USE OF BRANCHED-CHAIN AMINO ACIDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF MUSCLE LOSS

摘要

The invention provides methods for treating muscle loss in an individual. Inone embodiment, the invention includesadministering to an individual an effective amount of a branched chain aminoacid (BCAA), a BCAA precursor, a BCAA metabolite,a BCAA-rich protein, a protein manipulated to enrich the BCAA content or anycombination thereof. The invention further providesnutritional products for such administration, including orally-administrablenutritional products.