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This insightful report, identifies why carbs save – and even boost – the production of proteins? For years, exercise scientists have reckoned that the basic mechanism underlying carbohydrate’s protein-helping attributes is simply that ample carbs give muscles enough energy to stimulate protein production. However, proteins are made of subunits called amino acids, and the breakdown of a very important group of amino acids called the branched-chain amino acids is regulated by the activity of an enzyme called BCOAD. As you might expect, a diet which is very rich in protein leads to an increase in BCOAD activity in the liver. © 2010