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Give reasons for the following:

(a) BCAA enriched diet is recommended to atheletes before and after exercise.

(b) Give the scientific relevance of usefulness of whey.

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by kratos
 
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(a) BCAA are essential for biosynthesis of muscle proteins/ help in anabolic muscle building activity/protect existing muscle mass/reduce muscle breakdown/act as an energy source/carbon part is used as fuel and nitrogen part is used to make alanine which turns into glucose in liver.

(b) Whey is used to cure spectrum of illnesses like jaundice, infected skin lesions, ** tract infections. Whey protein results in the elevation of tripeptide glutathione in cells which helps in the detoxification of xenobiotics and protects cells from the action of free ***.

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