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Do BCAAs Really Increase Energy?
Emily Saunders BCAA Body Bones Collagen Family Fitness Health Healthy Moms Momsanity Motherhood Muscle Skin Supplement Tendons
If you're like me you likely look at supplements (especially those for exercise performance) VERY cautiously. As in, I almost always roll my eyes when people start asking me about the new magical pill or powder that their friend is selling. At Momsanity we advocate real food. We also advocate understanding your body and its deficiencies and supplementing accordingly (with the help of an integratively minded physician). We also value research. And I mean research that isn't funded by the company promoting the product. Years ago when someone suggested I try taking BCAAs to enhance my workouts, aid in my...
What are BCAA's?
Debbie Baisden BCAA Body Bones Collagen Family Fitness Health Healthy Moms Momsanity Motherhood Muscle Skin Supplement Tendons
by Coach Debbie A couple of years ago, my kids came home talking some kind of foreign language to me about the “Whip Nae Nae” and then they’d wave their hand overhead. “Ummm what? Was there a fight at school?” I foolishly ask. My sons laughed at me (typical) and said, “No, Mom, you know, the Whip Nae Nae.” I promptly went up on the Google to see if my kids were now in a gang or taking drugs. Much to my delight, I learned this was a fun new choreographed dance craze that all the cool kids were loving. So...
Cravings Erased
Debbie Baisden BCAA Body Bones Collagen Family Fitness Health Healthy Moms Momsanity Motherhood Muscle Skin Supplement Tendons
by Coach Debbie I don’t even want to tell you the top 3 foods I crave. Because then you’ll start craving them AND be mad at me. But let’s just say I like sugar and I like carbs. My body, however, knows that I need not put those in my mouth on the regular if I want to look and feel my best. Yeah, I give in on occasion, but I have a better strategy to combat cravings that typically hit me around 3:05pm and 8:45pm. BCAA’s. Huh? Branched-Chain Amino Acids. That’s right, I drop acid (just joking). ...