It seems these days that the construction blocks of proteins, affectionately known as "amino acids", are tiny exiguous gold nuggets that confer superhuman powers upon anything lucky adequate to stumble upon them in a sports gel, capsule, fizzy drink or cocktail. After all, these exiguous guys are beginning to get put by food supplement manufacturers into just about everything, from your engineered pre-workout snack, to your while workout beverage, to your post-workout smoothie mix.
But why are amino acids so prevalent now?
And more importantly, do amino acids of course work?
