BCAA and leucine supplementation do not result in meaningful improvements in endurance performance or muscle recovery. Despite biochemical alterations, current evidence - limited by low methodological quality, surrogate outcomes, and risk of bias - does not support the use of BCAA as an effective strategy for endurance athletes.
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