Amino Acids Supplements: Should You be Taking Them? | Dr. Robert Wolfe PhD

07/18/23 • 75 min

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Dr. Wolfe couples scientific expertise with broad experience as a competitive athlete, having been both a professional basketball player and competitive marathon runner who has set national age-group records. Dr. Wolfe served as a faculty member at Harvard Medical School, and the focus of Dr. Wolfe’s 40 years of medical research has been primarily on aging, metabolism, and muscle performance. He has published over 500 peer-reviewed research articles, three books, and holds many active patents. Dr. Wolfe is a co-founder of The Amino Co, which was formed to bring his patented amino acid formulas, developed over 40 years of clinical research, to the public.

In this episode we discuss:

The difference between Branched Chain Amino Acids and Essential Amino Acids
Should you focus on individual amino acids, and which ones.
What’s worse for your metabolism, high carb or high fat?
Are you working out hard enough to justify those sweets and carbs?

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In this episode we discuss:

The difference between Branched Chain Amino Acids and Essential Amino Acids
Should you focus on individual amino acids, and which ones.
What’s worse for your metabolism, high carb or high fat?
Are you working out hard enough to justify those sweets and carbs?

Special offer: Get 30% off at Aminoco.com/DRLYON with code DRLYON

This episode is brought to you by One Farm, Cozy Earth, 1stPhorm, Inside Tracker

Follow the Amino Company

Order Dr. Lyon's Book Forever Strong - https://drgabriellelyon.com/forever-strong/

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