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Dr. Judith Wurtman Doctor of Philosophy

San Francisco, California
My research, clinical practice and books have tried to help people understand how their eating is... Full Bio
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Apr 02 2010 by drostanolone

More and more studies have demonstrated that high protein diets are anabolic.  In fact, a 3-5g dose of Leucine (commonly found in 40-50g animal protein) is able singlehandedly to raise mPS.  If you're going to show off your PhD then you better keep up to date with current studies.

 

 

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