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Decoding Peptides: The Body’s Little Helpers

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Why Muscle Strength is Important in Aging Strong muscles are key to living independently and comfortably as we age. Strength training – from using body weight, machines, or free weights – is an effective way muscle mass may be preserved during aging. However, strength training is just one piece of the aging puzzle.

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Peptides in Action: The Expanding Role of Bioactive Peptides in Human Health

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Amino acids are considered the building blocks for proteins because when protein is consumed at a meal, the bodys digestive system breaks proteins apart into peptides, and then finally into amino acids. The body can then use the free pool of available amino acids to build essential peptides. After daily supplementation with 2.4

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