Leucine-rich diet may slow age-related muscle loss

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"A diet rich in the amino acid leucine might help prevent the muscle loss that typically comes with aging, new animal research suggests.

French researchers found that a leucine-supplemented diet restored a more youthful pattern of muscle-protein breakdown and synthesis to elderly rats. The older animals had shown a tendency toward excessive protein breakdown before going on the leucine-rich{br}{br}View the Entire Article (http://www.bodybuilding-blog.com/2005/12/leucine-rich-diet-may-slow-age-related.html){br}