BCAA Syrup - GymBeam

BCAA Syrup is a liquid concentrate of three branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs), namely leucine, isoleucine and valine. One 50 ml capful provides 4,000 mg of BCAAs; simply dilute it with 300 ml of water.

The amino acids are produced by fermentation and are in free form, meaning they are not bound in a protein chain but occur individually.

The ratio is 2:1:1, so each serving contains 2,000 mg of leucine, 1,000 mg of isoleucine and 1,000 mg of valine. The product is free from gluten, lactose and GMOs, and we regularly test it for heavy metals and microbiological purity.

We obtain most amino acids bound in proteins, that is, in long chains that the body must first break down into individual amino acids.

The second advantage is precision. You know exactly how much leucine, isoleucine, and valine each serving contains because the amounts are declared, rather than estimated from the protein’s amino acid profile.

The formula contains twice as much leucine as each of the other two amino acids: 2,000 mg compared with 1,000 mg each of isoleucine and valine. Of all amino acids, leucine is the most frequently studied in muscle research.¹

Research on leucine focuses on the mTOR signaling pathway, which the literature associates with muscle protein synthesis.^1,2 It is the most extensively studied amino acid in this regard, which is why it accounts for twice the amount of each of the others in the 2:1:1 ratio.

All three are essential amino acids, meaning the body cannot produce them and must obtain them from food.