins, normal food
- avoid - BCAA supplements, protein powders - whey
Definition; L- and D-:
- L- is for <Levo-> or Left - <polarized> light spins left <optical counterclockwise>
- D- is for <Dextr-> or Right - <polarized> light spins right <optical clockwise>
Note: studies that found D-leucine to stop seisures in epilepsy have been not true (disproven)