im debating whether to buy a bcaa sup - on one hand they get good reviews and a lot of people swear by them. On the other hand, evidence that I've seen suggests there is a sufficient amount of BCAA's in a balanced diet.

I'm interested to hear people's opinions on them, or if they use them at all.

More then enough in different protein.

Good quick reference for supplements; gives a pretty clear idea where research stands, feel free to link out to some of the referenced studies for more in depth analysis
http://examine.com/supplements/Branched+Chain+Amino+Acids/

Personally use them when following an intermittent fasting regimen and not eating anything pre-workout, other than that I wouldn't really bother.

You should definitely buy them

Very helpful supplement

Worthless

interesting and informative, ty



so basically worthless then

it helps but you need to buy good one also if u are just taking protein shakes n bcaa shakes but not looking into ur diet its useless, it will give u a push but first look into ur diet, gl

I like to believe you mean well but you really need some education

u better drink amino acids with water than just water right? if someone is buying it for a daily consumation instead of real food, big mistake

unless u take roids
and on a mega diet
just get em from whey