Andrew Huberman· PhD
It has been shown that the amino acid leucine is vital for the cell growth process, including muscle growth, because of its relationship to the so-called mTOR pathway, mammalian target of rapamycin.
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It has been shown that the amino acid leucine is vital for the cell growth process, including muscle growth, because of its relationship to the so-called mTOR pathway, mammalian target of rapamycin.
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we can get the Lucine which is sort of my favorite which is a signal which really got me interested in protein and metabolism is a signal for muscle protein synthesis
One of the factors in that response is Lucine the postprandial increase in circulating Lucine sets off an anabolic pathway in the muscle and is responsible for that stimulation of muscle protein synthesis