SSN's BCAA Powder is a potent and precisely balanced blend of the Branched Chain Amino Acids — L-Leucine, L-Isoleucine and L-Valine, which are important building blocks of lean muscle tissue. In addition to their lean muscle building properties, BCAAs are metabolized directly in the muscle, and may thereby improve nitrogen retention by sparing other amino acids for repair and rebuilding. Clinical studies show that BCAAs — taken prior to exercise spares muscle BCAA reserves thereby providing an effective anti-catabolic (tissue sparing) effect, whilst BCAAs taken post-exercise with a carbohydrate a