BCAAs and EAAs are two different kinds of amino acids. EAAs are essential amino acids, which refer to a set of eight amino acids that the body cannot produce and must be acquired from food. Isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, and valine are among the eight EAAs. Three of them, leucine, isoleucine, and valine, are also classified as BCAAs (branched chain amino acids).
EAAs are particularly appealing as supplements for people who do not obtain enough amino acids from their diet. BCAA supplements are beneficial for people who engage in rigorous weight training. The three BCAAs make up around one-third of skeletal muscles and have been found to be important for muscle formation as well as efficient in slowing muscle degeneration. BCAAs are digested by muscle tissue, making the amino acids readily accessible for muscle growth or as muscular building blocks.
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